Lotus (American band) performed several themed shows. On October 31, 2008, at the TLA in Philadelphia the show was billed as "Live Fast Die Young: the 27 Conspiracy". Each of the 5 members dressed as a rock star who died at the age of 27 (Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Pigpen, and Jim Morrison) and the show featured covers by each of the respective bands. On Dec. 31, 2008 the band performed a show that included robot themed covers including Styx - "Mr. Roboto", Alan Parson's Project - "I Robot", Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Part I", Radiohead -
Outlaws (Outlaws album) the album, while Billy Jones teamed with Thomasson for the dueling Southern rock guitar sound. The album, with its blend of Southern rock, country rock, hard rock, was well received by critics, and also helped the band become a huge concert draw. It peaked at #13 on the billboard 200. For years it was thought by many that "Green Grass & High Tides" was about marijuana, but according to writer Hughie Thomasson that is not the case at all. He once stated that it is about all his dead rock star favorites like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Duane