Music....The Sound of Their Generation!
The 60’s are well known for their music, the new bands that popped up everywhere, the sound of the generation. They did not just have the exciting music from the Beatles but other bands emerged as well. Many girl bands emerged, such as, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, and Aretha Franklin. With the girls others also emerged, such as the revival of folk music thanks to Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Merry, and Joan Baez. There was also had the Beach Boys who had songs that spoke to high schoolers. This era was full of music that made a difference and spoke to everyone but in different ways. When the drug era came in the mid-1960’s prescriptions weren’t the only things to change. This drug era lead to new types of music such as Acid Rock, which was music that was highly amplified and improvisational, and Psychedelic Rock which was a more mellow type of rock. This drug era music changed some of the biggest bands of the time, such as the Beatles but when the Beatles changed their fan base changed as well. However with this new music came new bands, in 1967 Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead came to be. Their new way of music changed what was music. During this time a three day music festival came to be. This phenomena was Woodstock, it drew 400,000 hippies and featured peace, love, and happiness...and LSD. Woodstock showed the world what the hippies were about. Woodstock and the modular synthesizer also opened the world to the music of the era and showed that it was for everyone. 
The 60’s are well known for their music, the new bands that popped up everywhere, the sound of the generation. They did not just have the exciting music from the Beatles but other bands emerged as well. Many girl bands emerged, such as, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, and Aretha Franklin. With the girls others also emerged, such as the revival of folk music thanks to Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Merry, and Joan Baez. There was also had the Beach Boys who had songs that spoke to high schoolers. This era was full of music that made a difference and spoke to everyone but in different ways. When the drug era came in the mid-1960’s prescriptions weren’t the only things to change. This drug era lead to new types of music such as Acid Rock, which was music that was highly amplified and improvisational, and Psychedelic Rock which was a more mellow type of rock. This drug era music changed some of the biggest bands of the time, such as the Beatles but when the Beatles changed their fan base changed as well. However with this new music came new bands, in 1967 Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead came to be. Their new way of music changed what was music. During this time a three day music festival came to be. This phenomena was Woodstock, it drew 400,000 hippies and featured peace, love, and happiness...and LSD. Woodstock showed the world what the hippies were about. Woodstock and the modular synthesizer also opened the world to the music of the era and showed that it was for everyone. 
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