Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Space rock is a subgenre of Rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s Progressive rock and psychedelic Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Zeuhl (Pronunciation zEU(hl means celestial in Kobaïan, the Constructed language created by Christian Vander. New Age music is peaceful Music of various styles which is intended to create inspiration relaxation and positive feelings often used by listeners for Yoga, For "acid rock" as a geologic term see Igneous rock. Acid rock is a form of Psychedelic rock, which is characterized Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music Neo-Psychedelia (aka modern psychedelic rock, psy, psych) is the product of the Psychedelic rock explosion of the 1960s Raga rock is a term used to describe Rock and roll records with heavy South Asian influence either in construction Timbre or use of instrumentation such Psychedelic pop is a musical style inspired by the harder louder songs of Psychedelic rock but applied more to a pop music setting Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of Psychedelic rock and soul / Funk music Psychedelic folk or Psych folk is a Music genre that is a blending of Folk music and Psychedelic rock or pop Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The general group of pharmacological agents commonly known as hallucinogens can be divided into three broad categories Psychedelics, Dissociatives ^[1] The musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning (sound placement in the stereo field), phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Farfisa and Vox Organs, the Rhodes electric piano, Harpsichords and the Mellotron (an early tape-driven 'sampler'); a strong emphasis on extended instrumental solos; modal melodies and surreal, esoterically inspired or whimsical lyrics.

Psychedelic rock is a bridge from early blues-based rock to progressive rock and heavy metal, but it also drew on non-Western sources such as Indian music's rāgas and sitars. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Rāga ( Sanskrit, lit "colour" or "mood" or rāgam in Carnatic music) refers to melodic modes used The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. Unlike acid rock, which refers to styles overlapping with hard rock or heavy metal and thrash metal, psychedelic rock is generally more mellow. For "acid rock" as a geologic term see Igneous rock. Acid rock is a form of Psychedelic rock, which is characterized Other forms of psychedelic music diverged from the prevalent rock style, assimilating elements of Folk, Jazz and electronic music to create further sub-genres. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production

History

While the first contemporary musicians to be influenced by psychedelic drugs were in the jazz and folk scenes, the first use of the term "psychedelic" in popular music was by the "acid-folk" group The Holy Modal Rounders in 1964, with the song "Hesitation Blues". Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. Psychedelic folk or Psych folk is a Music genre that is a blending of Folk music and Psychedelic rock or pop The Holy Modal Rounders were an American Folk music duo from the Lower East Side of New York City which started in the early 1960s consisting of Peter Stampfel The first use of the word "psychedelic" in a rock music context is usually credited to The Deep, and the earliest known appearance of this usage of the word in print is in the title of their 1966 album The Psychedelic Moods of the Deep. The Deep was a short-lived American Rock and roll band formed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, during the mid-1960s Roky Erickson, lead singer of The 13th Floor Elevators, coined the term 'psychedelic rock' in a 1966 interview. Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15 1947) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Harmonica In 1962 British rock embarked on a frenetic race of ideas that spread back to the U. British rock and roll, or Brit rock, was born out of the influence of Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues from the United States, but added S. with the British Invasion. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers The folk music scene also experimented with outside influences. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous In the tradition of Jazz and blues many musicians began to take drugs, and include drug references in their songs. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression By late 1965 The Beatles unveiled the first stirrings of their brand of psychedelia on the Rubber Soul album, which featured John Lennon's first paean to universal love ("The Word") and a sitar-laden tale of attempted hippy hedonism ("Norwegian Wood"). The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles. " The Word " is a song by The Beatles first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world Hedonism is the Philosophy that Pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown " is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. The British rock act The Yardbirds recorded the single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" in 1966, another track frequently cited as the first psychedelic song, this one due to its frantic evocation of drug-induced paranoia. The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was the first single by the British rock band The Yardbirds to feature future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page

Mid 1960s

United States

Psychedelia began in the United States' folk scene, with New York City's Holy Modal Rounders introducing the term in 1964. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Holy Modal Rounders were an American Folk music duo from the Lower East Side of New York City which started in the early 1960s consisting of Peter Stampfel A similar band called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions from San Francisco were influenced by The Byrds and the Beatles to switch from acoustic music to electric music in 1965. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Renaming themselves the Warlocks, they fell in with Ken Kesey's LSD-fueled Merry Pranksters in November 1965, and changed their name to the Grateful Dead the following month. Kenneth Elton Kesey ( September 17, 1935 &ndash November 10, 2001) was an American Author, best known for his major novels The Merry Pranksters are a group of people who originally formed around American Author Ken Kesey in 1964 and sometimes lived communally at his The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Dead played to light shows at the Pranksters' "Acid Tests", with pulsing images being projected over the group in what became a widespread practice. The Acid Tests were a series of Psychedelic parties held by Ken Kesey in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 1960's centered entirely around the

Typical psychedelic style poster. Iron Butterfly at the Carousel Ballroom. ^[2]

Their sound soon became identified as Acid rock which they played at the Trips Festival in January 1966 along with Big Brother & the Holding Company. For "acid rock" as a geologic term see Igneous rock. Acid rock is a form of Psychedelic rock, which is characterized Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene The festival was held at the Longshoremen's Hall and was attended by some 10,000 people. For most of the attendees, it was their first encounter with both acid-rock and LSD. Another band, originally playing R&B called The Ethix started to experiment with electronics, tape transformations and wild improvisations, and as their music transformed, The Ethix transformed into Fifty Foot Hose. Fifty Foot Hose is a Psychedelic rock band that formed in San Francisco in the late 1960s and reformed in the 1990s

Throughout 1966, the San Francisco music scene flourished, as the Fillmore, the Avalon Ballroom, and the Matrix club began booking local rock bands on a nightly basis. The Avalon Ballroom is a legendary music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco that operated briefly from 1966 until 1968 and again from 2003 to the present The Matrix, a renovated former pizza shop was a nightclub in San Francisco from 1965 to 1972 and was one of the keys to what eventually became known as the "San Francisco The emerging "San Francisco Sound" made local stars of numerous bands, including the Charlatans, Moby Grape, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Fifty Foot Hose, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and the Fish, The Great Society, and the folk-rockers Jefferson Airplane, whose debut album was recorded during the winter of 1965/66 and released in August 1966. The San Francisco Sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco -based rock groups of the mid 1960s to early 1970s The Charlatans were an influential Psychedelic rock band that played a pivotal role in the development of the San Francisco music scene in the 1960s Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene Fifty Foot Hose is a Psychedelic rock band that formed in San Francisco in the late 1960s and reformed in the 1990s Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American Psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco and considered as a part of the city's Country Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971. For the political action of President Johnson see Great Society The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco Rock band in the Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was the first album to come out of San Francisco during this era and sold well enough to bring the city's music scene to the attention of the record industry. Jefferson Airplane Takes Off is the debut album of San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on RCA Victor Records in 1966

Jefferson Airplane gained greater fame the following year with two of the earliest psychedelic hit singles: "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love". " White Rabbit " is a Psychedelic rock and Acid rock song from Jefferson Airplane 's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow " Somebody to Love " is a rock song that was originally written and recorded by 1960s folk - psychedelic band The Great Society and later In fact, both these songs had originated with the band The Great Society, whose singer Grace Slick left to join Jefferson Airplane, taking the two compositions with her. For the political action of President Johnson see Great Society The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco Rock band in the Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of

While the Grateful Dead were the acknowledged leaders of the San Francisco music scene in the 1960s by both local concert-goers and rival bands, their records did not sell as well as those of their Bay Area peers. As a result, the Grateful Dead didn't begin to attain national popularity until around 1969-1970, when their constant touring gained them a cult following.

Although San Francisco receives much of the credit for jump-starting the psychedelic music scene, many other American cities contributed significantly to the new genre. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles boasted dozens of important psychedelic bands, including the Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Love, Spirit, the United States of America, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors, among others. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Iron Butterfly is an American Psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal band well known for their 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Love was an American Rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s Spirit was an American Jazz / Hard rock / psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California For the 90's alternative group see The Presidents of the United States of America. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing New York City produced its share of psychedelic bands such as the Blues Magoos, the Blues Project, Bermuda Triangle Band, Electric Prunes, Lothar and the Hand People. The Blues Magoos was a rock music group from The Bronx, New York. The Blues Project was a short-lived Rock and roll band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and split up Bermuda Triangle Band' s wild psychedelic or delicately nuanced electric Autoharp and transcendental vocals grew out of the late '60s Folk rock scene The Electric Prunes are a Rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental Psychedelic group in the late 1960s and contributed two tracks Lothar and the Hand People was a late 1960s Psychedelic rock band known for their spacey music and pioneering use of the Theremin and Moog modular and the Third Bardo. The Detroit area gave rise to psychedelic bands the Amboy Dukes and the SRC. The Amboy Dukes were an American Rock music band of the late 1960s and early 1970s from Detroit Michigan, best remembered for their hit single "Journey The early years The SRC (short for Scott Richardson Case was a Detroit / Ann Arbor based rock band from the late 1960s Texas (particularly Austin) is often cited for its contributions to psychedelic music, being home to the groundbreaking 13th Floor Elevators, as well as Bubble Puppy, Shiva's Headband, Golden Dawn, the Zakary Thaks, Red Krayola, and many others. Bubble Puppy was a Texan psychedelic Rock band, formed in 1966 in San Antonio Texas by Rod Prince and Roy Cox Shiva’s Headband, an early Texas Psychedelic rock band formed in Austin in 1967 The Zakary Thaks were an American garage band from Corpus Christi Texas, formed in the mid 1960s The Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a Psychedelic, Avant-garde rock band from Houston Texas, formed by art students at the University

The Byrds went psychedelic in 1966 with "Eight Miles High", a song with odd vocal harmonies and an extended guitar solo that guitarist Roger McGuinn states was inspired by Raga and John Coltrane. " Eight Miles High " is a Song by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby, first appearing as a single from 1966 by James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn, previously as Jim McGuinn, and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, Rāga ( Sanskrit, lit "colour" or "mood" or rāgam in Carnatic music) refers to melodic modes used

Brute Force (musician) is another psychedelic rocker who is still very active today. Brute Force (born 1940 is the Pseudonym of Stephen Friedland, an American Singer and Songwriter. His "King of Fuh" is considered a psychedelic masterpiece.

In 1965, members of Rick And The Ravens and The Psychedelic Rangers came together with Jim Morrison to form The Doors. This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing They made a demo tape for Columbia Records in September of that year, which contained glimpses of their later acid-rock sound. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company When nobody at Columbia wanted to produce the band, they were signed by Elektra Records, who released their debut album in January 1967. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records It contained their first hit single, "Light My Fire. " Light My Fire " is a song originally performed by The Doors on their self-titled first album, which was recorded in August 1966 and released " Clocking in at over 7 minutes, it became one of the first rock singles to break the mold of the three-minute pop song, although the version usually played on AM radio was a much-shorter version. A three-minute pop song is a Cliché that describes the Archetype of Popular music, based on the average running-length of a typical single.

Initially, The Beach Boys, with their squeaky-clean image, seemed unlikely as psychedelic types. The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture Their music, however, grew more psychedelic and experimental, perhaps due in part to writer/producer/arranger Brian Wilson's increased drug usage and burgeoning mental illness. Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an American Musician best known as the lead In 1966, responding to the Beatles' innovations, they produced their album Pet Sounds and later that year had a massive hit with the psychedelic single "Good Vibrations". Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group The Beach Boys. " Good Vibrations " is a pop single by The Beach Boys. Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE (which was never finished, and was remade by Wilson with a new band in 2004) also shows this growing experimentation. Smile (sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE) is an unreleased album by the The Beach Boys, and perhaps the most Smile, sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE, is a solo album by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Van Dyke Parks

The psychedelic influence was also felt in black music, where record labels such as Motown dabbled for a while with psychedelic soul, producing such hits as "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" and "Psychedelic Shack" (by The Temptations), "Reflections" (by Diana Ross & the Supremes), and the 11-minute-long "Time Has Come Today" by The Chambers Brothers, before falling out of favor. "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of Psychedelic rock and soul / Funk music " Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today " is a 1970 hit single for the Gordy ( Motown) label recorded by The Temptations and produced "Psychedelic Shack", released December 28, 1969, is a 1970 hit single for the Motown label performed by The Temptations and produced The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful The Supremes were an American female singing group that first formed as a quartet called The Primettes The Chambers Brothers are an Interracial Soul music group, best known for their 1968 hit record, the 11-minute long Song Sly and the Family Stone, a racially integrated group whose roots were in soul and R&B, created music influenced by psychedelic rock. Sly & the Family Stone is an American funk, soul and rock band from San Francisco California. This is especially evident on their breakthrough second album, Dance to the Music.

United Kingdom

Psychedelic rock in the United Kingdom, in common with its American counterpart had its roots in the Folk Rock genre. Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. In much the same way that Great Society and the original Jefferson Airplane were electrified folk bands, the same was true of early psychedelic bands in the U. The Great Society was also a 1960s band featuring Grace Slick, and a 1914 book by English social theorist Graham Wallas. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement K. such as Fairport Convention. The major difference between psychedelic rock in the U. K. and its American counterpart is the role it played in a media revolution that changed the face of musical broadcasting, the music business and to a lesser degree, music publications nationwide.

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Prior to the launch of BBC Radio 1 on 30 September 1967, BBC radio consisted of a single station (except for Radio Scotland) and had just two pop shows, Saturday Club and Easy Beat. ^[3] These shows were ultra conservative and almost (if not completely) ignored the 'Progressive' groups both from America (Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe and the Fish, Doors, Byrds etc) and those in England like Hawkwind, The Move, The Yardbirds, and The Animals. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Country Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971. This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Radio Luxembourg (which reached the South of England) was a little more progressive but still largely ignored the 'new' music scene.

The only real exposure that these groups could get was live performances in a handful of small clubs mostly in London with a few in other major cities. The advent of Pirate Radio and in particular a pirate disc jockey, John Peel changed all that. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Suddenly these progressive bands were able to reach a mass audience and at their peak the pirates were boasting greater audiences than the BBC. Adding to the impact and impression of a cultural revolution was the emergence of alternative weekly publications like IT (International Times) and OZ magazine which featured psychedelic and progressive music together with the counter culture lifestyle. The International Times ( it or IT) was an underground paper started in 1966 in central London, UK Oz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963&ndash69 in Sydney, Australia and in its second and more famous incarnation became Soon psychedelic rock clubs like the UFO club in Tottenham Court Road, Middle Earth club in Covent Garden, the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, the Country Club (Swiss Cottage) and the Art Lab (also in Covent Garden) were drawing capacity audience with psychedelic rock and ground-breaking liquid light shows. A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing Locomotives Roundhouses are large circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding Liquid light shows or psychedelic light shows surfaced in the mid 1960s and early 1970s in America and Europe

Psychedelic rock audiences were also a major break with tradition. Wearing long hair and wild shirts from shops like Mr Fish, Granny Takes a Trip and old military uniforms from Carnaby Street (Soho) and Kings Road (Chelsea) boutiques, they were in stark contrast to the slick, tailored Teddyboys or the drab, conventional dress of most teenagers prior to that. Granny Takes a Trip was an Boutique opened in the 1960s at 488 Kings Road, Chelsea London, by Nigel Waymouth and Sheila Cohen Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the area of 'Carnaby' in the district of Soho This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. The British Teddy Boy Subculture is typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by the styles of the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors ^[4]

The August 1966 album by The Beatles Revolver shows a psychedelic influence with songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Yellow Submarine" and marked the beginning of the demise of their harmless pop 'mop-tops' image. Revolver is the seventh album by English rock band The Beatles, released on 5 August 1966. " Tomorrow Never Knows " is the final track of The Beatles ' 1966 studio album Revolver. " Yellow Submarine " is a 1966 song by The Beatles (credited to Lennon/McCartney) which was recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney The Yardbirds released Roger the Engineer in the same year. The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Jeff Beck's experimentation with fuzz-tone, feedback and distortion along with his trademark note-bending style set a high standard for future psychedelic experimenters; Jimmy Page developed the technique of scraping a violin or cello bow across the strings to produce surreal sounds during The Yardbirds' live performances of the time. Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Hearing "Still I'm Sad" made Daevid Allen decide to form his first rock band. Daevid Allen (born January 13, 1938 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian Poet, Guitarist, Singer, ^[5]

Donovans transformation to 'electric' music (like Dylan before him), had a 1966 hit with "Sunshine Superman," one of the very first overtly psychedelic pop records. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist " Sunshine Superman " is a song written and recorded by Scottish Singer-songwriter Donovan. Pink Floyd had been developing experimental rock with light shows since 1965 in the underground culture scene, and in 1966 the Soft Machine formed. Pink Floyd are Underground culture, or just underground, is a term to describe various Alternative cultures which either consider themselves different from the Mainstream Soft Machine was an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S From a blues rock background, the British supergroup Cream debuted in December. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Cream were a 1960s British rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell brought Jimi Hendrix fame in Britain, and later in his American homeland. "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 9 July, 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex) is an English Drummer, most famous for his involvement James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter

Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne" in March 1967 only hinted at their live sound; the Beatles' ground-breaking album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was recorded on nearly all of the same dates as Pink Floyd's first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd 's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett 's leadership although he made some contributions to Cream showed their psychedelic sounds the same year in Disraeli Gears. Disraeli Gears is the second album by British Blues-rock group Cream. In the folk scene itself blues, drugs, jazz and eastern influences had featured since 1964 in the work of Davy Graham and Bert Jansch, and in 1967 the Incredible String Band's The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion developed this into full blown psychedelia. David Michael Gordon Graham, known as Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham) b Herbert Jansch (born 3 November 1943 known as Bert Jansch, is a Scottish Folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. The Incredible String Band (abbreviated as ISB were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1965 The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion was the second LP by The Incredible String Band, released in July 1967 Other artists joining the psychedelic revolution included Eric Burdon (previously of The Animals), and The Small Faces. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the former lead singer of The Animals and War The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. The Who's Sell Out had two early psychedelic tracks, "I Can See for Miles" and "Armenia City in the Sky", but the album concept was out of tune with the times, and it was their later album Tommy that established them in the scene. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend The Who Sell Out is the third album by the English rock band The Who, released in 1967 " I Can See for Miles " is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, recorded for the band's 1967 album The Who Sell Out.

The Rolling Stones had drug references and psychedelic hints in their 1966 singles "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It, Black", then the fully psychedelic Their Satanic Majesties Request ("In Another Land") suffered from the problems the group was having at the time, but has been considered a classic. " 19th Nervous Breakdown " is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. " Paint It Black " is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966. Their Satanic Majesties Request is a Psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones recorded and released in 1967 In 1968 Jumpin' Jack Flash and Beggars Banquet re-established them, but their disastrous concert at Altamont in 1969 ended the dream on a downer. " Jumpin' Jack Flash " is a song by English Rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968 Beggars Banquet is an LP released in 1968 by The Rolling Stones. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was an infamous Rock concert held on December 6, 1969, at the then-disused Altamont Speedway in

With 1967's The Beatles releases that the band embraced a colourful new frontier. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 "Strawberry Fields Forever" was the first song recorded intended for an album about nostalgia and childhood in 1966. " Strawberry Fields Forever " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Brian Epstein hastily released the first two songs recorded which would have ended up on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. It was released as a double-A sided single along with "Penny Lane" on February 13, 1967 in the UK and on February 17, 1967 in the U. " Penny Lane " is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt S. "Strawberry Fields Forever" induced a "magic carpet" of sound, with its unusual chord progression, a kaleidoscope of instruments and effects, and an unusual edit of two completely separate versions (the latter of which had to be slowed down to fit. " Strawberry Fields Forever " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. ) topped off with a false ending.

The album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (partially influenced by their studio neighbours Pink Floyd --then recording The Piper at the Gates of Dawn-- and vice versa) was a veritable encyclopedia of psychedelia (among other elements), as well as an explosion of creativity that would set the standard for rock albums decades later. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd 's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett 's leadership although he made some contributions to From the title track to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" to "Within You Without You" to "A Day in the Life", the album showcased a wildly colourful palette, with unpredictable changes in rhythm, texture, melody, and tone colour that few groups could equal. " Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band " is a song credited to Lennon/McCartney, and first recorded and released in 1967 on the The Beatles ' Disambiguation Lucy in the Sky redirects here For the heroine of this name see Karolina Dean. " Within You Without You " is a song written by George Harrison and released on The Beatles ' 1967 album Sgt "A Day in the Life" is a song by the British rock band The Beatles, written by John Lennon with the middle eight by Paul McCartney

The single "All You Need Is Love", debuted for a worldwide audience on the "Our World" television special, restated the message of "The Word", but with a Sgt. Pepper style arrangement. " All You Need Is Love " is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. " The Word " is a song by The Beatles first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Yet after the death of Brian Epstein and the unpopular television movie Magical Mystery Tour (with an uneven soundtrack album accompanying it) the band returned to a more raw style in 1968, albeit a more earthy and complex version than had been heard before Rubber Soul. NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label. Magical Mystery Tour is an hour-long television film starring The Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles.

Around the same time The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper, another British group, The Bee Gees, were recording their first international album. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Upon returning to England from Australia, they wrote and recorded their debut LP, Bee Gees' 1st, which contained such psychedelic songs such as "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You", "New York Mining Disaster 1941" and "Turn Of The Century". Bee Gees' 1st is the debut album for the Polydor (USA ATCO) label by The Bee Gees, released in July 1967 (see 1967 in music) The Bee Gees continued throughout the remainder of the 60s in the psychedelic/baroque rock style with albums such as Horizontal, Idea and the classic double album Odessa. After a 16 month break-up and reunion, The Bee Gees reinvented their sound in a more R&B/Soul style. Many rock critics consider the 1960s era Bee Gees as their classic period.

1968 produced further innovative UK releases, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. Tomorrow recorded one of the most eccentric offerings of the season. The Small Faces released one of rock's first concept albums, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (at least on side two), with its tale of Happiness Stan's search for the missing half of the moon. Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. "Itchycoo Park" was the first song to use phasing - the effect discovered by British recording engineer George Chkiantz in 1967. Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies, which was recorded at Abbey Road immediately after Sgt. For the Undead creature of Vodou lore see Zombie. For other meanings see Zombie (disambiguation. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, was the first album to seriously feature the Mellotron, an innovation brought about because they couldn't afford to pay for session musicians. Meanwhile The Moody Blues went off In Search of the Lost Chord. The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. As Psychedelia had become more mainstream, many of the phenomenon's originators were spending more and more time on extensive tours, and further influencing the development of new groups all over the globe.

Australasia

Australia and New Zealand have long been overlooked in the history of popular music, especially in relation to psychedelic rock and pop, although it was a fertile region for recordings in this genre. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island One of the main reasons for the relative obscurity of Australasian psychedelia was that few bands from the region had any significant commercial success outside their home countries; the most notable exception was The Easybeats, who scored an international hit in late 1966 with their classic single "Friday On My Mind" (which was in fact recorded in the UK). The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 Another limiting factor was that some of the best Australasian psychedelic records were pressed in tiny quantities (sometimes as few as 250 copies) and very few ever gained significant overseas distribution (if any). As a result, releases from these countries were for many years known only to a small coterie of international music fans and, not surprisingly, their rarity means that they now command high prices on the collector's market. However, since the advent of the CD and the re-release of many of these important recordings, the original psychedelic rock of the 1960s from Australia and New Zealand has gradually gained wider recognition, culminating in the inclusion of a number of seminal tracks on the second volume of the famous Nuggets series, originated by US musician Lenny Kaye. Lenny Kaye (born December 27, 1946) is an American Guitarist, Composer and Writer who is best known as a member of

Local musicians and producers were heavily influenced by innovations in British and American psychedelic music, although, for several reasons, British music had a somewhat stronger influence. One major factor was that the EMI company had long enjoyed the dominant market position in both countries. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Another influence was that many Australasian bands like The Easybeats and The Twilights included members who were recent immigrants from the UK. The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 The Twilights were the leading Australian pop music group of the mid to late 1960s Also, it was common for many groups to receive regular "care packages" from relatives and friends in Britain, containing singles, albums, the latest Carnaby Street fashions and even off-air tape recordings of British and European radio broadcasts. Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the area of 'Carnaby' in the district of Soho As a result, considering the distance and travel times involved, local Australian and New Zealand bands were kept remarkably up to date with the latest trends. The Bee Gees (then living in Australia) are known to have recorded cover versions of Beatles songs like "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" within days of the singles being released in the UK. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

Several Australian groups traveled to the UK during this fertile period -- The Easybeats went to London in late 1966, and around the same time Australia's other leading pop band The Twilights won the inaugural Hoadleys National Battle of the Sounds competition, enabling them to also travel to the UK. The Twilights were the leading Australian pop music group of the mid to late 1960s As they were signed to EMI, The Twilights were able to record at the legendary Abbey Road during the period of the making of Sgt Peppers. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in On returning to Australia in early 1967, they wowed audiences in Melbourne by performing complete live renditions of the entire Sgt Peppers album, weeks before it was even released in the UK.

Although the standard of recording studios in Australia and New Zealand lagged several years behind those in the UK and the USA, local producers and engineers like Pat Aulton kept in close touch with the latest overseas trends and worked hard to fashion equivalent sounds for local acts, despite many technical challenges (including the fact that Australia did not get its first commercial 8-track studio until 1969). Pat Aulton (Patrick Aulton is a noted Australian record producer musician arranger and songwriter Local producers and musicians created a significant body of psychedelic recordings, and notable albums and singles recorded by Australian/New Zealand acts in the late 1960s include:

• "Friday On My Mind", "Land of Make Believe", "Heaven and Hell", "Pretty Girl", "Peculiar Hole In The Sky" (The Easybeats)
• "Early In The Morning" (The Purple Hearts)
• "The Loved One", "Everlovin' Man", Magic Box (The Loved Ones)
• "LIving In A Child's Dream", "Elevator Driver" (The Masters Apprentices)
• "What's Wrong With The Way I Live", "Cathy Come Home", "9:50", "Comin' On Down", Once upon A Twilight LP (The Twilights)
• The Happy Prince (The La De Das)
• "The Real Thing", "Part Three: Into Paper Walls" (Russell Morris)
• "Lady Sunshine", Evolution LP (Tamam Shud)

Other countries

The invention of psychedelic music in the US quickly spread and was followed all over the world. The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 For the American punk band see The Loved Ones (American band The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group The Masters Apprentices were a leading Australian rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s fronted by singer Jim Keays. The Twilights were the leading Australian pop music group of the mid to late 1960s The La De Das were a leading New Zealand rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s Russell Morris (born Russell Norman Morris 31 July 1948) is an Australian Tamam Shud are Australian psychedelic and Progressive rock band formed in 1967 The first continental Europe band was Group 1850, of The Netherlands, formed in 1964, first album in 1968. Groep 1850 was a psychedelic rock band from The Netherlands, considered by many to be one of the finest acid rock acts Europe has ever produced The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Brazilian psychedelic rock group Os Mutantes formed in 1966, and although little known outside Brazil at the time, their recordings have since accrued a substantial international cult following. Os Mutantes (uz muˈtɐ̃tʃis The Mutants are an influential Brazilian Psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement

In the late 1960s a wave of Mexican rock heavily influenced by psychedelic and funk rock emerged in several northern border Mexican states, in particular in Tijuana, Baja California. Among the most recognized bands from this "Chicano Wave" (Onda Chicana in Spanish), there is one in particular that was recognized by their originality. The band Love Army derived from the Tijuana Five and was formed by Alberto Isiordia (aka El Pajaro), Salvador Martinez, Jaime Valle, Fernando Vahaux, Ernesto Hernandez, Mario Rojas and Enrique Sida. In the late 1960s a wave of Mexican rock heavily influenced by psychedelic and funk rock emerged in several northern border Mexican states in particular in Tijuana Baja California

From 1967 to 1973, between the ending of the government of President Frei Montalva and the government of President Allende, a cultural movement was born from a few Chilean bands that emerged playing a unique fusion of folkloric music with heavy psychedelic influences. The 1967 release of Los Mac's album "Kaleidoscope men" inspired many bands such as Los Jaivas and Los Blops, the latter going on to collaborate with the iconic Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jara on his 1971 album "El derecho de vivir en paz. Los Jaivas are a Chilean folk/rock/ Progressive rock group/band Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez ( September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean teacher Theatre director, "

Meanwhile in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, a burgeoning psychedelic scene gave birth to three of the most important bands in Argentine Rock: Los Gatos, Manal and perhaps most importantly Almendra. Manal was an early Argentine rock group Together with Almendra and Los Gatos, they are perceived as the founders of Argentine rock Almendra was fronted by Luis Alberto Spinetta who penned most of the band's songs on their two albums released in 1969 and 1970, drawing on a number of influences including Blues, Jazz and Folk. Luis Alberto Spinetta (born January 23, 1950) is an Argentine musician Spinetta's first solo release in 1971 "Spinettalandia y Sus Amigos - La Búsqueda de la Estrella" is also notable for its strong psychedelic influences. Spinetta has since gone on to enjoy a long and successful career in Argentina.

A thriving psychedelic music scene in Cambodia was pioneered by Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Sinn Sisamouth (ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត(1935&ndashc In 1972, from Canada, Frank Marino's Mahogany Rush, named for Marino's experience while doing LSD^[6], offered the album "Maxoom" in the psychedelic genre. Mahogany Rush is a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino. The title song Maxoom is another early psychedelic song. The band followed this release with Child of the Novelty in 1974. The cover art is an artists representation of Marino's description of an acid trip.

Late 1960s

Many of the bands that pioneered psychedelic rock had moved on to explore other styles of music by the end of the 1960s. The increasingly hostile political environment and the embrace of amphetamines, heroin and cocaine by the underground led to a turn toward harsher music. Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant At the same time, Bob Dylan released John Wesley Harding and the Band released Music from Big Pink, both albums that followed a roots-oriented approach. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Roots rock is a term recently used to describe "a style of rock music that draws material from various American musical traditions including country, Blues, and Many bands in England and America followed suit. Eric Clapton cites Music from Big Pink as a contributory factor in quitting Cream, for example. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Music from Big Pink is the 1968 debut album by rock band The Band. Cream were a 1960s British rock band ^[7] The Grateful Dead also went back to basics and had major successes with Workingman's Dead and American Beauty in 1970, then continued to develop their live music and produce a long string of records over the next twenty-five years. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Workingman's Dead is the fourth Studio album by the Grateful Dead. American Beauty is the fifth album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between August and September 1970 and originally released in November 1970 by Warner

Miles Davis released In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1969. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. These two releases brought Jazz-Rock Fusion to the attention of the Flower-Power generation, electrifying Jazz in the same way that Dylan had electrified Folk music several years earlier. Musical styles within the Psychedelic camp diverged between wild progressive experimentation and back-to-roots fundamentalism, but with an all-round increase in sophistication.

Fairport Convention released What We Did On Our Holidays in January and Dr. Strangely Strange followed suit with Kip of the Serenes later in the year. Dr Strangely Strange were an experimental Irish Folk group formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (vocals and Guitar) (born British Folk-Rock artists eschewed the Country-Rock styles of their American counterparts in favour of traditional British folk tunes and tended to be lyrically less political and more prone to flights of magical fantasy. This whimsical branch of Psychedelia bore much equally strange fruit over the next decade, including releases by Alan Stivell, Comus, Fotheringay, Gentle Giant, Gryphon, Jethro Tull, Mellow Candle, Nick Drake, Pentangle, Roy Harper, Sandy Denny, The Incredible String Band and Trees. Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a French musician whose father came from the small town of Gourin, Brittany Comus is a British Progressive rock / folk band which The Folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. Gentle Giant was a British Progressive rock band, one of the most experimental of the 1970s Gryphon were a British Progressive rock band of the 1970s notable for their unusual sound and instrumentation Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man Mellow Candle were a progressive Folk rock band. Principally Irish the members were also unusually young Clodagh Simonds being only 15 and Alison Bools Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974 was an English Singer-songwriter and Musician best known for his acoustic autumnal songs Pentangle is a British Folk rock (or folk-jazz band The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s its successor has been active since the early For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny ( 6 January 1947 &ndash 21 April 1978) was an English Singer The Incredible String Band (abbreviated as ISB were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1965 Trees was an English Folk rock band that existed between 1969 and 1972 The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band has to be mentioned somewhere round here along with Syd Barrett's two solo albums. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band and colloquially as " The Bonzos " are a band created by Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist

Woodstock Music and Art Fair (Woodstock Festival) took place in August 1969 and became one of the most celebrated events in Rock music history. Not wanting to be left out of the fun, The Second Isle of Wight Festival was held for UK fans. Bob Dylan, The Who, The Band, Joe Cocker, Free, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton, Pentangle and Pretty Things played.

The positive atmosphere was sadly not to last long; News of the Tate and LaBianca murders committed by Charles Manson and his "family" of followers, claiming to have been inspired by Beatles' Songs, such as Helter Skelter, darkened the horizon. At the end of the year, a Free Concert was held at the Altamont Speedway in California. The concert, which was headlined by The Rolling Stones, was marred by crowd violence. The event became notorious for the now-famous "Gimme Shelter" incident because of the fatal stabbing of black teenager Meredith Hunter in front of the stage by Hell's Angel security guards after he allegedly pulled out a revolver during the Stones' performance. Flower Power officially died at Altamont. Shortly afterwards, The Beatles announced that they had split up. John Lennon, George Harrison and the others continued with solo careers. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author

The Flower Power era had inspired many new bands to experiment with sound in ways that went beyond the fashion of the times. Despite these set-backs, the psychedelic soup continued to bubble away. Bubble Puppy's album A Gathering of Promises demonstrates the degree of sophistication that Psychedelic Pop had reached by the end of the '60s. Bubble Puppy was a Texan psychedelic Rock band, formed in 1966 in San Antonio Texas by Rod Prince and Roy Cox

German band Can instantiated the development of Krautrock with the release of their Monster Movie album. Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Along with European experimentalists Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Harmonia, Neu! and Xhol Caravan they incorporated avant-garde composition techniques, improvisation and experimental rhythms into their music. Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2) is a German rock band. The group is generally considered to be one of the founders of the German rock music Ash Ra Tempel are one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s and are a notable example of cosmic or Space rock. Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums and Uli Trepte (bass Xhol Caravan, known first as Soul Caravan and ultimately as Xhol, was one of the first bands who participated at the end of the 1960s in the launch of the Krautrock Neu!'s 'Motorik' beat was an influential precursor to the drum-machine grooves of the '80s. Can's adoption of World Music influences and particularly North African rhythms lent releases such as Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, and Future Days a particularly unique sound.

Other artists like David Vorhaus and Delia Derbyshire pursued the potential of new soundscapes made possible by the development of electronic musical instruments, as the Silver Apples had done before them, in their album of experimental electronica An Electric Storm - released under the moniker of White Noise. White Noise is an Electronic music band formed in London England in 1969 by American born David Vorhaus a classical bass player with a background in both physics Delia Ann Derbyshire ( 5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was a British musician and composer of Electronic music. Silver Apples were a Psychedelic Electronic music duo from New York City composed of Simeon Coxe III who performed as Simeon, on a primitive White Noise is an Electronic music band formed in London England in 1969 by American born David Vorhaus a classical bass player with a background in both physics During the '70s, pure synthesiser music would be further developed by artists like Tangerine Dream and Tim Blake. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Timothy 'Tim' Blake (born 6 February 1952, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Shepherd's Bush, West London) Keyboards,

In Brazil, Os Mutantes were drawn into the Tropicália movement, while Santana adopted electrified Latin rhythms to form the basis of their music on Abraxas and Caravanserai. Os Mutantes (uz muˈtɐ̃tʃis The Mutants are an influential Brazilian Psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement Santana is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s

1970s

In March 1970, the new super-group Crosby Stills Nash and Young released Deja Vu. Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash CSNY was formed from members of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies and went on to become one of the biggest selling artists of this era. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential Folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, The Hollies are an English Rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. In May four students at Kent State University in Ohio were killed by National Guardsmen at a demonstration to protest against The USA's invasion of Cambodia, the subject was covered by Neil Young in his song Ohio. Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician He split Crosby Stills and Nash to pursue a solo career and release many albums over the next couple of decades. Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Many of the original Psychedelic bands like The Beach Boys, Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Spirit, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Nazz and Vanilla Fudge were still producing albums in the early '70s. The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American Psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco and considered as a part of the city's Spirit was an American Jazz / Hard rock / psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California Strawberry Alarm Clock was a Psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, known for their 1967 hit " Incense and Peppermints " Nazz (rhymes with jazz) was an early psychedelic Garage rock band from the 1960s Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970 Todd Rundgren left Nazz and released numerous solo albums such as: A Wizard, A True Star; Faithful; and Initiation, earning himself a dedicated cult following. Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American Musician

Whereas American psychedelia was informed by radical politics and the experience of war in Vietnam, British Psychedelia expressed much more of a whimsical domesticity, a fascination with childhood as a lost age of innocence and a hankering after the pastoral idyll. Lyrical ideas were inspired by a healthy dose of fantasy from the likes of Tolkien, Lewis Carrol and the Wind in the Willows, and further modulated by the free availability of magic mushrooms. As the '70s progressed, Glam Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Folk and Jazz Rock styles took over the fashionable focus, but many artists still held to Hippy ideals, producing some of their finest work in this era. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly

The third Isle of Wight festival took place over 5 days in August 1970. Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The Doors, The Who, Procol Harum, Tony Joe White and Redbone were the main headliners. Hawkwind played for free outside the gates in protest against ticket prices and to promote their eponymous first album. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Festivals became regular fixtures during the British summers of the '70s. The first Glastonbury Festival was held in 1971 on a little farm in Somerset. Hawkwind became champions of the Free Festival movement, playing at Windsor Free Festival and subsequently regularly headlined Stonehenge Free Festival. They released numerous albums: Doremi Fasol Latido; In Search of Space; Space Ritual; Warrior On The Edge Of Time; In The Hall Of The Mountain Grill; Astounding Sounds Amazing Music; and Quark Strangeness and Charm and were a major influence in the development of Space Rock and Heavy Metal along with High Tide and Blue Cheer. Space rock is a subgenre of Rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s Progressive rock and psychedelic High Tide was a band formed in 1969 by Tony Hill ( Guitar, keyboards and vocals) Simon House ( Violin and keyboards Blue Cheer is a San Francisco -based rock group that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the present This period of Hawkwind's long history is also notable for the particular contribution of Robert Calvert as vocalist and lyricist. Robert Newton Calvert ( 9 March 1945, Pretoria South Africa - 14 August 1988) was a writer poet and performer

Jimi Hendrix died in London in September, shortly after recording Band of Gypsies and Janis Joplin Died of heroin overdose in October 1970. The two were closely followed by Jim Morrison, who died in Paris in July 1971. The Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll lifestyle had started to take its toll.

Alongside the progressive stream, space rock bands such as Hawkwind, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come and Gong maintained a more explicitly psychedelic course into the 1970s. Space rock is a subgenre of Rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s Progressive rock and psychedelic Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. 1971 saw the release of Camembert Electrique by Gong, who combined World Music with Jazz Rock and an absurdist storyline to produce the Radio Gnome trilogy: Flying Teapot; Angel's Egg; and You. Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. Gong were loosely aligned with a musical collective based in the 'Home Counties' of England that became known as the Canterbury Scene. Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) is a term used to loosely describe the group of Progressive rock, Avant-garde and jazz musicians many of whom The music of Arthur Brown, Arzachel, Caravan, Egg, Hatfield & the North, Kevin Ayers, Khan, Matching Mole, National Health, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine and Steve Hillage is unified to some degree by its experimentation with odd time-signatures, jazz structures and it's rather homely, dadaist lyrical concepts. Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer Uriel were an English psychedelic/blues band formed in 1968 consisting of Steve Hillage (guitar/vocals Dave Stewart (organ Clive Brooks Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair See also The Egg (funk band for the electronic band Egg were an English Progressive rock band formed in January 1969 Hatfield and the North was an experimental Canterbury scene Rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975 with some reunions thereafter Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English Khan was an English Progressive rock band of the Canterbury Scene during 1971-1972 Matching Mole was a UK Progressive rock band from the Canterbury scene best known for the song "O Caroline" National Health was a Progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential Soft Machine was an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S Steve Hillage is a British musician best known as a guitarist

Many of the musicians and bands that continued to embrace psychedelia went on to create progressive rock in the 1970s, which maintained the love of unusual sounds and extended solos but added jazz and classical influences to the mix. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved For example, progressive rock group Yes sprang out of three British psychedelic bands: Syn (featuring Chris Squire), Tomorrow (featuring Steve Howe) and Mabel Greer's Toy Shop (Jon Anderson). Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire (born March 4, 1948) is an English musician best known as the Bass guitarist and Tomorrow (previously known as The In Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s Psychedelic rock band Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English Guitarist Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944 is an English Musician, best known as the lead singer of the Progressive rock band Also, psychedelic rock strongly influenced early heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath are an Psychedelic rock, with its distorted guitar sound and adventurous compositions can be seen as an important bridge between heavy metal and earlier blues oriented rock.

In 1973, Pink Floyd released their epic album, the Dark Side of the Moon which would later be called by Rolling Stone Magazine as "the Ultimate concept album". Pink Floyd are The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive The Dark Side of the Moon would spend a record breaking 14 years in the music charts.

Psychedelia resurfaced in the work of other Progressive Rock acts like Curved Air, King Crimson, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Quiet Sun, Supersister and The Enid. Curved Air are a pioneering British Progressive rock group formed in 1969 King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 Manfred Mann's Earth Band are a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann, in 1971. Pink Floyd are Procol Harum are a British rock band formed in the 1960s which built an important foundation for what would become Progressive rock, or perhaps more Quiet Sun were an English Progressive rock / Jazz fusion band from the Canterbury Scene consisting of Phil Manzanera (guitars Supersister was a band from The Hague, ( The Netherlands) playing progressive rock ranging from jazz to pop The Enid is a British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish. The Moody Blues continued to develop their symphonic themes over the course of several albums: A Question Of Balance; Every Good Boy Deserves Favour; On The Threshold of a Dream; Seventh Sojourn; and To Our Children's Children. The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Traffic also produced several classics of the genre during this time including John Barleycorn Must Die and Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory. Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.

Brian Eno released Here Come the Warm Jets in February 1974, followed by Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy in November. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Albums released by 801, Phil Manzanera, Roy Wood and Wizzard also display strong Psychedelic tendencies. 801 were an English Experimental rock band that were originally formed in 1976 for three live concerts by Phil Manzanera (guitars Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951 in London, England) is a musician and Record producer. Roy Wood (born Roy Adrian Wood 8 November 1946, Kitts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a Songwriter Wizzard were a Birmingham -based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra

In February 1974 Jefferson Airplane change their name to Jefferson Starship for legal reasons. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Jefferson Starship is an American rock band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s Albums released before the mid '70s name change include: Volunteers, B. A. R. K. and Sunfighter. The Grateful Dead took 1975 off from touring. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The pressure of the ever-expanding organization required to produce albums and deal with the logistics of touring was getting out of hand. The "Wall of Sound" PA that dominated live shows was stretching their resources beyond endurable limits and forcing them to play bigger and bigger halls. Notable albums from this period include: Europe '72; Blues For Allah; and Terrapin Station.

The Sex Pistols released their first single, Anarchy in the UK in November 1976. A Bad year for Psychedelia, this "Wizards & Elves" stuff definitely isn't fashionable any more. Only Hawkwind appeared to survive the onslaught of punk with any real dignity. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Star Wars was released in the following year, reshaping the face of high-budget cinema forever. Roland released the first programmable drum machine, the CR-88 and the DR55 in the following year. Gryphon released their last album Treason and were then dumped unceremoniously by EMI to make way for the Sex Pistols, treason indeed!

Sandy Denny died aged 31 of a cerebral haemorrhage, after falling down a flight of stairs on 21st April 1978.

Psychedelia gained a new lease of life by merging with Festival Punk in the UK, giving birth to Space Punk bands such as Here & Now and Nik Turner's Sphynx, who had taken their lead from bands like the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind. Here & Now are an English Psychedelic / progressive / Space rock band formed in early 1974 Nik Turner (born Nicholas Turner 28 August 1940, in Oxford, Oxfordshire) is a British musician best known as a founding member of The Pink Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth hooked up with Here & Now to make the Planet Gong album Live Floating Anarchy '77. Here & Now are an English Psychedelic / progressive / Space rock band formed in early 1974 Here & Now are an English Psychedelic / progressive / Space rock band formed in early 1974

In 1979, Pink Floyd release The Wall. Pink Floyd are Their most famous song "Another brick in the Wall" is still played by the mainstream media to a large extent.

John Lennon died in December 1980 after being shot outside his home in New York City. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born

1980s

Main article: Neo-psychedelia

In the mid 1980s a Los Angeles-based movement named the Paisley Underground acknowledged a debt to the Byrds, incorporating psychedelia into a folksy, jangle pop sound. Neo-Psychedelia (aka modern psychedelic rock, psy, psych) is the product of the Psychedelic rock explosion of the 1960s Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Paisley Underground is a term used to describe a genre of Rock music, based primarily in Los Angeles California, which was at its most popular in the mid-1980s Jangle pop is a genre of Alternative rock from the mid-1980s that "marked a return to the chiming guitars and pop melodies of the '60s" bands such as The The Bangles were arguably the most successful band to emerge from this movement; amongst others involved were Green on Red, The Three O'Clock, The Dream Syndicate, Milwaukee's Plasticland, The Secret Syde, The Inn and Lord John. The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade Green on Red were an American rock band formed in the Tucson Arizona punk scene but based for most of its career in Los Angeles California, where it was loosely The Three O'Clock is a defunct United States rock group associated with the Los Angeles 1980s Paisley Underground scene see Theater of Eternal Music for the 1960s experimental music group sometimes also called the Dream Syndicate. Plasticland is an American Neo-Psychedelic and Garage rock (revival band formed in Milwaukee Wisconsin, in 1980 with two members of Arousing The Secret Syde was a moderately popular American punk rock band from the 1980s Do Not Disturb (Previously known as The Inn) is an American Television Comedy series which debuted as a Fall entry Lord John was an American Bomp! Records band in the late 1980s Although not directly involved in the movement, Australian band The Church (who formed in 1980) were also heavily influenced by psychedelia and their early recordings, had much in common with their Paisely Underground contemporaries.

In counterpoint to the Paisley Underground were a number of British post-New Wave bands, including The Soft Boys and the solo albums of their singer Robyn Hitchcock, and The Teardrop Explodes and its vocalist Julian Cope. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is an English Singer-songwriter and guitarist The Teardrop Explodes were an English Post-punk / Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978 Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope on 21 October, 1957) is an English rock Musician, Author, Antiquary Hitchcock was heavily influenced by Syd Barrett and John Lennon. Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born In the mid 1980s, The Shamen began with a self-consciously psychedelic curriculum influenced by Barrett and Love, before reorienting themselves towards rave. The Shamen were an experimental Electronic music band initially formed in Aberdeen, Scotland by Colin Angus (b A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Other British dabblers in psychedelia included Nick Nicely, XTC and Martin Newell with The Cleaners from Venus, The Barracudas, Mood Six, The Prisoners, Echo and the Bunnymen, Doctor and the Medics, the Cardiacs and The Brotherhood of Lizards. Nick Nicely is a British musician His music can be categorized under Psychedelic rock. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Martin Newell may refer to Martin Newell (computer scientist, a British computer scientist creator of the Utah teapot Martin Newell (born 1953 also known as "the Wild Man of Wivenhoe " is an English rock musician singer guitarist songwriter Poet Echo & the Bunnymen are an English Post-punk group formed in Liverpool in 1978 Doctor and the Medics are a London based Psychedelic rock band, famous in the 1980s Cardiacs are an English band formed in 1977 Their broad combination of styles is sometimes referred to as Pronk (progressive punk although singer

British band XTC made a number of recordings in the late 1980s which both parodied and affectionately imitated the sound and form of late Sixties psychedelic rock. XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 Released under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear and produced by former Abbey Road engineer John Leckie, the EP 25 O'Clock (1985) and the LP Psonic Psunspot (1987) employ all of the classic songwriting and production features of the style. The Dukes of Stratosphear was a pseudonym used by the British rock band XTC in the mid to late 1980s concurrently with XTC's continued musical activities John Leckie is one of British music's most prolific record producers having worked on such high-profile albums as The Bends by Radiohead, Origin 25 O'Clock is a mini-album which was the first release of The Dukes of Stratosphear (a side project of the members of XTC) and was also the title song from that release Psonic Psunspot is the second release of The Dukes of Stratosphear, a band formed by members of XTC. XTC leader Andy Partridge has claimed that he always wanted to play in a psychedelic band.

In the mid-eighties and early nineties The Flaming Lips (and later, Mercury Rev) played psychedelic guitar rock, but by the late nineties both bands had largely abandoned an electric guitar-effects driven sound, instead incorporating orchestral and electronica influences into their music. The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983 is an American rock band Mercury Rev is an American Rock music group, formed in the mid 1980s in Buffalo New York. Phish, a jam band active from the early 1980s, played psychedelic music with a strong jazz influence, utilizing elaborate modal melodies and complex rhythmic accompaniment. Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

In Australia in the 1980s, bands such as The Tripps, Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers, and most notably Tyrnaround and The Moffs, explored and reinvigorated the psychedelic genre. Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers were a Sydney -based Indie rock Psychedelic band active in the early to mid- 80's,but they never released any Japan has had a rich history of psychedelic music, dating back to the 1960s. Starting with the "Group Sounds" movement, which mainly included psychedelic-garage acts, such as The Mops and most notably The Jacks. Group Sounds is a genre of Japanese Rock music that was popular in the mid to late 1960s The Mops (Japanese ザ・モップス were a Japanese Psychedelic rock / Garage rock group active in the late 1960s and early 1970s The 1970s introduced the element of sonic experimentation and noise manipulation into the realm of Japanese psychedelic rock, with groups like Les Rallizes Denudes, Fushitsusha, Kousokuya, and the Faust inspired Magical Power Mako emerging from the Japanese underground. Les Rallizes Dénudés (裸のラリーズ Hadaka no Rallizes) are an influential yet reclusive Japanese psychedelic noise band Fushitsusha ( 不失者) is a Japanese Rock band specialising in the Psychedelic rock, Space rock and noise rock genres Kōsokuya (光束夜 is a Japanese dark Psychedelic rock band Faust is a German Krautrock band originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, The 1980s brought with it Japan's first record label dedicated to folk, noise, experimental, and most prominently, psychedelic music -- PSF Records. PSF Records is a Japanese Record label specialising in underground Psychedelic and Folk music and Free improvisation. Rising from the Japanese noise underground, Acid Mothers Temple mix the subtle resonance of Blue Cheer, the Grateful Dead's psychedelic sound, the thought-provoking melodies of French folk, and concrete bursts of noise that run through music of Boredoms. Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO (and subsequent offshoots is a Japanese psychedelic band the core of which formed in 1995 Blue Cheer is a San Francisco -based rock group that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the present The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Boredoms ( (or more recently V∞redoms) is a Noise rock band from Osaka, Japan.

Beginning in the late 1980s, travelers, musicians, and artists from around the world formed a new form of psychedelic music in the Indian state of Goa. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. Initially called Goa trance, this psychedelic music was the result of mixing the 1960s influences with industrial music and electronica. Goa Trance ( Goa, 604) is a form of Electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Popular hard rock artists also made several psychedelic songs, including REM and Prince, who released several Psychedelic-styled records including Around the World in a Day. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Around the World in a Day is an album by Prince and The Revolution, released on 22 April, 1985 on Warner Bros

1990s

Main article: Neo-psychedelia

The influential 1980s Space Rock band Spacemen 3 created a unique psychedelic drone sound that was influenced by many of the dark primitive psychedelic/garage bands of the 1960s and 1970s, such as The Stooges, MC5, The Velvet Underground, Red Krayola, and The 13th Floor Elevators. Neo-Psychedelia (aka modern psychedelic rock, psy, psych) is the product of the Psychedelic rock explosion of the 1960s Space rock is a subgenre of Rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s Progressive rock and psychedelic Spacemen 3 were an English rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the Post-punk to Acid house eras Drone music, also known as drone-based music, drone ambient or ambient drone, dronescape or dronology, and sometimes simply The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003 The MC5 ( Motor City Five) was an American Hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park Michigan in 1964 and active until This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book The Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a Psychedelic, Avant-garde rock band from Houston Texas, formed by art students at the University Spacemen 3's live shows would often consist of them jamming out on one chord for over forty-five minutes. Primal Scream have psychedelic themes throughout much of their earlier music. Primal Scream are a Brit-nominated Scottish Alternative rock group formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie ( vocals

British bands Anomie and My Bloody Valentine play British garage psychedelia, citing Pink Floyd and Hawkwind as musical influences. My Bloody Valentine are an Alternative rock band formed in Dublin Ireland in 1984 and predominantly based in London. Pink Floyd are Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Kula Shaker, under the leadership of Crispian Mills, created much Indian-influenced psychedelic music, such as the singles "Tattva" and "Govinda," both sung in Sanskrit, and the albums K and Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts. Kula Shaker are an English multi-platinum selling Psychedelic rock band who came to prominence during the Britpop era Ozric Tentacles, Sun Dial, The Bevis Frond, The Magic Mushroom Band and the Welsh Gorky's Zygotic Mynci played psychedelic music in a tradition that went back to the 1960s via acts such as Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Ash Ra Tempel, Bubble Puppy, Dr. Strangely Strange, Gong and their assorted side projects, Guru Guru, Harmonia, Hawkwind, Here & Now, High Tide, Holger Czukay, King Crimson, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Neu!, Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, The Enid, Tim Blake and Todd Rundgren who all continued to tour and/or release albums in the '90s. Ozric Tentacles (commonly known as the Ozrics) are an instrumental band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic Sun Dial (occasionally spelled Sundial) is a British Space rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon The Bevis Frond is a British Musical group whose range covers hard edge to melancholy vintage Indie rock to poetic "classic-rock" songcraft with For a band with a similar name see Magic Mushrooms The Magic Mushroom Band, a Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were a Welsh Alternative rock band formed in Carmarthen, west Wales in 1991 Steve Hillage is a British musician best known as a guitarist Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer Ash Ra Tempel are one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s and are a notable example of cosmic or Space rock. Bubble Puppy was a Texan psychedelic Rock band, formed in 1966 in San Antonio Texas by Rod Prince and Roy Cox Dr Strangely Strange were an experimental Irish Folk group formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (vocals and Guitar) (born Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums and Uli Trepte (bass Harmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Here & Now are an English Psychedelic / progressive / Space rock band formed in early 1974 High Tide was a band formed in 1969 by Tony Hill ( Guitar, keyboards and vocals) Simon House ( Violin and keyboards Holger Czukay (born 24 March 1938) is a German musician probably best known as a co-founder of the Krautrock group Can. King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 Manfred Mann's Earth Band are a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann, in 1971. Pink Floyd are For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English The Enid is a British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish. Timothy 'Tim' Blake (born 6 February 1952, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Shepherd's Bush, West London) Keyboards, Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American Musician

Jerry Garcia died in 1995. The Other Ones carried on as The Dead. The Dead is an American rock band composed of former members of the Grateful Dead.

Some electronic or electronic-influenced music termed "ambient" or "trance" such as Aphex Twin or Orbital, had it been written between 1966 and 1990, would have fallen within the category of psychedelia. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s Orbital were an English electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 Later Psychedelic trance artists such as Hallucinogen and Shpongle have continued the psychedelic music tradition within a dance-oriented context. Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of Electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies Hallucinogen is the Stage name of Simon Posford (born 1971 an Electronic musician specializing in Goa trance music from England Shpongle (ˈʃpɒŋɡəl is a psychedelic Downtempo or Psybient music project

During the '90s there was a resurgence of interest in experimental rock with psychedelic influences. A new generation of artists including The Apples in Stereo, of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Animal Collective, the Burnside Shattered, Technological Sun, Beulah, Elf Power, Grandaddy, Modest Mouse, The Essex Green, The Gerbils, The Ladybug Transistor and The Olivia Tremor Control worked together to form the Elephant 6 musical collective, which is headquartered in Athens, Georgia; Oasis' fourth studio album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is noted for its heavy psychedelic influences; The Coral, The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev are also heavily influenced by psychedelic rock. The Apples in Stereo is an American Indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Of Montreal (officially capitalized " of Montreal " is an American Indie pop band formed in Athens Georgia. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie Folk band. The band's chief Songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other Animal Collective is a New York City / Washington DC / Lisbon based group of Avant-garde musicians from Baltimore Maryland. Beulah was an Indie rock band from San Francisco CA, often associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Elf Power is an Indie rock band They are originally from Athens Georgia, and consist of guitarist/vocalist Andrew Rieger, keyboardist Laura Grandaddy was an Indie rock group from Modesto, California, United States. Modest Mouse are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer The Essex Green are an Indie rock band from Brooklyn NY. The band is primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter and specialize The Gerbils are an Indie rock band that formed in Athens GA in 1998 The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn -based Indie pop group associated with The Elephant Six Collective. The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens Georgia Indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s which along with The Apples in Stereo and Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio Album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28 For the group's debut album see The Coral (album. The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983 is an American rock band Mercury Rev is an American Rock music group, formed in the mid 1980s in Buffalo New York.

Pink Floyd continued strong in the 90s but this time it was more melody driven rather than the affected rantings of their earlier efforts. Pink Floyd are A Momentary lapse of reason and The Division Bell were major commercial successes. The Division Bell is the final studio Album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 (30 March in the United Kingdom and 5 April in the

Stoner rock acts like Kyuss, Nebula and their successors also perform explicitly psychedelic music. Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music Kyuss (ˈkaɪəs KAI-us was an influential Stoner rock / Desert rock band originally from Palm Desert California. Nebula is a psychedelic Stoner rock band formed by Guitarist Eddie Glass and Drummer Ruben Romano after departing from Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. Bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and Tool fused psychedelic rock sounds with heavy metal, becoming highly successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s. The Smashing Pumpkins are an American Alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard and Umphrey's McGee have incorporated progressive rock with psychedelia and brought the genre up-to-date with an eclectic fusion of more modern musical styles. Porcupine Tree are a Progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Spock's Beard is a Progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Umphrey's McGee is an American Progressive rock / Jam band from Chicago Illinois (now residing in the Chicago area whose music is often referred to

In recent years, many inventive artists from the Perth-scene in Western Australia, notably the Sleepy Jackson, The Panda Band,The Silents and The Panics have experimented with lush, neo-psychedelic harmonies and avant-garde instrumentation. The Sleepy Jackson is an Alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The Panda Band are an Indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. For the Swedish demo group The Silents see EA Digital Illusions CE. The Panics are an Indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne Victoria

The grunge band Screaming Trees is noted for its unique fusion of grunge (a genre the band itself had a part in pioneering) and psychedelic rock. Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg Washington in 1985 by vocalist The psychedelic influence is especially evident on their later albums, namely Sweet Oblivion. Sweet Oblivion is Screaming Trees ' 6th full length Album that was released on September 8, 1992. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a new psychedelic scene flourished in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles. Another band in the scene was Beachwood Sparks. Beachwood Sparks are an Indie rock band from Los Angeles. The band was formed by Bassist Brent Rademaker also of The Tyde, and Guitarist Beachwood Sparks' influences were the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Gram Parsons and his Flying Burrito Brothers group. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential Folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Gram Parsons ( November 5, 1946  – September 19, 1973) was an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early Country rock band best known for its influential debut album 1969's The Gilded Palace of Sin. Spinning off from the Beachwood Sparks is a band called the Tyde. Beachwood Sparks are an Indie rock band from Los Angeles. The band was formed by Bassist Brent Rademaker also of The Tyde, and Guitarist The Tyde are an American Alternative rock group Tracing their roots to early 90’s LA indie band Further, formed by Darren Rademaker and brother Brent Producer and musician Rob Campanella played guitar in the jangly Byrds-influenced pop group the Quarter After. Rob Campanella is a multi- talented musician and best known for being a Los Angeles producer engineer and member of his current band The Quarter After. Rob Campanella is a multi- talented musician and best known for being a Los Angeles producer engineer and member of his current band The Quarter After.

A new British psychedelic scene also re-emerged amongst the London electronica movement in the late 1990s, giving birth to bands like desert rockers MJ13, where the British interpretation of the Kyuss influx showed more psychedelic sensibilities than the American Stoner rock sound was originally attributed to. Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Kyuss (ˈkaɪəs KAI-us was an influential Stoner rock / Desert rock band originally from Palm Desert California. Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music Australian Group Wolfmother is one of the most successful psychedelic artists of the 2000s.

See also

• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
• List of psychedelic rock artists
• Psychedelic folk
• Psychedelic pop
• Psychedelic soul
• Psychedelic trance
• Liquid light shows

External links

• Lysergia reviews, inverviews, and psychedelic history and information
• Feza Neverd Interesting instrumental music composed by Mehmet Gencler, for free download. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a work of Literary journalism by Tom Wolfe, published in 1968 Psychedelic folk or Psych folk is a Music genre that is a blending of Folk music and Psychedelic rock or pop Psychedelic pop is a musical style inspired by the harder louder songs of Psychedelic rock but applied more to a pop music setting Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of Psychedelic rock and soul / Funk music Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of Electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies Liquid light shows or psychedelic light shows surfaced in the mid 1960s and early 1970s in America and Europe

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