Help with an old music genre....
10-17-04, 06:14 AM
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Help with an old music genre....
I've heard the term "Acid Rock" over the years and I still wonder what the heck it is. I'm sure I've heard it some how some way on some rock station but I'm still kinda confused about what it is.
Can someone help me out with some examples of Acid Rock? Why is it called acid rock?
Can someone help me out with some examples of Acid Rock? Why is it called acid rock?
10-17-04, 09:21 AM
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Got this brief description from an online music dictionary:
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
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10-17-04, 10:23 AM
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Originally posted by The_Infidel
Got this brief description from an online music dictionary:
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
Got this brief description from an online music dictionary:
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
10-17-04, 10:33 AM
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Hmm, I love most of those bands, and the hardest drugs I've ever taken are Xanax and codeine. What does that say about me?
Hmm, I love most of those bands, and the hardest drugs I've ever taken are Xanax and codeine. What does that say about me?
10-17-04, 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by milo bloom
Hmm, I love most of those bands, and the hardest drugs I've ever taken are Xanax and codeine. What does that say about me?
Hmm, I love most of those bands, and the hardest drugs I've ever taken are Xanax and codeine. What does that say about me?
10-17-04, 01:43 PM
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</small>Although very much a personal view, I'd say that acid rock and psychedelic rock are not exactly interchangeable terms: maybe acid rock is the heavy end of the psychedelic rock spectrum?
NB) I would include Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer and MC5 within the acid rock category.
Is Hawkwind "Space Rock"?
Originally posted by The_Infidel
Got this brief description from an online music dictionary:
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
Got this brief description from an online music dictionary:
"Genre of American rock that emerged in the late 1960's, often associated with psychedelic drugs. Its style featured heavy amplification, instrumental improvisation, new sound technologies, and light shows."
Another site lists the following bands as examples of "Psychedelic Rock" but I think it's essentially the same thing:
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, The Velvet Underground, The Yardbirds, Frank Zappa
NB) I would include Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer and MC5 within the acid rock category.
Is Hawkwind "Space Rock"?
10-17-04, 10:18 PM
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Originally posted by benedict
<small></small>Although very much a personal view, I'd say that acid rock and psychedelic rock are not exactly interchangeable terms: maybe acid rock is the heavy end of the psychedelic rock spectrum?
NB) I would include Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer and MC5 within the acid rock category.
Is Hawkwind "Space Rock"?
<small></small>Although very much a personal view, I'd say that acid rock and psychedelic rock are not exactly interchangeable terms: maybe acid rock is the heavy end of the psychedelic rock spectrum?
NB) I would include Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer and MC5 within the acid rock category.
Is Hawkwind "Space Rock"?
10-18-04, 07:03 AM
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Hmmm, ok. Thanks folks.
