______ is on my turntable right now.

mrussel1 said:

Loujoe said:

not sure what I'm listening to. Good and interesting 

@brianlux knows.  Quicksilver was a good ole hippie psych band from SF that were part of the Dead, Janis, era.  

Another interesting thing about this band: the lead guitarist, John Cipollina later started a "super group" with other well know Bay Area musicians including Barry Melton from Country Joe and the Fish and called themselves "Dinosaurs".  When J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph started up a band, they called themselves Dinosaur.  But Barry Melton had became a lawyer and sued Mascis and company for using the name "Dinosaur".   So  J, Lou, and Murph somewhat begrudgingly added the "Jr" to their name to settle the issue.  Much as I like all those old great Bay Area musicians, in my opinion, Dinosaur Jr. is a much better band. But the change in name did open the doors for the absolutely hilarious accusation by the Creationist museum to deny the existence of Dinosaur Jr.      

mrussel1 said:

brianlux said:

mrussel1 said:

Loujoe said:

not sure what I'm listening to. Good and interesting 

@brianlux knows.  Quicksilver was a good ole hippie psych band from SF that were part of the Dead, Janis, era.  

Great band!  They played at my sisters graduation party.  Sadly, they were the only band that played at our high school that by buddies and I on stage crew didn't get to do the lighting for (Quicksilver brought their own lighting crew who, undoubtedly, had a better set up than we had access to, so I kind of get it). 

Another interesting thing about this band: the lead guitarist, John Cipollina later started a "super group" with other well know Bay Area musicians including Barry Melton from Country Joe and the Fish and called themselves "Dinosaurs".  When J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph started up a band, they called themselves Dinosaur.  But Barry Melton had became a lawyer and sued Mascis and company for using the name "Dinosaur".   So  J, Lou, and Murph somewhat begrudgingly added the "Jr" to their name to settle the issue.  Much as I like all those old great Bay Area musicians, in my opinion, Dinosaur Jr. is a much better band. But the change in name did open the doors for the absolutely hilarious accusation by the Creationist museum to deny the existence of Dinosaur Jr.      

https://thehardtimes.net/news/creationist-museum-denies-existence-dinosaur-jr/

Great story Brian!