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Dino Valenti Originally slated to be the bands lead singer Dino Valenti joined Quicksilver Messenger Service after he got out of jail in the late sixties. Abandoning the loose-knit jam format that was the groups trademark, he took the band … Continue reading →

Rob Tyner Fred “Sonic” Smith Rob Tyner and Fred “Sonic” Smith were members of the group “MC5” (Motor City Five). The “MC5” were radical rock-n-roll revolutionaries who took left-wing politics and the whole anti-establishment movement of the late-sixties very seriously. … Continue reading →

Peter Tosh Peter Tosh was a reggae musician who once played with Bob Marley and the Wailers. In the mid-seventies he went solo and released “Legalize It”. The album cover showed him sucking on a pipe in a huge field … Continue reading →

Steve Took Steve Took was Marc Bolan’s right hand man providing percussion for “T. Rex” who enjoyed brief superstardom in the early 70’s. Steve Took had just gotten a healthy royalty check, which meant he could by drugs. He took … Continue reading →