Moby Grape isn't the only band that's had legal trouble. Among the many sad stories of the music industry, two members of The Turtles (famous for "Happy Together") candidly explain the business side ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April 1968, somewhere in New York City. Alexander 'Skip' Spence, mercurial genius of San Francisco five-piece Moby Grape, has ...

Canadian folk music fan Skip Spence had moved to San Francisco, becoming a part of an early version of Quicksilver Messenger Service before handling drums on Jefferson Airplane’s first LP in 1966, ...

Some bands become legends because of decades of success. Others become legends because fans are forever left wondering what might have been. That has long been the story of Moby Grape, whose ...

Jerry Miller, guitarist and founding member of ’60s San Francisco scene psych-rock greats Moby Grape, died on Sunday at age 81. No cause of death was given. Born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Miller began ...

Rubinson took the band (above, with Spence on the right) into a Hollywood studio in March 1967. The resulting album, simply titled Moby Grape, was a flashing distillation of West Coast pop. Searing ...

What a short, strange trip it was. And what a long, strange trip it turned into anyway. Two Seattle bar-band honchos and two aspiring L.A. pros shoring up speedy psychedelic wonder boy Skip Spence, ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 0:00 Mention the name Moby ...

Mention the name Moby Grape to a roomful of rock critics, and you'll hear nothing but praise for the 1960s San Francisco rock band. But aside from fans and critics, few people today have ever heard of ...