Psychedelic music
Mind-bending sonic art
Psychedelic music emerged in the 1960s as rock musicians experimented with sounds meant to evoke or accompany hallucinogenic drug experiences.
The genre features distorted guitars, unconventional song structures, studio effects like reverb and phasing, and lyrics exploring altered states of consciousness.
The Grateful Dead pioneered psychedelic music in San Francisco.
The term now applies broadly to music with trippy, mind-bending qualities.
- psychedelicsDrugs distorting perception
- sitarIndian plucked lute
- distortionTwisting from original state
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- acid rockDrug-influenced heavy music
cosmic imagery · Eastern philosophy · reverb · 1960s · LSD · mind expansion · altered states · theremin · phasing · tape loops · improvisation · concept album · drone · feedback · Woodstock · acid jazz · jam band · hippies
Psychedelic musicbubblegum pop
Catchy, lightweight youth music
muzak · elevator music · nursery rhymes · easy listening · adult contemporary
Psychedelic musicmainstream pop
Widely popular commercial music
middle-of-the-road · easy listening · adult contemporary · Pat Boone · Tin Pan Alley
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