History of Rock and Roll Chapter 7
How much did the Merry Pranksters' acid cost?
$1
the Charlatans
A band of acid dropping musicians drew young listeners to the acid happenings. Virginia City, Nevada at Red Dog Saloon.
Magical Mystery Tour
A documentary following the Beatles around the English country side.
Human Be-In
A gathering of hippie culture in January 1967, brought thousands of people together for a day of poetry, spirituality, and music.
Family Dog
A group of friends that organized LSD dances or also called "acid tests"
LSD was seen to give what to the people who dropped.
A higher consciousness
Apple Records
After the death of their manger, the Beatles set up their own record company.
Jimi Hendrix
American artist who made his mark in the London psychedelic scene. Died of drug overdose after only 4 years in the spotlight.
Love
Band signed to Elektra before the doors and suggested them to their label.
Big Bother and the Holding Company
Band similar in sound to the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, played back up for Janis Joplin on a number of blues numbers.
Country Joe and the Fish
Band that bridged the gap between radicals and hippies, designed their first album to influence the listener's trip
"SMiLE"
Beach Boys album that was 70% complete yet never finished and released.
Beats and Hippies had much in common, all but what?
Beats preferred Jazz while Hippies preferred rock.
London Free School
Began holding meetings in March 1966, taught students about housing problems, race issues, mental health, and law.
Haight-Ashbury
Center of American psychedelic scene.
Original "guitar heroes"
Clapton and Hendrix
First "supergroup" to appear in rock
Cream. (Eric Clapton)
What was the end of the hippie era?
Death of Meredith Hunter at a Rolling Stones concert.
What are the two psychedelic approaches to music?
Enhance a trip and to understand the music through the trip.
Where were album orientated records (AOR) played?
FM radio, directed towards older teens and colleges students.
Pink Floyd
Frequent act at Spontaneous Underground events. Live shows were often accompanied with lights.
What band influenced the early heavy metal music?
Iron Butterfly
When was the Summer of Love?
July and August 1967
What event inaugurated the London underground scene?
June 1965, "Poets of the World/Poets of Our Time" Royal Albert Hall.
acid tests
Ken Kesey organized a series of events where people came to take acid and dance to live music.
How did Sgt. Pepper's album change rock?
Printed the lyrics on the inside of the cover, styles range, put a focus on the album rather than the single, used a variety of instrumentation.
Beatles took part in what type of Eastern philosophy?
Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
What was the first important international rock festival ?
Monterey Pop festival
The Doors
Moody blues based psychedelic rock. Explored the "bad trip" side of LSD.
Who played at the Be-In?
Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane.
How was the Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" made?
Recorded separately and then spliced together to form the song.
How was LSD invented?
Swiss Doctor, Albert Hoffmann, was looking for a cure for migraines
Brother Records
The Beach Boys record company.
Capitol Records was home to which two progressive bands?
The Beatles and the Beach Boys
What bands started to expand the boundaries of rock music?
The Beatles and the Beach Boys
What happened in April, 1970?
The Beatles broke up.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club was released by who?
The Beatles, possibly the first rock "concept" album.
Who wrote The Psychedelic Experience?
Timothy Leary. Co-written by Harvard Scholars Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert.
KMPX-FM
Tom Donahue took over this channel and started playing records out of his collection on the air. First successful FM channel.
What was the slogan?
Turn on, Tune in, Drop out
Psychedelia
Underground rock culture of San Francisco and London
What guitar effects did Clapton help popularize?
Wah-wah and Distortion
What were the two popular drugs in the 1960s teen culture?
Weed and Acid
Jefferson Airplane
Wide variety of tones, formed and became popular slightly before the Grateful Dead. Music was perfect for making hits on FM radio.
What was the center of psychedelic culture in the London?
World Psychedelic Center in London, opened by Michael Hollinshead.
The Psychedelic Experience
based on Tibetan book of the dead, explored LSD use.
avant-garde
new of experimental art forms.
Spontaneous Undeground
poetry, music, and other avant-gande performance art took place at Marquee Club.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" introduced the public to what?
psychedelia
the Rolling Stones released "We Love You" because...
... Jones, Jagger, and Richard had drug possession charges and were facing jail time.
Jerry Garcia
Guitarist of the Grateful Dead, started off in folk music and moved to rock after hearing the Rolling Stones.
The Grateful Dead
House band for Kesey's acid tests. San Fran based. Lived in 710 Ashbury.
Merry Pranksters
traveled around the country in a brightly colored bus with the destination "further." wanted to provide an environment of unpredictable stimulation.