Psychedelic rock emerged in the mid-‘60s as music inspired, influenced, or representative of the experience of taking hallucinogenic drugs, most notably LSD. The Summer of Love in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969 were major cultural events which have been tied to the psychedelic rock movement.
This list was created by aggegating 13 lists focused on the best psychedelic rock acts of all time. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.
Pink Floyd
1. Pink Floyd
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Doors
4. Grateful Dead
5. Cream
6. Jefferson Airplane
7. Tame Impala
8. The 13th Floor Elevators
9. The Beatles
10. The Byrds
11. Love
12. the Yardbirds
13. Iron Butterfly
14. The Rolling Stones
15. Hawkwind
16. Quicksilver Messenger Service
17. Strawberry Alarm Clock
18. The Velvet Underground
19. The Moody Blues
20. Frank Zappa
21. T-Rex
22. Syd Barrett
23. Captain Beefheart
24. Steppenwolf
25. The Zombies
26. The Brian Jonestown Massacre
27. Spirit
28. Moby Grape
29. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
30. The Seeds
31. The Who
32. Janis Joplin /Big Brother & the Holding Company
33. The Animals
34. Traffic
35. The Hollies
36. Procol Harum
37. The Flaming Lips
38. Can
39. Status Quo
40. The Small Faces
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