Big Brother and the Holding Company

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musical group psychedelic rock band rock band

Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American psychedelic rock band best known for featuring Janis Joplin as its lead singer in the late 1960s.

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Label Occurrences
Big Brother and the Holding Company canonical 9

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
psychedelic rock band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1965 ⓘ
album Be a Brother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Big Brother and the Holding Company (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheap Thrills NERFINISHED ⓘ
How Hard It Is NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Full Tilt Boogie Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kozmic Blues Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formerMember Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre San Francisco Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
acid rock ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasPart Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.bbhc.com/ ⓘ
inception 1965 ⓘ
influencedBy blues ⓘ
psychedelia ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
locationOfFormation San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
member Dave Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Gurley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Albin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Andrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
notableMember Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong Ball and Chain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piece of My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Summertime NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Big Brother and the Holding Company (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheap Thrills NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPopularityPeriod late 1960s ⓘ
performedAt Monterey Pop Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Mainstream Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleOfJanisJoplin lead vocalist ⓘ
scene San Francisco music scene ⓘ
stateOfFormation California NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfMontereyPopPerformance 1967 ⓘ

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Fillmore West → hostedArtist → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Janis Joplin → memberOf → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Janis Joplin → associatedAct → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Chet Helms → managed → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Chet Helms → associatedWith → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Haight-Ashbury → associatedWith → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Human Be-In → featuredPerformer → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Piece of My Heart → alsoFamouslyPerformedBy → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) → notablePerformer → Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ