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    Origins during the 1950s, musicians began making music became about taking drugs, and experimentation. Psychedelic bands of this period became part of the British Invasion into the American charts. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Cream were influenced by the British Blues scene, folk scene and jazz.

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    Origins during the 1950s, musicians began making music became about taking drugs, and experimentation. Psychedelic bands of this period became part of the British Invasion into the American charts. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Cream were influenced by the British Blues scene, folk scene and jazz.

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    Origins during the 1950s, musicians began making music became about taking drugs, and experimentation. Psychedelic bands of this period became part of the British Invasion into the American charts. Bands such as Pink Floyd and Cream were influenced by the British Blues scene, folk scene and jazz.

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    Instrumentation

    Electric guitar Exotic instruments (tabla, sitar)

    Keyboard/organ/harpsichord/Mellotron
    Drums Bass guitar Vocals Synthesizers

    Charcateristsics

    Multiple guitar effetcs, such as wah and fuzz. Elaborate studio effects panning, phasing, delay loops and more. Extended solos or jams. Very complex song structures, often incorporating key and time signature changes.

    Origins

    During the 1950s, musicians began making music became about taking drugs, and experimentation. The tradition of jazz musicians using drugs crossed over in the 60s to more and folk and rock artists. Two of most successful and influential acts of this era were Bob Dylan and The Beatles. Acts such as The Byrds emerged from the californian folk scene, whilst the Yardbirds emerged from the British blues scene, however both were seen as huge influences for the genre. Its influences came from drugs, blues, folk, jazz and rock.

    Artists (US)

    The most commercially successful psychedelic rock bands were The Doors, Frank Zappa (and his band The Mothers of Invention), who came out of San Francisco.

    The Beach Boys concept album Pet Sounds spurred the psychedelic movement forwards in the US, with their meaningful lyrics, use of unusual instruments and arty experimentation. New York also produced psychedelic rock bands such as The Fugs and The Godz.

    Artists (UK)

    The largest outbreak of psychedelic bands came in 1966, with bands such as Pink Floyd and Cream, who were influenced by the British Blues scene, folk scene and jazz.

    The Who also produced several psychedelic influences, which came through on songs such as I Can See For Miles.
    The Small Faces were another British band to emerge during this period. The psychedelic bands of this period became a part of the British Invasion into the American charts.

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience Purple Haze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-4d7dL12C8 The Doors Riders On The Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de7hzCzGV2g Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpzxf_flm8M
    Cream Sunshine Of Your Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZqmF3zS04

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