Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés ...

Having just officially won the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fan Vote earlier in the day — coming in well ahead of the White Stripes, Oasis, Mariah Carey, Outkast and the other nominees for the Class of ...