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
Quicksilver Messenger Service canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (101)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear 1979 ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1965 ⓘ
associatedAct Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Blue Cheer ⓘ
Copperhead ⓘ
Country Joe and the Fish ⓘ
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ
Dino Valenti ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ
Hot Tuna ⓘ
It’s a Beautiful Day ⓘ
Janis Joplin ⓘ
Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
Manassas ⓘ
Moby Grape ⓘ
New Riders of the Purple Sage ⓘ
Santana ⓘ
linked to: Santana (band)

Starship ⓘ
Steve Miller Band ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
The Charlatans (San Francisco band) ⓘ
The Dinosaurs ⓘ
The Great Society ⓘ
linked to: Great Society

The Other Ones ⓘ
The Quicksilver Gold Band ⓘ
The Quicksilver Messenger Service Revisited ⓘ
The Sons of Champlin ⓘ
The Steve Miller Blues Band ⓘ
The Youngbloods ⓘ
Zero ⓘ
associatedWithMovement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
associatedWithScene San Francisco Sound ⓘ
basedIn San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre acid rock ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
jam band ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasMember Chuck Steaks ⓘ
David Freiberg ⓘ
David Hayes ⓘ
Dino Valenti ⓘ
Gary Duncan ⓘ
Gary Duncan Band ⓘ
Gary Philippet ⓘ
George Tickner ⓘ
Greg Elmore ⓘ
Jim Murray ⓘ
Joel Tepp ⓘ
John Cipollina ⓘ
John Oxendine ⓘ
Kathi McDonald ⓘ
Ken Kusterer ⓘ
Mario Cipollina ⓘ
Mark Naftalin ⓘ
Michael Brown ⓘ
Michael Lewis ⓘ
Nicky Hopkins ⓘ
Ron Polte ⓘ
Skip Spence ⓘ
influenced later jam bands ⓘ
psychedelic revival bands ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableFor extended improvisations ⓘ
role in the San Francisco counterculture music scene ⓘ
notableSong Dino's Song ⓘ
Fresh Air ⓘ
Mona ⓘ
Pride of Man ⓘ
Who Do You Love ⓘ
notableWork Comin' Thru ⓘ
Happy Trails ⓘ
Just for Love ⓘ
Quicksilver (1971 album) ⓘ
Quicksilver Messenger Service (album) ⓘ
Shady Grove ⓘ
Solid Silver ⓘ
What About Me ⓘ
performedAt Avalon Ballroom ⓘ
Fillmore Auditorium ⓘ
Monterey Pop Festival (informal scene, not main bill) ⓘ
Winterland Ballroom ⓘ
placeOfOrigin San Francisco, California ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco
recordLabel Acadia Records ⓘ
BGO Records ⓘ
Beat Goes On Records ⓘ
Capitol Records ⓘ
Charly Records ⓘ
Dawn Records ⓘ
Edsel Records ⓘ
One Way Records ⓘ
Repertoire Records ⓘ
Rhino Records ⓘ
RockBeat Records ⓘ
Sundazed Music ⓘ
linked to: Sundazed Records

Varese Sarabande ⓘ
linked to: Varèse Sarabande

World In Sound ⓘ
reformed 2006 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fillmore West → hostedArtist → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Jefferson Airplane → associatedAct → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Human Be-In → featuredPerformer → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Nicky Hopkins → workedWith → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
San Francisco Sound → associatedBand → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Family Dog Productions → helpedLaunchCareerOf → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
East-West → influenced → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Skip Spence → associatedAct → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
"Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You" → coveredBy → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Moby Grape → associatedAct → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco → hostedAct → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ
Pacific High Recording → usedBy → Quicksilver Messenger Service ⓘ