Psychedelic Rock

Architects of progressive rock concept albums and immersive live experiences.

Jim Morrison-fronted psychedelic rock unit blending poetry and dark blues.

Hendrix's London trio reinvented the electric guitar in three studio LPs.

Clapton-Bruce-Baker supergroup who defined the rock power trio.

L.A. jingle-jangle pioneers who fused Dylan's lyricism with electric guitars.

Vancouver heavy psych quintet of acid-drenched riffs.

São Paulo Tropicália pioneers whose psychedelic strangeness is a global influence.

Anglo-French Canterbury-scene band of cosmic prog whimsy.

Canterbury-scene pioneers blending rock with jazz fusion.

Kevin Parker's Perth project who took psychedelic rock into pop's mainstream.

Melbourne septet of relentless output across psych, metal, and microtonal experimentation.

Toronto-formed band whose 'Born to Be Wild' coined 'heavy metal thunder'.

Baltimore experimental-pop collective whose 'Merriweather' is a 2000s touchstone.

Athens, Georgia indie-pop band of Kevin Barnes' theatrical psychedelic glam.

Oklahoma City psychedelic-rock band of cosmic ballads and confetti-cannon shows.

Buffalo psychedelic-rockers of orchestral, pastoral indie.

Jason Pierce's post-Spacemen-3 band of gospel-rock cosmic excess.

Rugby drone-rock duo whose riff-and-repetition aesthetic shaped indie psych.

London drone-rock band of motorik pulse and feedback haze.

Welsh indie-rock psychonauts of bilingual brilliance and concept-album imagination.

Osaka noise-rock collective central to Japan's underground.