The term E-pubs, which is now very much in vogue, usually refers to places that play techno music, with much the same symbiotic relationship between techno and E as existed in the 60s in the West between psychedelic music and hallucinogenic drugs. Yet, under the impact of ecstasy, pure lovers of the music are getting put off.
電子舞曲與搖頭丸，也如同六○年代盛行歐美的搖滾樂與大麻，有著如影隨形的親密關係。然而，這兩個同屬 E 世代的新興產物，在搖頭丸畸形的發展下，電子樂的支持者也漸行漸遠。