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They are symbolic of the 13 original members of the band.

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The 13-point lightning bolt was derived from a stencil Owsley Stanley created to spray-paint on The Grateful Dead's equipment boxes (he wanted an easily identifiable mark to help the crew find the Dead's equipment in the jumble of multiple bands' identical black equipment boxes at festivals).

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