This article is about the music group. For their eponymous debut album, see Big Brother & the Holding Company (album).
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Left to right: Getz, Joplin, Andrew, Gurley, Albin. c. 1967
Background information
Origin
San Francisco, California
Genres
Psychedelic rock[1]
acid rock[2]
blues rock[3]
Years active
1965–1968, 1969–1972, 1987–present
Labels
Columbia
Mainstream
Warner
Members
Peter Albin
Dave Getz
Tom Finch
Darby Gould
David Aguilar
Kate Russo Thompson
Past members
Sam Andrew
James Gurley
Chuck Jones
Janis Joplin
Nick Gravenites
Kathi McDonald
Dave Schallock
Mike Finnigan
Ben Nieves
Cathy Richardson
Tommy Odetto
Website
bbhc.com
Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. After some initial personnel changes, the band became well known with the lineup of vocalist Janis Joplin, guitarists Sam Andrew and James Gurley, bassist Peter Albin, and drummer Dave Getz. Their second album Cheap Thrills, released in 1968, is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the Billboard charts, and was ranked number 338 in Rolling Stone's the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Joplin left the band in 1968, following the recording of Cheap Thrills, for a successful solo career. The band recruited new members Nick Gravenites, Kathi McDonald, and Dave Schallock to replace her, and released two more albums before breaking up in 1972. The classic lineup (minus Joplin, who had died in 1970) reunited in 1987. The band has continued to perform ever since, with a variety of different lead singers. James Gurley left for a solo career in 1997 and died in 2009. Sam Andrew died in 2015.
^Unterberger, Richie. "Big Brother & the Holding Company | Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
^Nagelberg, Kenneth M. (2001). "Acid Rock". In Browne, Ray Broadus; Browne, Pat (eds.). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-87972-821-3.
^Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. p. 91. ISBN 1-84353-105-4.
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