Now Trey’s a Real Rock Star

It’s always nice to walk into the office after a long day and a half on the road to read the news you’ve been waiting to see forever: Your favorite rock star finally has the street cred he’s been lacking.

By now you’ve heard the news a hundred times: Former frontman for the popular rock band Phish, Trey Anastasio, was charged with “third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and DWI – drugs,” according to the Whitehall, NY Patrolman that pulled him over.

As our friend Wade pointed out in the aftermath of Trey’s arrest, you’re not a fucking rock star without a mug shot. And in today’s world, you’re no rock star without a mug shot on The Smoking Gun. Eat your heart out, George Clinton.

Trey Mugshot

You’ve probably gotten e-mails from friends and co-workers. Maybe your mother called already to find out if you’re doing okay, and whether you’re also on drugs. You’ve been trying to weigh in on Phantasy Tour with your own snarky remark about how “It’s gotta be fake because his birthdate is wrong…and they found him with the wrong drugs,” but the site is down due to the startling news.

But this thing ain’t no fake, according to our legit forensic experts who inverted the photo and skewed the contrast, only to conclude that the pic is “definitely not Photoshopped.” Although, someone should probably take the time this afternoon to Photoshop Trey’s mug shot picture into this shot from Vegoose 2005:

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I’m sure this wasn’t the big announcement most Phish fans had been expecting today, but I’m pretty stoked that after two decades we can finally say that a real rock star has been born. Street cred, baby, street cred.

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  1. If one were to pshop Trey’s face into the pill costume, you’d also have to change the name on the bottle because he didn’t have a prescription for the pills they got him with.

    Alternate names?

    Winona Ryder or Courtney Love get my vote.

  2. Nicole Richie seems to be getting a lot of jokey play on the cyberweb, but that’s way too easy, and I’m now ashamed I mentioned her name in any of my posts (or the comments).

    Let’s go with Brett Favre.

  3. i feel like i took that picture…

    but what i really want to know is, what constitutes first and second degree aggravated unlicensed operation???

  4. The pill pic, Rob? Niiice. Any way you can prove it. If not, you’re more of a hoax than this whole DUI thing.

    And I’m no expert, but I believe first and second degree aggravated unlicensed operation can mean he was doing the booty bump with his mom in the passenger seat while the people in the back cringed and wished they never came along for the ride.

    Me too, SuperDee, me too. I love that Trey is always friendly no matter who he meets, or in this case, no matter how much shit he’s in. “Officer, ya know, I, uh, ya know, I love it here, you guys are awesome!”

  5. that pic is really sad…I havent really bought into the whole ‘happy & healthy’ thing he’s been trying to pull off the past year, but its too bad to see him really hit a low point.

    In the grand scheme of things, its probably not the biggest deal, but now thats it really out in the open, his life/image will never really be the same.

    too bad…hope he kind of walks away from everything for a while. Its not like he’s pumping out stellar music anyway. Bar 17 wouldn’t make a top 100 of ’06 list

  6. “his life/image will never really be the same.”

    It’s such a shame his squeaky clean image has been shattered.

    Moment of Zen:
    WCBS 880, the local news station in NYC, ran a small report about Trey’s incident. Waste was playing in the background.

    WE ARE EVERYWHERE

  7. Justin you probably don’t even listen to Phish. You can’t even criticize Trey for the leaving the band, he had his reasons. Everyone misses Phish, but it was his choice. Stop leaving him a bad rap and do whatever it is you do.

  8. A buddy of mine from Lake George who works in the area Trey got stopped at, knows some of the cops who work that precinct and they told him that, when Trey stepped out of the car, he had half a burrito squashed all over the back of his jeans. LOL. That’s true wookie style, baby!!!

  9. I am not suprised by the arrest and what may be found in his urine sample “maybe so or maybe not” show more than the few drugs most of us have devoured at our on points in life when times were up or maybe down. At one time though for all of you fuckheads, not fluffheads, this man did make us smile. Today my son of six asked me to play him Tela as we drove down the road after his sisters birthday party and I smiled. I from ear to ear. To my old redheaded friend on the stage, we still believe. In Christmas, in Gamehendge, in Phish and in Trey. He will get up and shine. He “maybe so or maybe not” “run like an antelope” but without him many of us would not have either. Please be phamily again. God bless.

  10. Listen up “true phan”, I totally agree with you and really hope that he makes a turn for the better the same way I did several years ago. But the truth is that, steppin’ out of a car with slurred speech while sporting half a burrito squashed all over your jeans and (as I just found out 2hrs ago) globs of beef&bean over your neck and shirt is absolutelly roll-on-the-floor-laughing hilarious. Add to that Trey’s chill, good natured attitude while dealing with the cops in such a shape and it becomes a true classic for the ages.

  11. I met Trey with his daughter down in NYC just before this past tour, and got invited down for the 1st Webster Hall show. I was pleased with how healthy he looked, especially after seeing some of other photos after Phish broke up. Now I know it was 3am, but this wasn’t the guy I saw when we met. We’ve all been in spots before, where, if we got stopped by police, we might have looked the same. Bottom line is though, folks make mistakes, and I hope things go better for him. Clearly, he’s not secure in his skin right now.

  12. Suggestions for Trey: (1) Listen, and I mean REALLY listen to yourself on Brian & Robert, I know I did when I was on that same oh so slippery slope you seem to be residing on. Major eye-opener. (2) Find Phil Lesh!! He can help. Ya sure he liked the drink, but pills, booze, pot, powder, et al, it all takes you to the same dark place. For a while Phil was closer to Jerry than us. He was spared, and has been renewed, mentally, phyically and most important SPIRITUALLY, and has been touring his 60 something year old ass off and taking names since. Trey need to find that lost spirit of himself. Take any early show,(for me pre-95) and it stinks of that spirit. Trey needs to find it, and Phil has the map.

  13. Doubt this is really news to any of us, is it? (Holy crap, Trey uses drugs?!? *yawn*) Many of us have been there, and nobody should really be surprised Trey’s there now. While his musical output since Phish has been tepid at best, I’m not going to take the opportunity to mock him for getting caught in a situation many of us have dealt with personally. The man’s been using drugs for over 20 years, it’s bound to happen sooner or later. Life will go on, and hopefully he’ll end up in a better place eventually. As for being a “true phan,” I’m a ‘true’ fan of the music of Phish, no more, no less. Honoring the beauty of that music doesn’t mean blinding myself to the reality of those musicians as human beings.

  14. Anyone remember coventry? Did that sound like a guy who was clean and sober? Big fucking shock, Millionaire musician abuses drugs, that is original and tasty info. Maybe this will be the wakeup that Trey needs. Something, be it drugs, exhaustion, or any other myriad of issues sapped trey of his ability to compose some of the most outstanding music I have ever listened to. He has become a pathetic shell of what he once was. Even if Phish never plays another note together I hope for him and selfishly for all of us that he can get level headed and get back to doing what made him great and what made us care, making great music.

    PS Do you think that Burritto has been stuck to his ass since the last show?

  15. I just can’t stop laughing at the Burrito detail of the scene. I mean…it’s a classic!! The cops stop you…you step out of the car, rocked out of your gourd on Xanax, globs of beef & bean on yor shirt and neck…and half a Burrito squashed all over your ass?! LOL!! I love it! And to be honest, it was bizarre incidents like these that made me get my shit together, straighten up and have a better life.

  16. Alright, I am getting a little tired of everyone shitting on Trey’s music post Coventry. Seriously, give the guy a break, he didn’t leave phish to start another phish. ‘Shine’ is poppish, but in an interview he gave, he said the album is basically a letter to phish phans and the songwriting is about being in phish. So I think it’s great that he finally got to make a ‘reflective’ album. And ‘Bar 17’ just flat out rocks! But cheers to Humarock for the ‘brian and robert’ analogy. I never thought of that but it’s true, although I support him in everything he does, I think he should listen to that song and he may find that he was sending a message to himself. Get the boys back together Trey, at this point it’s just the right thing to do!

  17. Drugs make music better. Simple as that. I could rip bill hicks off here, but why really?

    What killed Phish is not the drugs, it’s old age. Trey is our generations Sting. Face it, a 35 year old man just can’t write a song like Antelope or Reba.

    It’s the truth folks, it’s the truth.

  18. Trey created the band I loved to follow. I think he really needs our support. Who cares if he does drugs, he’s still a great musician.

  19. You couldn’t be any further from the truth, Justin. Robert Fripp, John McAlughlin…ever heard of them and how they just keep getting better with time? Drugs only make music better for tone-deaf wookies and N.A.-bound guys named Justin.

  20. Sorry justin, but I think you’re way off. The greatest thing about phish was that they were timeless. There music doesn’t belong in any musical ‘era’ and it certainly doesn’t matter how old somebody is whether they listen to phish, or are in phish. Trey could easily write another antelope or reba but chooses not to because he’s already done it, he doesn’t have to prove himself anymore. Phish is timeless and ageless and thats why no other band will ever accomplish what they have.

  21. For so many years phish presented a very educated almost yuppie image from the stage. It just kills me to see it (their image) deteriorating in this way. To me they were the ultimate example of what it means to be free, to be american. they were the essence of what we have here that no other country has or will ever have. You can hate phish out of taste or ideology but there is no denying the utter brilliance of what they did. The numbers prove it. At this point they are still the last true rock band. So the guy screwed up and it’s all over the internet. I just hope it doesn’t get any worse. Incidentally, what’s with the suspended license? The guy has millions and he couldn’t at least get someone to take care of it? weird

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  23. I love Trey and his music, it’s true his music isn’t the same without Phish. I have attended over 40 Phish shows, most pre-hiatus and 4 of his solo shows, and the vibe wasn’t the same without Mike, Page and Jon, but his music still makes me smile. I hope for the sake of himself and his family Trey cleans up, and if that means a break from music, so be it. This guy deserves one after all he has put in. I hope Phish comes back, but I now know that it may never happen. Some people just can’t be on the road in a band without getting into the bad shit, and I hope whatever decision Trey makes, it is in favor of his good health. We all don’t want him to go the route of Jimi, Janis, Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, Jerry, etc. and end his life prematurely.

    Get well soon Trey…

  24. you guys suck, i cant believe you wrote that shit you hippy scum. Man, you guys are pathetic. Stop sucking and biting treys balls.

  25. Mr Ham…..that was the most intelligent thing that you could come up with? Phish is my favorite band. But if you are going to rip on them, at least come up with something a little bit more original than that. I bet all of the bands that you listen to inspired their fans to follow them all over the country for 21 years…..good job big guy, you made your mom proud.

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  27. i just don’t get why people wear shirts with his mugshot n shit
    like imagine running into trey and you have that shirt on, he’d probably (and rightfully) tell you to go fuck yourself

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