Culturally, what the GD did was take the tail end of 60s psychedelic counterculture and built an entirely novel business model based on constant touring, cheap ticket prices and a nomadic micro-economy that anyone could participate in. Fans would follow the band around the country together, selling merchandise/food/drugs/etc. outside the venue. They did this for 40+ years, became multimillionaires and essentially wrote the playbook for the live music industry of today.
Culturally, what the GD did was take the tail end of 60s psychedelic counterculture and built an entirely novel business model based on constant touring, cheap ticket prices and a nomadic micro-economy that anyone could participate in. Fans would follow the band around the country together, selling merchandise/food/drugs/etc. outside the venue. They did this for 40+ years, became multimillionaires and essentially wrote the playbook for the live music industry of today.