Their album 'Long Strange Trip To Shelbyville' is used by the Eco-friendly Activists during Homer's beer detox, which he listened to for three days. Their mascots include the dancing bears named Melody and Verse, as well as skeletons wearing colorful top hats.Īfter Ned Flanders unwittingly drunk a can of Groovy Grove Juice Corporation's organic juice that was laced with peyotes due to Homer's actions, he hallucinated the Dancing Bears Melody and Verse as well as skeletons from The Grateful Dead crossing the street, with the latter party tipping their top hats while bidding him good morning. Another is that they’re a symbol of peace and love, two values that are important to the Grateful Dead community. One is that they represent the free-spirited nature of the band and its fans. The back cover of History of The Grateful Dead, vol 1 (Bear's Choice)(recorded Feb 13 and 14, 1970) showed multi-colored marching bears. There are a few different interpretations of the meaning of the Grateful Dead dancing bears. The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art cover. Over the years these bears have appeared on multi-colored bumper stickers, T-Shirts and posters.

The Grateful Dead is a real-life American band. The dancing bears symbolized the fun-loving aspect of the Grateful Dead and their fans.

Grateful dead dancing bears meaning