Ok then, who was known as CAPTAIN TRIPS?

Question

Dead, psycadelic rocker.

Answer 1

Trapdoor is correct. This was the name he assumed while being in the house band for the Ken Kesey "acid tests" (Grateful Dead). They were famous for their LSD usage. This was all immortalized in a book by Thomas Wolfe called The Electric Koolaid Acid Test.

Trivia for you;
Q.What was the Grateful Deads first name.
A. The Warlocks

Answer 2

Captain Trips is a fictional disease occurring in the Stephen King novel The Stand. A form of superflu (influenza), it originates in an American biological weapons laboratory under the California desert, commanded by a General William "Billy" Starkey, and is hinted to have been created by breeding a hybrid of flu and an AIDS-like illness. 99.4 percent of people are vulnerable. The disease is, in those who catch it, universally and swiftly fatal. However, those who are immune to Captain Trips are utterly immune — in one instance, an immune person (Stu Redman) is actually unknowingly injected with Trips, only to have his immune system kill it. The only evident connection between immune persons is that all seem to be heavy, vivid dreamers. It is never learned, at least not during the course of the novel, why anyone has immunity. It is also referred to, variously, as superflu, the rales, Blue, Tube Neck, and other names. Captain Trips and the superflu are the dominant names.

Answer 3

Great analysis of the disease of the same name to the person above me, but the asker is referring to deceased Grateful Dead vocalist/guitarist Jerry Garcia.