If The Beatles had never discovered drugs, says Killing Joke bassist Youth, then their music would have sounded very different – and so would everyone else's

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The Beatles’ journey of cosmic exploration and psychedelia mirrored the sixties zeitgeist for us all. It is hard to imagine the psychedelic revolution without them, but it’s not hard to imagine how grey all our lives would be today if they had not paved
the way for turning music into a kaleidoscope of colour explosions after the bland, sugar-sweet pop of the early sixties. 

When they started using psychedelics they stopped being entertainers and became pioneering artists whose influence is still massive today. They also became more politically overt and spiritually aware, both individually and as a band.