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Big Brother and the Holding Company is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia, The 13th Floor Elevators and Roky Erickson. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Brother and the Holding Company arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Buffalo Springfield and The Animals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bryan Adams, The Grateful Dead, The Seeds, Grateful Dead and MC5, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Big Brother and the Holding Company, reaching back through Quicksilver Messenger Service and forward to Bryan Adams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Brother and the Holding Company connections
Big Brother and the Holding Company grew out of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia and The 13th Floor Elevators, shares an orbit with Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Buffalo Springfield, went on to shape Bryan Adams, The Grateful Dead, The Seeds and Grateful Dead. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Big Brother and the Holding Company
Sounds and acts that shaped Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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Artists similar to Big Brother and the Holding Company
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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