The Dinosaurs 1404465 216608465 2008-06-02T12:09:00Z Mudwater 3049367 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/61.69.211.230|61.69.211.230]] ([[User talk:61.69.211.230|talk]]) to last version by Mudwater {{otheruses3|Dinosaur (disambiguation)}} '''The Dinosaurs''', formed in 1982, was a [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] to emerge from the [[psychedelic music]] era of [[San Francisco]]. The group consisted of Peter Albin of [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], [[John Cipollina]] of [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], [[Papa John Creach]] of [[Hot Tuna]], [[Spencer Dryden]] of [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]] of the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Barry Melton]] of [[Country Joe and The Fish]] and keyboardist [[Merl Saunders]] from the Saunders-Garcia Band. In the 1990s [[David LaFlamme]] of [[It's A Beautiful Day]] and [[Jerry Miller]] of [[Moby Grape]] also toured with this group. In 1988, the band released its only studio album, ''Dinosaurs''. In 2005 the band released a retrospective album on the Evangeline label, entitled ''Friends of Extinction''. They were the band that forced [[Dinosaur Jr]] to add on the "Jr." in 1987, shortly after that band released [[You're Living All Over Me]]. ==Discography== * ''Dinosaurs'' · 1988 * ''Friends of Extinction'' · 2005 == External links == * [http://www.cjfishlegacy.com/dinosaurshomepage.html The Dinosaurs Official Website] * [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?&sql=11:0pftxqt5ldke The Dinosaurs on All Music Guide] * [http://www.archive.org/details/Dinosaurs Live Music Archive] - The Dinosaur's section of archive.org's free live concert recordings. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dinosaurs, The}} [[Category:1980s music groups]] [[Category:Psychedelic musical groups]] [[Category:Supergroups]] [[de:The Dinosaurs]]