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Moby Grape was an American roots rock and psychedelic rock group of the 1960s that was known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting, and who collectively merged elements of jazz, country, and blues together with rock. Due to the strength of their debut album, several critics consider Moby Grape to be the best rock band to emerge from the San Francisco music scene in the late sixties.
The group was formed in late 1966 in San Francisco. Frontman and rhythm guitarist Skip Spence (the original drummer for the Jefferson Airplane), lead guitarist Jerry Miller and drummer Don Stevenson (both formerly of the Frantics), rhythm guitarist (and son of actress Loretta Young) Peter Lewis (of the Cornells), and bassist Bob Mosley all wrote songs for their debut album Moby Grape (1967). In a marketing stunt Columbia Records immediately released five singles at once, and the band was perceived as being over-hyped. Nonetheless, the record was critically acclaimed, and fairly successful commercially, with The Move covering its sardonic ode to hippiedom, “Hey Grandma”. Spence’s “Omaha” reached the lower rungs of the American singles charts in 1967, and Miller-Stevenson’s “8:05” became a country rock standard (covered by The Grateful Dead, Robert Plant, Guy Burlage, and others). Moby Grape has today achieved the status of a highly respected rock album.
The group was formed in late 1966 in San Francisco. Frontman and rhythm guitarist Skip Spence (the original drummer for the Jefferson Airplane), lead guitarist Jerry Miller and drummer Don Stevenson (both formerly of the Frantics), rhythm guitarist (and son of actress Loretta Young) Peter Lewis (of the Cornells), and bassist Bob Mosley all wrote songs for their debut album Moby Grape (1967). In a marketing stunt Columbia Records immediately released five singles at once, and the band was perceived as being over-hyped. Nonetheless, the record was critically acclaimed, and fairly successful commercially, with The Move covering its sardonic ode to hippiedom, “Hey Grandma”. Spence’s “Omaha” reached the lower rungs of the American singles charts in 1967, and Miller-Stevenson’s “8:05” became a country rock standard (covered by The Grateful Dead, Robert Plant, Guy Burlage, and others). Moby Grape has today achieved the status of a highly respected rock album.
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Mateolero wrote:
para el coloconazo!
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
The self-titled is great!
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RussellChap wrote:
brill
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Jurrecane wrote:
@IanCat87 Great find! Wished i found that somewhere! Would love that poster to.. *jealous*
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Dead_Tony wrote:
очень добротные ребята
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r_m wrote:
Man, that is a find.
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IanCat87 wrote:
I managed to find a copy of the first album on vinyl last weekend. Also included the original poster. How much? $8. What a find.
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StinkyBeaverOoz wrote:
Muchis puggamus
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Schwedenfan22 wrote:
mehr als genial.
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vocesabe wrote:
gosto muito de lou reed
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AtomOfDestiny wrote:
very underrated
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willywonka091 wrote:
get the fuck down to moby grape's groovy sound! skip spence is a goddamned visionary.
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adrian313 wrote:
Such a solid band, very underrated.
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le_dzedaj wrote:
I love this band. I dreamed that I was on some summer open air concert and there was Moby Grape playing "8:05" and I felt soooo good, my body start lifting. And than I woke up, fuckfuckfuck!
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mathcore16 wrote:
this band is depressingly underrated
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nooneastern wrote:
join my Moby Grape group !
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nooneastern wrote:
Miller/Stevenson and Lewis and Mosley and Spence. any one of them should have and could have been huge. all of them together in one band is nothing short of a miracle. the fact that they are not household names is nothing short of tragic. each one of their albums are amazing !
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TheMcEneaney wrote:
A band who put feeling great above everything else.
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vjd918 wrote:
Some of the best talent ever assembled in one band.
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mudrei wrote:
fodas :D
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