acid rock

noun

: rock music with lyrics and sound relating to or suggestive of drug-induced experiences

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The first album was a stone cold classic, one that is still cherished to this day by fans of heavy duty psychedelic/blues/acid rock. —

Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024 The San Francisco scene was still in the thrall of acid rock, but the East Bay was more eclectic. —

New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021 Recently, iron ion batteries have been investigated as potential alternatives to lithium, but iron ore extraction and processing presents its own negatives including dust emissions, acid rock drainage, and vegetation degradation. —

Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2020 One of the most exciting voices in the new jazz movement that incorporates everything from funk to electronic music and acid rock, British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings and his trio blaze new Afro-futurist inroads on their second album. —

Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019