What is Psychedelic rock?
'''Psychedelic rock''' is a style of [[rock music]]. It was very popular in the [[1960s]] when it started, and still has many [[wikt:fan|fan]]s today. It was first made in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], but it also was made in other cities such as [[New York City, New York|New York City]], and in other [[Country|countries]] including [[England]]. [[Psychedelic]] rock songs sometimes have lyrics describing the effects of [[Illegal drugs|drugs]], if any words at all. Songs were sometimes very long (10-15 minutes), and much of this time might be taken up by a [[solo (music)|solo]], like a drum solo or a guitar solo. Some major groups that made psychedelic rock included: [[The Beatles]], [[The Doors]], [[The Byrds]], [[The Grateful Dead]], [[The Who]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Frank Zappa]] and [[The Animals]]. Psychedelic rock was popular music for listening to when getting high with [[hashish]] or [[LSD]], or both. During Grateful Dead concerts, some people actually sat inside the huge speakers that the Grateful Dead brought to their concerts. ==Other websites== *{{Pop Chronicles|41}} {{music-stub}} {{Rock music}} [[category:Rock music]] [[Category:Music in San Francisco]]