Even though its heyday was compressed to little more than a matter of months, British psychedelia certainly left an indelible footprint on the landscape of rock and pop.
From The Beatles’ genre-defining sonic experiments, loosely stretching from Tomorrow Never Knows through to Magical Mystery Tour, the emergence of the original, Syd Barrett-era line-up of Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix launching his meteor-like career from London, Traffic setting a rock archetype (and soon enough, a cliché) by “getting it together in the country” and Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and The Nice laying the foundations for classic/art rock by fusing quasiintellectual lyrics with classical-inspired melodies – all these and more besides have been established parts of rock iconography for a long time.
