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Important Musicians Psychedelic Rock was influenced by Jazz music, drugs, specifically hallucinogens. The use of drugs is what changed the music world and created psychedelic rock. This type of music was geared toward teenagers frustrated with life and trying to see the world in a different way. Janis Joplin Jefferson Airplane The Doors Pink Floyd

Phychedelic  Psychedelic rock was very similar to Jazz music.  This type of music was the second biggest thing in American culture, the first being the civil-rights movement.  It was first heard in San Francisco, California in 1965 where artists would have “acid tests”, more known as LSD parties, and play their music.  The Warlocks, later known as The Grateful Dead, were the first to play at these parties.  They say it was the “Equivalent to abstract paint”.  More emphasis on the melody.

Psychedelic  Their philosphy of life  Peace, Love & Drugs  Hippies were gathering to celebrate instead of to protest.  The first rock festivals were in January 1967 at the Golden Gate Park. The first rock festival was called the “Human Be-In”.  The “Hippy” trend was spreading fast across the country.  Psychedelic Rock was at one point renamed “Acid Rock”. They wanted the lyrics to closely relate to the affects of being on LSD.  Two biggest differences were the race of the musicians, and the use of the electric guitar.

Artists at the “Human Be-in” festival, 1967 San Fransico, Cali. Poster for the festival. Janis Joplin on the cover of the rolling Stones. The drugs used in the 1960s.

Jefferson Airplane’s song “White Rabbit” was considered the Psychedelic Anthem of the 1960s. Nqr-vcx0 SINGER: Grace Slick HARMINIZING: Paul Kantner, Marty Balin BASS: Jack Casady GUTIAR: Jorma Kaukonen DRUMS: Spencer Dryden Somebody To Love & White Rabbit helped create Psychedelic Rock. They represented a new lifestyle. They were a huge part of Psychedelic rock because the in cooperated pop, folk and jazz music into their work.

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What Happened to Psychedelic Rock?  Psychedelic rock has slowly died out. Currently there aren't many artists that are apart of that genre, and there aren't many people who listen to it. TOP 3 CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BANDS: 1. Flaming Lips, 2. Julian Cope, 3. The Cure  Psychedelic Rock faded out due to the fact that the major drugs the artists were using were made illegal in the late 1960s.  We believe as of today, Psychedelic rock has some form of an influence on today’s Heavy Metal music.

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