Psychedelic Music Notes

What is psychedelia mean?

Explaining a new way to experience the world

Which drug(s) played an important role in the psychedelia age? What did the drug(s) do?

LSD and marijuana. Provided basis for new worldview many young people were seeking

What does LSD stand for?

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

What were the two psychedelic approaches to music?

Music is secondary to the drugs; music itself is the trip

What was considered essential for both approaches to psychedelic music?

The quest for higher conscience

What was LSD used for?

Was used as a truth serum by CIA

How were hallucinogenics viewed during the times of psychedelic rock?

Hallucinogenics were viewed as essential to unlocking the "doors of perception"

Why was Bob Dylan important?

He was the bridge between Rock and Beatnik music