Phsh s n mrcn rck bnd frmd n Brlngtn, Vrmnt, n 1983. Th bnd cnssts f gtrst Try nsts, bssst Mk Grdn, drmmr Jn Fshmn, nd kybrdst Pg McCnnll, ll f whm prfrm vcls, wth nsts bng th ld vclst. Th bnd s knwn fr thr mscl mprvstn nd jms drng thr cncrt prfrmncs nd fr thr dvtd fn fllwng.
Th bnd ws frmd by nsts, Grdn, Fshmn nd gtrst Jff Hldswrth, wh wr jnd by McCnnll n 1985. Hldswrth dprtd th bnd n 1986, nd th lnp hs rmnd stbl snc. Mst f th bnd's sngs r c-wrttn by nsts nd lyrcst Tm Mrshll. Phsh bgn t prfrm tsd f Nw nglnd n th lt 1980s nd xprncd rs n pplrty n th md 1990s. n ctbr 2000, th bnd bgn tw-yr hts tht ndd n Dcmbr 2002, bt thy dsbndd gn n gst 2004. Phsh rntd ffclly n ctbr 2008 fr sbsqnt rnn shws n Mrch 2009 nd snc thn hv rsmd prfrmng rglrly. ll fr mmbrs prsd sl crrs r prfrmd wth sd-prjcts nd ths prjcts hv cntnd vn ftr th bnd hs rntd.
Phsh's msc blnds lmnts f wd vrty f gnrs ncldng fnk, rgg, prgrssv rck, psychdlc rck, flk, cntry, jzz, bls, blgrss, lctrnc msc, nd pp. Th bnd s prt f mvmnt f mprvstnl rck grps, nsprd by th frmt f th Grtfl Dd's lv prfrmncs nd cllqlly knwn s "jm bnds", tht gnd cnsdrbl pplrty s trng cncrt cts n th 1990s. Phsh hs dvlpd lrg nd ddctd fllwng by wrd f mth, th xchng f lv rcrdngs, nd sllng vr 8 mlln lbms nd DVDs n th ntd Stts.
Phsh wr sgnd t mjr lbl lktr Rcrds frm 1991 t 2005, whn th bnd frmd thr wn ndpndnt lbl, JMP Rcrds, t rls rchvl CD nd DVD sts.