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- White Rabbit. Psychedelia’s spiritual home is San Francisco, where Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters conducted many of their famous mid-60s Acid Tests - mind-expanding bacchanals where the Kool-Aid was laced with LSD.
- Pink Floyd. Over in London, a small psychedelic scene was coalescing around the UFO Club, whose house bands were Soft Machine and Pink Floyd. Led by the mercurial Syd Barrett, the Floyd played spaced-out deconstructions of rhythm 'n' blues, with whimsical lyrics about dandelions and gingerbread men.
- Yellow Submarine. Thanks to the vivid cartoon style of artist Heinz Edelmann and a team of cutting-edge animators, The Beatles’ 1968 film Yellow Submarine provided a joyous visual representation of psychedelia.
- Purple Haze. Sixties psychedelia wasn’t all teacups and sunflowers. There was a harder edge to the genre, exemplified by the likes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream and Blue Cheer.
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- L.A. Woman, The Doors (1971) This was the final album to include lead singer Jim Morrison before his untimely death. Along with the bustling, bursting titular track, the record concludes with the meandering, bone-rattling song, “Riders on the Storm.”
- Band of Gypsys, Jimi Hendrix (1970) A live album, this was the first from Hendrix without his original backing group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Recorded on New Year’s Day in 1970 in New York City, the album was released two months later.
- The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (1973) The Dark Side of the Moon is perhaps the most iconic psychedelic rock album from perhaps the most iconic psychedelic rock band.
- Abraxas, Santana (1970) Santana, like Hendrix, is a wild guitar player full of energy and a philosophical bent. In 1969 when he performed at Woodstock, Santana was the talk of the legendary festival.
Sep 15, 2023 · The Byrds – Eight Miles High. The Byrds, while primarily known for their folk-rock sound, did venture into psychedelic territory during the mid-to-late 1960s, influenced by the burgeoning psychedelic scene of the time. One of the most psychedelic songs by The Byrds is Eight Miles High. Released in 1966, the song is often cited as one of the ...
Sep 20, 2022 · And the root cause was psychedelia: music inspired by art, poetry, jazz, India, classical music – and drugs, lots of drugs. Psychedelia was progressive rock’s birth mother: it gestated and nurtured this strange new music. Progressive rock’s first stirrings were detectable in July 1965 and Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone.
Mar 4, 2021 · Of course, ‘Psychedelic’ is such a nebulous term that it invited an endless amount of hyphens. With a dash of fuzz, sitar, or even just one of those cosmic doorman jackets from Sgt. Pepper, just about anyone could be psychedelicised, and soon there was not only psych-rock to contend with, there was psychpop, psych-soul, psych-metal, psych-pepperoni and extra cheese, psych-everything.
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Jun 8, 2020 · 06/08/2020. The documentary revisits the Laurel Canyon music scene, which created bands like the Beach Boys and left a lasting impact on music history. The community was rife with psychedelics ...
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Here is a list of great Psychedelic Rock music videos. The bands chosen cover all sub categories of Psych Rock: Desert Rock, Space Rock, Stoner rock, Garage Rock, Dream Pop. The videos have been chosen because of their aesthetic value, historic relevance or sometimes just because the music is so cool. Rock'n'Roll never dies! Have Fun and please suggest other great videos to us ...
