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Acid Rock

By Dave White, About.com

Grateful Dead in 1967 (Photo by Jim Marshall)

Definition: Also known as Psychedelic Rock, the term describes music that was, or appeared to be, inspired by hard drugs. Songs tend to deal with social injustice of one kind or another.
Examples:
Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix

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