Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Quicksilver Messenger Service was an influential late-1960s San Francisco psychedelic rock band known for its extended improvisations and prominent role in the city’s countercultural music scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quicksilver Messenger Service canonical | 3 |
Statements (101)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
musical group
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rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Blue Cheer NERFINISHED ⓘ Copperhead NERFINISHED ⓘ Country Joe and the Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Dino Valenti NERFINISHED ⓘ Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Tuna NERFINISHED ⓘ It’s a Beautiful Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Airplane NERFINISHED ⓘ Manassas NERFINISHED ⓘ Moby Grape NERFINISHED ⓘ New Riders of the Purple Sage NERFINISHED ⓘ Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ Starship NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Miller Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ The Charlatans (San Francisco band) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dinosaurs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Society NERFINISHED ⓘ The Other Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quicksilver Gold Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quicksilver Messenger Service Revisited NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sons of Champlin NERFINISHED ⓘ The Steve Miller Blues Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Youngbloods NERFINISHED ⓘ Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | 1960s counterculture ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | San Francisco Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
acid rock
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blues rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ jam band ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chuck Steaks
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David Freiberg NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Dino Valenti NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Duncan Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Philippet NERFINISHED ⓘ George Tickner NERFINISHED ⓘ Greg Elmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Tepp NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cipollina NERFINISHED ⓘ John Oxendine NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathi McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Kusterer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mario Cipollina NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Naftalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicky Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Polte NERFINISHED ⓘ Skip Spence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later jam bands
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psychedelic revival bands ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extended improvisations
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role in the San Francisco counterculture music scene ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Dino's Song
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Fresh Air NERFINISHED ⓘ Mona NERFINISHED ⓘ Pride of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Do You Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Comin' Thru
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Happy Trails NERFINISHED ⓘ Just for Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Quicksilver (1971 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Quicksilver Messenger Service (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shady Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ Solid Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ What About Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Avalon Ballroom
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Fillmore Auditorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Monterey Pop Festival (informal scene, not main bill) NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterland Ballroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Acadia Records
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BGO Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Beat Goes On Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Capitol Records ⓘ Charly Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Dawn Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Edsel Records NERFINISHED ⓘ One Way Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Repertoire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhino Records NERFINISHED ⓘ RockBeat Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundazed Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Varese Sarabande NERFINISHED ⓘ World In Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reformed | 2006 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.