Psychedelic Rock
Psychedelic rock, often shortened to psych rock is a rock subgenre which emerged in the mid-1960s, auguring the expansion of a psychedelia? art movement over the following decades. Although stylistically diverse, psychedelic rock is largely defined by its use of effects to create a surreal sonic atmosphere in the context of rock and related genres. The practice of using studio effects in rock can be traced back to the reverbed guitar of surf rock, and the experimentation by producer Joe Meek? at the turn of the 1960s.
In practice, in the 1960s psychedelic rock initially took a few forms, emerging near simultaneously around 1965?:
- Garage-psych, i.e., the garage rock which is psychedelic
- Psychedelic pop?
- Psychedelic folk?
- Acid rock?
- Avant-psych, i.e., the avant-rock which is psychedelic
Also of note is the raga rock? trend?, blending elements of psych pop and psych folk with psych rock and a particular exoticism, which saw massive popularity in 1966? and 1967?
By the late 1960s and early 1970s?, a number of offshoots of psych rock had emerged:
In addition, new subgenres developed under the influence of its various offshoots:
- Downer rock?
- Space rock?
- Krautrock?, a German? avant-psych offshoot scene?
Beginning in the late 1970s New Wave?/post-punk movement and continuing beyond the 1980s?, newer developments in psychedelic rock, and psychedelia outside of rock, have been designated as "neo-psychedelia?", encompassing a number of styles of alternative rock? and indie rock: