Grateful Dead

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Grateful Dead was an influential American rock band known for its improvisational live performances, eclectic fusion of musical styles, and devoted fan base known as "Deadheads."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group
rock band
activeYearsEndYear 1995
activeYearsStartYear 1965
album American Beauty
Anthem of the Sun
Aoxomoxoa
Blues for Allah
Built to Last
Europe '72
From the Mars Hotel
Go to Heaven
In the Dark
Live/Dead
Shakedown Street
Terrapin Station
Grateful Dead self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Grateful Dead

Wake of the Flood
Workingman's Dead
associatedMovement counterculture of the 1960s
associatedWith Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco music scene
country United States of America
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Grateful Dead self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Grateful Dead
disbandedAfter death of Jerry Garcia
finalTourYear 1995
formedInYear 1965
genre Americana
acid rock
bluegrass
blues rock
country rock
folk rock
jam band
jazz fusion
progressive rock
psychedelic rock
rock
roots rock
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1994
hasFanBaseName Grateful Dead self-linksurface differs
surface form: Deadheads
hasLogo Steal Your Face skull
hasMascot Terrapin turtles
dancing bears
hasSuccessorBand Dead & Company
Furthur
The Dead
The Other Ones
influenced Dave Matthews Band
Phish
String Cheese Incident
Umphrey's McGee
Widespread Panic
member Bill Kreutzmann
Bob Weir
Benmont Tench
surface form: Brent Mydland

Bruce Hornsby
Donna Jean Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Keith Godchaux
Mickey Hart
Phil Lesh
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Tom Constanten
Vince Welnick
notableFor devoted fan base
eclectic fusion of musical styles
improvisational live performances
notableSong Althea
Bertha
Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
Dark Star
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Fire on the Mountain
Friend of the Devil
Ripple
Scarlet Begonias
Saint Stephen
surface form: St. Stephen

Sugar Magnolia
Terrapin Station
Touch of Grey
Truckin'
Uncle John's Band
origin Palo Alto, California
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States
recordLabel Arista Records
Grateful Dead Records
Warner Bros. Records
touringStyle extensive touring
long improvisational jams

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