Defining Acid Rock
My first exposure to the term “acid rock” came just before I attended my first rock concert in 1980. The opening act that night was a newly formed...
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Ontario Progressive Rock (1970’s/early 80s)
In the 1970s, within the American Midwest and Ontario, there existed a fascinating subculture that was distinctly their own - and this phenomena was sharply expressed in the...
USA Midwest Progressive Rock (1970’s/early 80s)
In the 1970s, within the American Midwest and Ontario, there existed a fascinating subculture that was distinctly their own - and this phenomena was sharply expressed in the...
Almost Famous –An Appreciation Of Larry Wallis
ALMOST FAMOUS –AN APPRECIATION OF LARRY WALLIS May 1949 – September 2019 I can still remember the first time I saw Larry in the flesh – it was...
1968 Brit-Psych B-Sides
As 1967 drew exhaustedly to a giddy close, it became gradually apparent that the childlike optimism of the Summer of Love had dissipated, never to return. It was...
Can’t Tell You What To Purchase, But Here’s How You Begin
There are few things we can do in life that reflect who we are, what we enjoy and how we wish to experience those things. For music lovers,...
The birth of psychedelic literature
The peak of the illicit use of hallucinogenic drugs in the UK and North America was between the early 1950s and late 1970s. The correlation between drugs and...
Best psychedelics books for students
Elements of psychedelia can be found in all areas of our life, from the movies we watch and the art we consume to the music we listen to...
‘Kraut Fusion’
One phenomena you will find when deep diving into the progressive rock waters, is that you'll discover that Germany had an overabundance of jazz rock bands operating throughout...
The Shake Spears – Biography of a 1960s pop group
I had started this project several years ago and I hadn't worked on it for a long time - but now I am happy to publish this post,...