The Grateful Dead are amazing!  Do you enjoy their music?
I love them, one of my favourite rock bands. They were actually formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.
1965!  That is forever ago!  Do they still perform?
No don't think so. I haven't heard of any shows. The band was ranked 57th by "Rolling Stone" magazine in its The Greatest Artists 
I would have thought they would be ranked higher.  They are so iconic.  Are all the band members still alive?
No I know that some of the members have sadly passed away. 
Oh.  It seems crazy that their music and legacy still live on and continue to get new fans.
distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world". The band was ranked 57th by "Rolling Stone" magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a recording of their May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock; for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams; and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were