@maxellxlii90 I just don't agree with that either. I think the transpersonal gestalt nature of the group, the fact that the GD were a family that extended beyond the band members, and one that changed over time but kept the same core, is more interesting and more powerful.
The next actually great rock band will certainly, like GD/Ph, not be thinking of their future or path in terms of any other band but only in their own terms. That's why all jam bands are boring. They'll never be anything.