QMS

It was hard finding a seventies rock band beginning with Q which I felt like posting. This list isn't about the ballet, you know.

Here's what you need to know about this video before investing 20 minutes to watch it. The first part is a hard-rocking version of Bo Diddley's classic Who Do You Love. So if your short on time, you might want to end around the 6 minute mark. If you aren't in the mood for for any exploratory psychedelic stuff, then I wouldn't watch beyond that. And if you hate the Grateful Dead or the whole jam band/freak-out "experience", I wouldn't watch beyond 8 minutes. There is a complete freak-out at the end where everyone goes nuts, including the guy working the zoom lens behind one of the drummers. To me it's hilarious and worth watching just for the laugh.



It's impossible not to compare Quicksilver Messenger Service to the Grateful Dead. Both bands formed in San Francisco in 1965. And... two drummers and a percussionist? Well, all three were probably doing a drum circle out on the sidewalk when the band first formed. The chick in the long white dress doing the acid hand dance probably ended up following the dead and some point. Her clones have become psychedelic jam band staples. In my opinion, after watching this video, all of the guitarists in QMS are better than Jerry Garcia. When they aren't doing the free form thing, they're tight.