Origin: San Francisco, CA, USA
Quicksilver Messenger Service (QMS) was one of the leading "first generation" psychedelic bands of the Bay Area, although they never reached the same level of commercial success as that of their counterparts the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane . Nonetheless, they had a strong, rather unique sound lead by the dual guitar playing of John Cipollina (guitar) and Gary Duncan (guitar). The band formed in 1965 with original members Cipollina, David Freiberg (bass, vocals), Alexander "Skip" Spence (guitar), Casey Sonoban (drums) and Jim Murray (harmonica, vocals). They began rehearsing at Marty B…