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Moby Grape was a rock band that was formed in San Francisco, California in the 1960s.Last.fm: Moby Grape Biography
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- Genre: Pop rockallmusic: Moby Grape
- Styles: Rock & roll, country rock, folk rock, psychedelicallmusic: Moby Grape
- Origin: San Francisco, Californiaallmusic: Moby Grape
- Formed: September 1966allmusic: Moby Grape
- All band members performed vocalsLast.fm: Moby Grape Biography
- All band members composed musicLast.fm: Moby Grape Biography
- Albums: 9AOL Music: Moby Grape Albums
- Manager: Matthew Katzallmusic: Moby Grape
- Labels: Sundazed, Line and Dig MusicAOL Music: Moby Grape Albums
- Years active: 1966 - 2002AOL Music: Moby Grape Biography
- Influenced by: The Beatles and The ByrdsAOL Music: Moby Grape Biography
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Career
The band made their debut in 1967, with the self-titled Moby Grape. The released a second album in 1968. Later in the year, Skip Spence was hospitalized for mental illness. In 1969, another member left the band to join the Marines. The band then broke up, reuniting occasionally for recording sessions.AOL Music: Moby Grape Biography In 1989, four out of the five members got back together to release one more album. Skip Spence died in 2000.Dig Music: Moby Grape -
Legal Problems
The band fired Matthew Katz, their manager, in 1967. He then began an almost 40 year legal battle, claiming that he owned the rights to the name Moby Grape. This was finally settled in 2005 with the remaining band members winning the right to use the Moby Grape name. In 2007, they re-released three albums on the Sundazed label. They then found themselves back in court when Katz challenged their right to the album artwork.NPR: Moby Grape -
Critical Reception
""It's one of the few rock 'n' roll albums of any era that you can say, 'That is a perfect debut album.' The songwriting on it is memorable — you take those songs with you wherever you go. The triple-guitar orchestration....it's not just power chords. Everyone is playing melodies and counter-melodies and rhythms. Very funky, also very country, very punk, very surf. And they were all singers."NPR: Moby Grape -
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Article: Wow: The Moby Grape Story
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listening to "Moby Grape - Sitting By The Window" ♫ http://blip.fm/~g2zfg
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Check this video out -- THE SWEET RIDE Surfers & MOBY GRAPE 1967 http://bit.ly/26V91T
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VIDEO: Moby Grape live, on the Mike Douglas show….: VIDEO: Moby Grape live, on the Mike Douglas show. http://bit.ly/1oibZ1
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listening to "It's A Beautiful Day Today - Moby Grape" ♫ http://blip.fm/~fy3ur
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Moby Grape '69 - $17.98
Moby Grape followed the expansiveness of 1968's Wow with an unadorned, back-to-basics sound on this, their fourth long-player. Bob Mosley's understated vocal makes the ballad "It's a Beautiful Day Today" one of the great Grape tracks...
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View All Moby Grape Questions (51) | Ask a QuestionCan wine grapes be used for grape juice? (2 Answers)The juice varies by type of grape, just as with the wines that come from them. And taste is subjective, of course. Most wine grapes are picked at a lower ... read moreWhat states produce the most grapes for consumption or juice? (1 Answer)Grape production is spread out throughout the United States. Most grapes are grown in California. Below is a list where grapes are grown, and they are made into wines. 91% ... read moreHow did Moby Grape select their name? (1 Answer)http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001117/Moby-Grape.html "Mosley came up with the name, which served as the punchline to a popular absurdist joke, "What's purple and swims in the ocean?" The grim resonances of Moby Dick, ... read moreHow is frozen grape juice manufactured? (1 Answer)The Concord variety is chiefly used for the manufacture of grape juice. The grape are washed in acid or alkaline solution, then in water to remove spray residues, then destemmed ... read more
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