Check out End Hits for the latest entry in our Concert Challenge series, in which we send a music writer to a show, kicking and screaming, against his or her will. This time we sent Aris Wales, our resident metal expert, to an evening with the king of all jam-tastic cover bands: the Dark Star Orchestra, which doesn't just play Grateful Dead tunes, but recreates, in exacting detail, set lists from specific concerts.

What happened? Were the barefoot, patchouli-scented crowds of hippies too much for our devil-horn-weidling metalhead to take? Or did he succumb to the vibes of peace and love? Read and see.