Gary Duncan, guitarist/vocalist for legendary psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, has passed away, following a seizure as a result of a fall. His Quicksilver bandmate David Freiberg ...
Normally, the Friday Live Music page celebrates the best concerts coming to town. This week, we travel back in time to a performance from the distant past that can finally be heard by everyone. The ...
Quicksilver Messenger Service’s eight-syllable name crackled with Old West mythology and looked sensational on psychedelic posters. They were utopian and badass, visionaries of the voodoo blues, ...
Eventually, Val Kilmer will star in a biopic about the Quicksilver Messenger Service, whose heavy penchant for drugs and 6/4 jazz time made them stars of the ’60s San Fran psychedelic scene. Fraught ...
Gary Duncan, a guitarist and singer for Quicksilver Messenger Service, an electrifying mainstay of the San Francisco psychedelic scene that rivaled Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead in the late ...
Just about the crispest of the San Fran heavy bands, Quicksilver Messenger Service were hippies with guns and drugs. Spinning off a song-based axis with the capacity to rock out, they featured the ...
Gary Duncan, guitarist and singer with San Francisco rock icons Quicksilver Messenger Service, reportedly died on June 29 at the age of 72. It's reported that he suffered a seizure that led to a coma ...