Smells like--dead fish

Phish breaking up

HOORAY!!!! Hooray!! Yippee!! There must be a higher power because once of my dreams has just come true!! Yee haawww!! No more Phish!! No more smelly hippies!!

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Posted: 5:37 PM EDT (2137 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Phish, the Vermont-based jam band whose legions of dedicated fans made them one of the United States' top touring acts, announced Tuesday that they were breaking up.

Band leader Trey Anastasio made the announcement on the band's Web site.

"Last Friday night, I got together with Mike, Page and Fish to talk openly about the strong feelings I've been having that Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note," he wrote.

"We don't want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act," he said. "By the end of the meeting, we realized that after almost 21 years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude."