psychedelic rock psychedelic rock style rock music inspired influenced psychedelic culture attempts replicate enhance mind altering experiences psychedelic drugs notably uses new recording techniques effects draws sources indian music pioneered musicians including beatles emerging genre mid-1960s folk rock blues rock bands united_kingdom united_states 13th floor elevators grateful dead experience cream doors pink floyd reached peak summer love respectively international musical movement associated widespread beginning decline changing attitudes loss key individuals basics movement led surviving performers new musical areas terms psychedelic rock acid rock deployed acid rock refers extreme ends genre psychedelic rock influenced creation psychedelic soul transition early folk music based rock progressive rock glam rock hard rock result influenced development heavy metal late 1970s revived forms neo characteristics musical style psychedelic rock attempted replicate effects enhance mind altering experiences drugs incorporating new electronic sound effects recording effects extended solos improvisation particularly influenced eastern reflected use exotic instrumentation particularly indian music incorporation elements eastern music major features include electric guitars feedback effects units elaborate studio effects backwards tapes long delay loops extreme non western instruments specifically originally indian classical music strong keyboard presence especially electric organs early tape driven extended instrumental solos especially guitar solos jams complex song structures key time signature changes melodies electronic instruments synthesizers lyrics direct indirect reference drugs white rabbit purple surreal literary inspired lyrics etymology term psychedelic coined psychiatrist alternative drugs context psychedelic scene developed san_francisco terms acid rock psychedelic rock describe new drug influenced music widely terms psychedelic rock acid rock commentators distinguished generally evoked effects psychedelic drugs acid rock seen extreme variation heavier relied long jams focused directly greater use distortion history background second half 1950s writers like wrote took drugs including raising awareness helping use period acid better known acid time legal drug began experimental treatment initially promoted potential cure mental illness early 1960s use advocated proponents new consciousness expansion writings profoundly influenced thinking new generation youth sensory effects include colored patterns crawling geometric patterns image like trails moving objects effects echo like distortion sounds general intensification experience music mid-1960s psychedelic life style developed california entire developed particularly true san_francisco major underground factory established emerging music scene folk clubs coffee houses independent radio stations catering population students nearby berkeley free city merry loose group developed novelist sponsored acid tests series events based taking supplied stanley accompanied light shows film projection improvised music known psychedelic symphony helped use road trips america decorated school bus involved distributing drug meeting major figures beat movement publications activities music critic states trying pin psychedelic record nearly elusive trying rock roll record far claims advanced songs running futuristic number instrumental massively laden way want long culture drug use jazz blues musicians early 1960s use drugs including begun grow folk rock musicians began include drug references songs mention rock record surf instrumental new_york folk musician claimed use word psychedelic song lyric holy version blues terms relationship music beatles pivotal leader started experimenting song composition influence psychedelic drugs introduced bob_dylan members beatles began phenomenal success bands allowed means experiment new technology entire albums beatles introduced guitar feedback feel fine incorporated drug inspired ticket ride incorporated guitars mimic qualities beatles norwegian wood marked released recording member western rock group played indian instrument song generally credited sparking musical sound mid-1960s trend later associated growth essence psychedelic rock beatles rain pop recording include reversed sounds drug references began appear beatles songs day sloop john march opinion emerging folk scene responsible beatles sounding psychedelic drug use attempts psychedelic music moved acoustic folk based music rock soon produce chart topping version summer folk rock standard song lyric narrator requests trip magic ship number based folk acts followed folk rock bringing psychedelic influences produce san francisco sound local scenes united_states san_francisco music scene continued develop ballroom matrix began booking local rock bands nightly basis trips festival sponsored held hall january saw grateful dead big brother holding company play audience giving encounter acid rock long jams major figure expansion genre promoter rock concert benefit included unknown bill produced shows attracting major psychedelic rock bands operated proved small took west san_francisco new_york_city major rock artists came play san_francisco centre american psychedelic music scene american cities contributed significantly new genre los_angeles boasted dozens important psychedelic bands new_york_city produced share psychedelic bands detroit area chicago texas particularly austin cited contributions psychedelic music united_kingdom british media outlets psychedelic culture limited stations like pirate radio like particularly programmes hosted growth underground culture facilitated emergence alternative weekly publications like magazine featured psychedelic progressive music lifestyle involved long hair wearing wild shirts shops like fish trip old military uniforms street kings road soon psychedelic rock clubs like court road middle earth club chalk farm swiss cottage art lab drawing capacity audiences psychedelic rock ground breaking liquid light shows major figure development british american promoter record producer moved london founded venues including produced single went manage folk folk rock acts including incredible string band convention british psychedelic rock like american counterpart roots folk scene blues drugs jazz eastern influences featured work largest strand series bands emerged british blues scene influenced folk jazz including traffic cream experience led american initially produced managed britain animals beginnings author says birth date psychedelic acid rock best listed march moved rapidly away folk rock single miles high use free jazz indian lyrics widely taken refer drug use result limited airplay similar reaction electrified produce brand folk rock released rainy day women april repeating chorus everybody beach boys album pet sounds considered earliest canon psychedelic rock contained elements incorporated experiments psychedelic lyrics based emotional self doubts elaborate sound effects new sounds conventional unconventional instruments scholar explains psychedelic music normally associated odd directions experiments pet sounds map basically sort opened door groups formed start music certainly visible somebody like according album ignited psychedelic pop revolution inspiring mainstream pop acts psychedelic culture like pet sounds beatles album revolver august explored musical replicated stage help orchestra helped psychedelic pop style month texas band 13th debuted floor elevators group advertise psychedelic rock having end psychedelic sounds album use psychedelic title wondering sound contributor writes pet sounds psychedelic sounds considered early psychedelic rock albums obvious differences music album covers study contrasts acid psychedelic rock single break popular music charts count reaction june early acid rock music song characteristic element replacement melodic electric guitar feedback distortion end year beatles acts high charting psychedelic rock songs october single good vibrations pop songs incorporate psychedelic lyrics sounds gained prominence style harmonies newer psychedelic pop peak years psychedelic rock reached years decade key recordings included february album come san_francisco era sold bring city music scene attention record industry took earliest psychedelic hit singles white rabbit somebody love doors hit single light fire running seven minutes defining records genre follow album strange days september enjoyed moderate success february saw beatles release double forever opening strain british pastoral nostalgic followed release seen definitive psychedelic statement sgt june including controversial track sky diamonds managed drug references past single come nice june existing british invasion acts joined psychedelic revolution including previously animals sell december included psychedelic influenced tracks miles sky incredible string band spirits layers july developed folk music blown major influence psychedelic rock america summer love saw huge number young people america world travel district san_francisco population event march reached peak june helping major american stars lead singer big brother led guitarist latin rhythms basis psychedelic music trends festival saw performances major psychedelic acts including psychedelic rock screen songs including born wild soundtrack international expansion major centres psychedelic music late 1960s scenes began develop world including continental europe asia south central_america europe later 1960s psychedelic scenes developed large number countries continental europe including netherlands bands like pioneered germany musicians began fuse music electronic avant garde saw major german rock festival foundation berlin helped bands like achieve cult status australia new_zealand singles gained recognition outside region thriving australian new_zealand rock scenes formed wake produced wealth inventive original psychedelic pop rock music strongly influenced british bands included generation british european immigrants bands members british immigrants able date current musical developments thanks regular care packages latest singles albums tapes radio broadcasts latest sent family friends gaining local success number groups returned musical careers internationally successful australian pop rock band period formed sydney group english scottish dutch immigrants scored string local hits australia hugely popular travelling recorded international hit friday mind london remained psychedelic tinged pop disbanded similar path pursued bee formed brisbane album 1st recorded london gave major hit singles contained folk rock psychedelic elements heavily influenced beatles bands formed adelaide mid-1960s figured prominently australian psychedelic pop rock started gritty band style early rolling_stones rapidly absorbed changes music spearheaded beatles released accomplished psychedelic singles wars hands time debut single generally regarded australian pop single address vietnam war second single buried dead showed influence nascent rock genre single pop classic living child dream major national hit voted single year readers australian pop magazine group performed psychedelic australia living child dream ball staged october sydney featured psychedelic light liquid slide projections smoke machines mirror balls band wheeled stage inside specially constructed giant die groups early singles tracks penned rhythm guitarist sadly forced quit music scene health reasons soon living child dream released period band able continue new members scoring australian pop hit late classic song elevator driver formed adelaide likewise nationwide pop stars mid-1960s making trip london recorded series minor hits absorbing psychedelic scene returning home performed entire sgt pepper album live stage weeks official release australia followed release psychedelic concept album twilight australian band working psychedelic style score major international hit australian bands scored local national hits singles strongly influenced psychedelic trends included cult brisbane based group led guitarist single life combined influences soul single driving life believed australian pop single employ production successful new_zealand band period das produced psychedelic pop concept album happy prince based oscar children classic failed break britain wider world british influences predominant number progressive sydney based groups produced music combined influences eastern mystical philosophy avant garde jazz american psychedelic groups like grateful dead jefferson airplane bands regularly collaborated experimental sydney film light collective notable australian group buy use performing house band original australian stage production hair premiered sydney australian psychedelic music late 1960s peaked singles melbourne singer solo debut real thing penned mid pop star broke new ground australian popular music lavish production expensive australian single produced time running time seven minutes unprecedented australian pop single national number hit australia charted weeks went number local charts new_york houston chicago followed paper walls written deliberately crafted virtual sequel real thing featured similarly dazzling production seven minutes long gave morris second consecutive number hit australia asia thriving psychedelic music scene influenced psychedelic rock soul broadcast forces radio vietnam pioneered artists south_korea considered godfather korean rock played psychedelic influenced music american soldiers stationed country following band san mountain echo combined psychedelic rock folk sound turkey rock artist blended classic turkish music middle eastern themes psychedelic driven rock helping found turkish rock scene artists latin_america latin_america proved particularly fertile ground psychedelic rock brazilian psychedelic rock group formed little known outside brazil time fact recorded portuguese substantial international cult following played central role short lived revolutionary brazilian aesthetic movement known anti authoritarian artistic reaction military seized power brazil encompassing visual art theatre poetry music combined popular avant garde fused traditional brazilian culture foreign influences including contemporary developments british american psychedelic music music beatles recording material collaborated key figures burgeoning movement including singer songwriter backed second musical manifesto movement landmark collaborative bread brought talents arrangements avant garde composer arranger studied lyrical contributions poet album group cover photograph depicted collective holding variety objects images deliberate reference cover beatles sgt collective performed number concert intended involve provoke audiences reportedly similar effect brazilian audiences experienced folk witnessed bob_dylan early electric concerts performers sported long hair wore psychedelic costumes electric guitars played volume brazil military increasingly suspicious anti establishment attitudes found odds student left wing favoured traditional brazilian musical forms rejected saw influence western pop music september gave tumultuous performances annual international popular song festival rio audience included large contingent left wing students opposed backed performed round festival song competition september initially greeted enthusiastic applause situation soon turned ugly dressed shiny green plastic suit wires teeth provoked students sensual movements startling new psychedelic music bombarded insults students american pop singer surprise appearance song ideological conflict days later returned second round competition september performed new song entitled forbidden recorded live later released single students began soon announced began performance overtly sexual stage moves experimental music provoked anger audience began loudly stood barely heard large number stood turned backs performers prompting turn backs audience song continued students stage fruit vegetables eggs paper balls came hand stopped playing launched furious monologue students joined came stage support finished telling students politics aesthetics declaring withdrawing competition deliberately finished song tune angrily shouted walked arm arm major effect brazilian music scene brief main performers regular appearances brazilian stage television radio movement abruptly shut early following provocative december performance parodied brazilian national anthem arrested february orders military held prison months charge trial months house arrest released condition leave country spent years exile movement treated harshly arrested tortured forced undergo psychiatric treatment late 1960s wave mexican rock heavily influenced funk emerged especially northern border mexican states particular baja california recognized bands spanish souls mind love army chile ending government president government president cultural movement born chilean bands emerged playing unique fusion music heavy psychedelic influences release album men inspired bands going collaborate iconic chilean singer songwriter album capital buenos_aires burgeoning psychedelic scene gave birth important bands argentine rock decline end 1960s psychedelic rock retreat illegal murders family followers claiming inspired beatles songs seen contributing anti backlash end year free concert california headlined rolling_stones notorious fatal stabbing black teenager security guards anticipated smile project emerge rolling_stones early acid casualties helping shift focus respective bands leading figures groups experience cream broke died london september shortly recording band died heroin october closely followed doors died paris july surviving acts moved away basics roots rock traditional based pastoral folk wider experimentation progressive rock riff based heavy rock psychedelic rock dominant bob_dylan spearheaded basics roots revival went nashville record album subsequent clearly country influenced albums seen creating genre country folk lead followed joined record sweetheart helping define genre country rock particularly popular style california music scene late 1960s adopted folk rock artists including hearts flowers new riders purple sage acts followed basics trend different ways canadian group band based grateful dead major successes reflective stripped american beauty super group nash formed members buffalo springfield joined moved away clichés psychedelic rock placed emphasis political commentary vocal harmonies death manager unpopular surreal television film magical beatles returned raw style beatles abbey road let eventual break basics trend evident albums starting banquet exile turning away american influenced folk rock sound based traditional british music founding electric folk followed bands like psychedelic influenced strand british folk continued 1970s acts including incredible string band forest trees solo albums influence genres emerged mainstream commercial force particularly beatles revolver began influence pop music incorporated sounds guitars tape effects scottish folk singer transformation electric music gave series pop hits beginning reached number britain followed mellow yellow atlantis american pop oriented bands followed vein included alarm clock international acts bee prominent development psychedelic pop psychedelic sounds incorporated output early bubblegum pop acts like lemon following lead rock began influence african american musicians particularly stars label psychedelic soul influenced civil rights movement giving darker political edge acid rock building funk sound pioneered sly family stone acts followed territory included parliament spin offs took genre extreme lengths making funk religion 1970s producing singles including platinum albums psychedelic rock began end 1960s psychedelic soul continued 1970s peaking popularity early years decade disappearing late 1970s tastes began change acts like earth wind fire gang began psychedelic soul artists incorporated sounds funk music eventually disco partly replaced rock music british musicians bands embraced went create progressive rock 1970s including members yes king crimson album seen important link progressive rock bands maintained explicitly psychedelic course 1970s dropped psychedelic elements favour wider experimentation incorporation jazz music bands like contributed development jazz rock bands like moved away psychedelic roots placed increasing emphasis electronic experimentation german bands like developed distinctive brand electronic rock known british press rock adoption electronic pioneered work figures like time keyboard player major influence subsequent electronic rock japan psychedelic rock album utilized electronic equipment synthesizer drum machine record contributors later started electronic music band psychedelic rock distorted guitar sound extended solos adventurous compositions seen important bridge blues oriented rock later heavy metal american bands loud repetitive psychedelic rock emerged early heavy metal included england moved form key acts genre respectively major pioneers genre begun blues based psychedelic bands including priest ufo psychedelic music contributed origins glam rock changing psychedelic folk duo rock band glam rock star david_bowie moved early psychedelic work develop persona incorporating elements professional performance act neo neo acid punk diverse alternative indie rock originated 1970s british post punk scene practitioners drew unusual sounds 1960s psychedelic music copying approaches era neo include psychedelic pop guitar rock heavily distorted free form jams recording experiments
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