On TrackingAngle! The Music Never Stopped Review

One of the least likely people to "get on the bus" reviews the latest Grateful Dead box set, The Music Never Stopped.

Aside from American Beauty, I’d always seen the Grateful Dead as the worst American rock-and-roll had to offer. Oversaturated, meandering, and uber-merchandised. To me, they weren’t so much a band as they were a brand. It wasn’t until a recent dive into avant-psych statement Anthem of the Sun that I “got it.” Suddenly, I was able to see past the tie-dye and bleary-eyed, syrupy-sweet nostalgia. I’d finally struck gold; the feeling I’d always heard about from Dead Heads. There’s no one word in the English language for it, but artist Bill Walker called it “The Beast.”

Feeling enthusiastic about the Dead – even a little tolerant of noodling – and riding high on the success of my debut Pink Floyd at Pompeii review, I bought my bus ticket in the form of Rhino’s The Music Never Stopped box set (no, it's got nothing to do with the movie) and reviewed it for TrackingAngle!

Read my review of The Music Never Stopped now, on TrackingAngle.com

(and read my other Grateful Dead reviews on this site!)