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Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. Psychedelic rock is also commonly called acid rock. It can be argued, however, that psychedelia can and does occur in almost every genre of music, including classical Western art music.
Psychedelia could also be interpreted as simply a "surreal and dreamy feeling" in a particular song, instead of a specific genre with rules to follow. In some cases this simply requires writing one coherent song, then to experiment recording that song in the studio while under "psychedelic influence", yielding very surreal musical results.
Psychedelia could also be interpreted as simply a "surreal and dreamy feeling" in a particular song, instead of a specific genre with rules to follow. In some cases this simply requires writing one coherent song, then to experiment recording that song in the studio while under "psychedelic influence", yielding very surreal musical results.
List of Bands that fall into the categories:
Original Psychedelic:
MC5, The Litter, Iron Butterfly, The Beatles, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Sopwith Camel, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Kevin Ayers-era Soft Machine, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Grateful Dead, the Yardbirds (Jeff Beck-era ), 13th Floor Elevators, the Holy Modal Rounders, the Charlatans, the Magic Mushrooms, the Human Expression, Gong
Neo Psychedelic:
The Black Angels, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Lovetones, The Warlocks, The Nova Saints, The December Sound, The Hiss, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Electric Soft Parade, Hopewell, Goldrush, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, The Quarter After, Spindrift, The Deaths, Belles Will Ring, Serena Maneesh, The Lea Shores, Sunsplit, The Morning After Girls, The Gris Gris, The High Dials, The Flower Machine.
This isn't a complete list of all bands/singers.
Discuss.
