History Main / PsychedelicRock

* Music/KingBlackAcid

1967 proved to be the sort of "Holy Year" for psych-rock, boasting Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'', [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' and ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'', Music/{{Cream}}'s ''Music/DisraeliGears'', Music/TheWho's ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'' (where they jumped on the psychedelic bandwagon, though it fits the concept of the album), Music/TheBeachBoys ''Music/SmileySmile'', Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', Music/TheDoors' [[Music/TheDoorsAlbum self-titled debut album]] + their second album ''Music/StrangeDays'', and Music/PinkFloyd's debut ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn''. However, psych-rock's wave started to crest soon afterwards, as the overall optimism of the movement vanished and bands embraced increasingly harder drugs (amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, etc.) which led them to increasingly heavier music.

TheEighties led to the appearance of "neo-psychedelia", an indie form of psych-rock drawing additionally from jangle pop and space rock, as seen in The Music/FlamingLips, Music/MercuryRev, Music/{{XTC}} (especially their side-project ''The Dukes of Stratosphear'' and any material made after they stopped touring), Rain Parade and The Teardrop Explodes. Neo-psychedelia evolved into the harsher NoiseRock and NoisePop of Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain and Music/SonicYouth, while its brighter elements were taken by Madchester bands such as Music/TheStoneRoses and the Music/HappyMondays as they briefly became a national phenomenon in late-80s UK. The atmospheric, layered sounds of DreamPop artists like Music/CocteauTwins and Music/ARKane and SophistiPop artists like Music/PrefabSprout and Music/TalkTalk also drew heavily from psychedelia.

!!Neo-Psychedelic Rock Bands Include:

* [[Music/Ghost1984 Ghost]] ([[NamesTheSame The Japanese band]], not Music/GhostBand, who also courted the genre on their ''Seven Inches of Satanic Panic'' EP)

* Music/{{Kaleidoscope}}, [[NamesTheSame both of them]] (the British and the American bands)

* Music/TheBubblePuppy

* Music/{{Traffic}} (also early ProgressiveRock)
* Music/{{The Turtles}} (Probably the definitive sunshine pop/psychedelic pop group)

* Music/{{Oasis}} (Specifically, their album ''Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'' and their first single from it, ''Who Feels Love?'')

* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} (From ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' to ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', although even ''Music/BeggarsBanquet''; their genre shift to HardRock, still had elements of this genre)

The genre's role in expanding the sonic boundaries of pop and rock also won't be forgotten soon. It is also the fundamental building block of the burgeoning stoner rock scene. With 'old school' rock returning to mainstream viability [[note]]"Active rock", a related genre, refers to the latest output from working veterans like Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/{{Rush}}, Music/StevieNicks, Music/PattiSmith, Music/NeilYoung, Music/JohnMellencamp and so on[[/note]] and alternative still very popular and with both taking up an increasing amount of influence from psychedelic/blues rock, some speculate that psychedelic rock might be on the verge of a mainstream revival

The genre's role in expanding the sonic boundaries of pop and rock also won't be forgotten soon. It is also the fundamental building block of the burgeoning stoner rock scene. With 'old school' rock returning to mainstream viability [[note]]"Active rock", a related genre, refers to the [[WereStillRelevantDammit latest output from working veterans]] like Music/BruceSpringsteen, Music/{{Rush}}, Music/StevieNicks, Music/PattiSmith, Music/NeilYoung, Music/JohnMellencamp and so on[[/note]] and alternative still very popular and with both taking up an increasing amount of influence from psychedelic/blues rock, some speculate that psychedelic rock might be on the verge of a mainstream revival

Other bands besides the Beatles that contributed to the genre's development in the same period included: Music/The13thFloorElevators (who [[TropeNamer coined the term]] "psychedelic rock"), Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/TheYardbirds, [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]; UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco bands such as Big Brother and the Holding Company, Music/JeffersonAirplane, the Quicksilver Messenger Service, Music/TheGratefulDead, the Music/SteveMillerBand, and Moby Grape; UsefulNotes/LosAngeles bands such as Music/TheByrds, Music/TheDoors, Music/IronButterfly, Music/{{Love}}, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers of Invention]]; and British bands such as Music/PinkFloyd, Music/ProcolHarum and The Nice.

* Music/IronButterfly

1967 proved to be the sort of "Holy Year" for psych-rock, boasting Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'', [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' and ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'', Music/{{Cream}}'s ''Music/DisraeliGears'', Music/TheWho's ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'' (where they jumped on the psychedelic bandwagon, though it fits the concept of the album), Music/TheBeachBoys ''Music/SmileySmile'', Music/TheRollingStones' ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', Music/TheDoors' [[Music/TheDoorsAlbum self-titled debut album]] + their second album ''Music/StrangeDays'', and Music/PinkFloyd's debut ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn''. However, psych-rock's wave started to crest soon afterwards, as the overall optimism of the movement vanished and bands embraced increasingly harder drugs (amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, etc.) which led them to increasingly heavier music.

While Miles Davis did pioneer psychedelic-jazz-rock with ''In a Silent Way'' and ''Music/BitchesBrew'' in 1969, most of the rock world moved on to other sounds. This change was best shown by Music/TheBeatles, who abandoned psychedelia after their unsuccessful film ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'', choosing to return to their roots with ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''. The UsefulNotes/MansonFamily murders and the violent Altamont festival (where a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels acting as security guards while Music/TheRollingStones were playing "Under My Thumb") served to only worsen the overall atmosphere. The final nail in the coffin was the increasingly negative connotations of the genre and its fundamental involvement in the drug culture- by the early 1970s, the effects of drugs became readily apparent with the deaths of several notable musicians, and a moral panic ensued.

* Music/TheRollingStones (From ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' to ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', although even ''Music/BeggarsBanquet''; their genre shift to HardRock, still had elements of this genre)

** 2015 - ''{{Music/ATARAXIA}}''

* Music/TheRollingStones (From ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' to ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', although even ''Music/BeggarsBanquet''; their genre shift to HardRock, still had elements of this genre)
** 1966 - ''Music/{{Aftermath}}''

** 1993 - ''Music/{{Elemental}}''

* Music/{{Deerhunter}} (also {{Shoegaze}})

* Music/TheMoodyBlues (also helped [[TropeMaker invent]] ProgressiveRock)
** 1967 - ''Music/DaysOfFuturePassed''

* Music/TheRollingStones (From ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' to ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', although even ''Music/BeggarsBanquet''; their genre shift to {{Hard Rock}}, still had elements of this genre)

* RotaryConnection (the group that had Minnie Riperton reach musical heights with her voice)

** 1970 - ''Music/{{Abraxas}}''