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. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer. Their 1968 album Cheap Thrills is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the...
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Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1965
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1971
Musical Genres:
View Big Brother and the Holding Company: Genre »Also known as:
- Big Brother & The Holding Company,
- Big Brother And The Holding Company ft. Janis Joplin,
- Janis Jopplin & Big Brother & Holding Co.,
- Janis Joplin With Big Brother & The Holding Co.,
- Big Brother and the Holding Co
