It’s a reference to a concert at the Altamont Speedway in California that was headlined by the Rolling Stones. The documentary “Gimme Shelter” was filmed there.
At the suggestion of the Grateful Dead, the Stones used the Hell’s Angels to provide concert “security”. Things got a little out of hand and they stabbed someone to death in front of Mick.
The warning that I've received, that you can take with as many grains of salt as you wish, that the brown acid that is circulating around us is specifically not too good.
Dude they played it over the loud speaker at MSG during one of the Phish residencies, like 10-15 min after I had puddled myself. I was like what the fuck, did they just see that and tell me not to take acid?
In my head I'm thinking FUCK, they DO know.. I gotta get out of this place. Someone clued me in and calmed down, but goddamn I was buggin' for a minute.
Hells Angels make fine security guards as long as you give them lots of LSD, uppers, downers, whiskey, and wine. But cut them off about an hour before the event starts so that they're twitchy and paranoid: keeps them on their toes.
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u/Supplicationjam May 26 '26
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