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Psychedelic Rock

Psychedelic Rock. Mr. Cowan AMU4EI. Acid Rock . Speak out, love, creativity, uninhibited, happening now 1000’s of middle-class, college educated youths clustered around San Francisco Love could replace war . Acid Rock . A new hybrid of rock and roll was created

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Psychedelic Rock

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  1. Psychedelic Rock Mr. Cowan AMU4EI

  2. Acid Rock Speak out, love, creativity, uninhibited, happening now 1000’s of middle-class, college educated youths clustered around San Francisco Love could replace war

  3. Acid Rock A new hybrid of rock and roll was created Named after LSD (hallucinogen) 100’s of artists appeared on the scene

  4. Began gathering together for mini festivals Staged “human be-ins” (first was at Golden Gate Park in San Fran) Huge success (20,000) Big name artists performed (The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane)

  5. News spread quickly across the country College-age baby boomers were main audience

  6. The Hippie Culture Most were middle class college grads Rebelled against capitalism and attacked the materialistic American culture Rejected their parent’s way of life

  7. Long hair (“I want the cops to sneer and the old ladies to swear and the businessmen to worry” nudity (everyone is equal without clothes on) Challenged rules and hoped to embrace the freedom of individual expression

  8. Drugs Turned to mind-expanding drugs to enhance their individual potential LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) defined the hippie experience Legal in the US until 1966 Emphasized melting shapes and vibrant colours

  9. Attempted to create a “counter-culture” Drugs were viewed as a way to reach a new level of thinking Haight-Ashbury was the central gathering spot

  10. The Music Rock bands began creating “Acid Rock” The Grateful Dead were a major part of the psychedelic/acid rock movement

  11. The Doors Led by lead singer Jim Morrison Rebelled against the norms

  12. Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you smallAnd the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at allGo ask Alice When she's ten feet tallAnd if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fallTell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the callCall Alice When she was just smallWhen men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to goAnd you've just had some kind of mushroomAnd your mind is moving slowGo ask Alice I think she'll know When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy deadAnd the White Knight is talking backwardsAnd the Red Queen's "off with her head!"Remember what the doormouse said;"Feed YOUR HEAD... Feed your head"

  13. Light shows simulated an LSD experience Posters featured a unique style of distorted, melted letters against a vibrant background of wild colours

  14. Promoted the LP (experience) Appeared on FM radio (AM was pop) Spread across the nation and the world very quickly Beatles jumped on board (Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour) Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon)

  15. The Decline of Hippiedom Counter culture was short lived Many became wasted addicts, isolated and detached from reality Even music suffered (artists that were “against the man” signed deals with major labels Beginning of the end

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