Acid+Rock

=ACID ROCK =   Technology Specialist-- Lindsay Timeline Specialist --Kayleigh Personality Profile Specialist --Brit Music Specialist --Paige SIC Specialist --Paige Image Specialist --Lindsay

Discovered in Switzerland "acid" changed perceptions into melting shapes and vibrant colors, and vibrant colors, and was legal in the US until October 6, 1066. Andy Warhol Showcased the Velvet Underground, including Lou Ree, Sterling MOrrison and Angus MacLIse, at his Factory Club. Formed in a subraban bay area, "Dead" consisted of Jerry Garcia- lead guitarist and banjo, Phil Lesh- bass guitar, Ron McKernan- harmonica and keyboard, Bill Kreutzmann- drums. Held at Longshoremen's Hall near Fisherman's Wharf, in California, "long lines of dancers snaked through the crowd for hours hloding hands" Jefferson airplane was there, playing at this movement. Benefit rock concert for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, managed by Bill Graham, who brought his beat friends, the Fugs. Used by more than 6 million women, a decade arfter its introduction, lead to sexual taboos and more sexual freedom, without the negative side effects. Embraced psychedelia, played their first show at UFO in December '66, in London. Lead by singer Syd BArrett, and in 1967 released "Piper at the gates of Dawn" reaching Britian's top ten on the music charts.
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 * April 1943 LSD:
 * 1965 Velvet Underground:
 * 1965 Greatful Dead:
 * October 16, 1965:
 * November 6, 1965 Appeal:
 * 1966: Birth Control:
 * 1966: Pink Floyd

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** Shedding the materialism of society and uniting in the name of freedom—and drugs—the passive revolutionaries of the 1960s yearned “to demonstrate to the country, and eventually to the world, that love could replace war, sharing could replace greed, and community could supersede the individual.” This youth movement, which originated in NYC with the appearance of a “Beat generation,” who produced controversial writings and music, strove to awaken America into a new consciousness, many of these beliefs deriving from Eastern philosophies. Quickly spreading from the East to the West coast, freedom-thirsty young Americans were hopelessly attracted to these acts of rebellion; in the words of Ginsberg, “America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. I’m sick of your insane demands.” Adopting neither official leaders nor a specific set of beliefs, the Beat—and eventually hippie—culture loved everyone, experimented with sex and drugs, and laughed in the face of the typical “American Dream.” As with resurfacing Eastern philosophical themes, the Beats yearned to awaken to a new level of consciousness. Though this revolution initially led to hate crimes such as a women’s bathroom being bombed at the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, Beat ideals began to resurface in the mid-1960s with The Fugs and The Velvet Underground. Today, the term “hippie” is merely vernacular; yet it was originally introduced by writer Michael Fallon in September of 1965. In November 1965, Allen Ginsberg began to bridge the gap between the Beats and the Hippies as a benefit rock concert called the Appeal was held in San Francisco. The Trips Festival followed in January, establishing LSD and the “Kool-Aid Acid Test” as a major factor of the emerging culture. Meanwhile, The Grateful Dead was inspired by Neal Cassady, and the folk-inspired free music began to trademark the times. As the music expanded, the popularity of LSD did as well. “The guru of LSD,” ex-Harvard professor Timothy Leary, aided in making LSD less a “drug” and more a means of increasing awareness and appreciation of life. On the streets of San Francisco, primarily between Haight and Ashbury, a communal and noncompetitive way of life emerged. People lived in large groups, and music groups performed together without competition. Meanwhile, over 500 underground newspapers fed the movement with art, philosophy, and poetry. The growing psychedelic movement “featured a loud, experimental sound”; and it furthered the message of the movement and of bands such as Jefferson Airplane and The Doors: “be free—free in love, free in sex.” Musically, the bands of the movement became the first in American music history to finally “come to the realization where they really don’t give a shit whether they make it or not”; they were noncommercial. The Grateful Dead, Airplane, The Quicksilver, and Big Brother began to play together, embracing the almost religious credo of the time: “to get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, the consciousness of the universe.” Though the movement even spread to London, spurring huge successes such as Pink Floyd and The Soft Machine, the counterculture burned out as the city faced the ramifications of housing major drug addicts. Though the hippie culture denounced all authority, one must find the happy medium between control and freedom, for the hippie “[preached] a revolutionary message, but to get the message to the people, you gotta do it in the establishment way.”      ** 

 Jefferson Airplane
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media type="youtube" key="nwSA0Tckwbk&hl=en" height="355" width="425"The 13th floor Elevators media type="youtube" key="JZrqew6l4ng&hl=en" height="355" width="425"Count 5. Sorry theres no video. It's hard to find good music on YouTube. media type="youtube" key="mlW3iP11fH4&hl=en" height="355" width="425"Country Joe and The Fish at Woodstock in 1969. media type="youtube" key="pRV9QCXLtHQ&hl=en" height="355" width="425"No its not Jim Morrison. Its the Animals. And this song was covered by artists such as Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd. media type="youtube" key="tcSxgOxjrT8&hl=en" height="355" width="425"Yes, this was acid rock before a car commercial. This is Steppenwolf.