The Violets - Athens Georgia 1988-1992The Violets were a punk indie band from Athens, GA, mainly active from 1988 1992. The band was best known for their song 'I Hate The Grateful Dead, which briefly charted on the College CMJ charts in 1991. That original 7" record is a big collectors item these days and the song has remained quite popular, even among Grateful Dead purists, who view the song as a humorous poke at the obsessive fan culture that still surrounds the Dead. Back in the 1990s