List of acid rock artists

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The following is a list of artists described as general purveyors of the acid rock genre. Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music[1] that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk[2] movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture. The style is generally defined by heavy, distorted guitars, lyrics with drug references, and long improvised jams. Its distinctions from other genres can be tenuous, as much of the style overlaps with 1960s punk, proto-metal, and early heavy, blues-based hard rock.

Artists

• The 13th Floor Elevators[1]
• Alice Cooper (late 60s work)[3]
• The Amboy Dukes[1][4]
• Amon Düül[5]
• Big Brother and the Holding Company[1][6]
• Black Sabbath[7]
• Blue Cheer[2][8][9]
• Blues Magoos[10]
• The Charlatans[6]
• Count Five[1]
• Country Joe and the Fish[6][11]
• Coven[12]
• Cream[2][8]
• Deep Purple[8]
• The Deviants[13]
• The Doors[1][14]
• The Electric Prunes[10]
• The Fugs[15]
• Grateful Dead[1][6][11][16]
• The Great Society[6][17]
• The Groundhogs[18]
• Hawkwind[19]
• Iron Butterfly[8][20]
• Jefferson Airplane[6][11][21]
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience[1][8][11]
• Janis Joplin[1][22]
• JPT Scare Band[23]
• Love[10][14]
• MC5[24]
• Moby Grape[11][25]
• The Music Machine[10]
• Pop Mašina[26][27][28]
• Quicksilver Messenger Service[6][11][29]
• Santana[11]
• The Seeds[7]
• Grace Slick[30]
• Steppenwolf[1][10]
• Tully[31]
• Vanilla Fudge[8][10][32]
• Wooden Shjips[33]

See also

• Acid rock
• List of psychedelic rock artists
• List of psychedelic folk artists
• List of psychedelic pop artists
• List of neo-psychedelia artists

References

1. Nagelberg 2001.
2. Hoffmann 2004, p. 1725.
3. Parker, Chris (20 June 2012). "The theatric practicality of Alice Cooper". Indy Week. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
4. Hoffmann 2004, pp. 1497, 1725.
5. Strong, Martin C. "Amon Duul biography". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
6. Hall 2014.
7. Patoski, Joe Nick (February 1979). "Gather Ye Records While Ye May". Texas Monthly. Vol. 7, no. 2. p. 144. ISSN 0148-7736.
8. Knowles 2010, p. 199.
9. Ruhlmann, William. "Blue Cheer – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
10. Bisbort & Puterbaugh 2000, p. 31.
11. Fletcher 2012.
12. Knowles 2010, p. 234.
13. Weber, Bruce (31 July 2013). "Mick Farren, British Rock 'n' Roll Renaissance Man, Dies at 69". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
14. Einarson 2001, p. 8.
15. Stephens 1998, p. 38.
16. Prown & Newquist 1997, pp. 51–52, 78.
17. Denisoff 1975, p. 51.
18. Unterberger, Richie. "Groundhogs – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
19. Wien 2003, p. 270.
20. Huey, Steve. "Iron Butterfly – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
21. Larson, Tom (2004). History of Rock and Roll. Kendall Hunt. p. 140. ISBN 9780787299699.
22. Prown & Newquist 1997, p. 78.
23. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "JPT Scare Band – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
24. Bartkowiak 2009, p. 126.
25. Denisoff 1975, p. 184.
26. Lokner, Branimir (23 March 2018). "POP MAŠINA – " Na drumu za haos 1972-2017″". Time Machine Music. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
27. Šumanović, Ana (21 February 2023). "Povratak vinila: 20 značajnih albuma koji ove godine navršavaju 50 godina". Muzika.hr. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
28. Knežević, Nikola (9 January 2024). "Umro Robert Nemeček, pionir jugoslavenskog prog rocka, osnivač i vođa Pop Mašine". Music Box. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
29. Prown & Newquist 1997, p. 56.
30. Ruhlmann, William. "Grace Slick – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
31. McIntyre 2006, pp. 134, 189.
32. Werner 2006, p. 227.
33. Jurek, Thom. "Wooden Shjips – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

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