Wiktionary
n. A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s, heavily inspired by or related to drug-induced experience.
WordNet
n. a musical style that emerged in the mid-1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience [syn: psychedelic rock]
Wikipedia
Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music which emerged during the 1960s psychedelic era. The term, which derives its name from lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), is often deployed as a synonym for " psychedelic rock", though it can also refer to a more musically intense variation or subcategory of the psychedelic rock genre. It may also include early strains of hard rock, heavy metal, and proto-metal.
When distinguished from "psychedelic rock", acid rock may contain harder and heavier qualities that often encapsulate the positive and negative extremes of the psychedelic experience. It is generally defined by distorted guitars, lyrics with drug references, and long improvised jams. Certain garage rock and 1960s punk rock bands would be associated with the "acid rock" label. As the psychedelic movement progressed into the late 1960s and 1970s, elements of its music split into two directions, with hard rock and heavy metal on one side and progressive rock on the other.
Usage examples of "acid rock".
I should not even tell you that the girl's name is Vickie Stoner, she is nineteen, and she will be at an acid rock concert in Massachusetts in two days, if she is still alive.
The jumble of decor--obscure, lovely jazz and acid rock posters, religious samplers, a bookshelf with volume after volume of herbal lore cheek by jowl with things like Kerouac, Ellison, Bradbury (the Bradbury books surely belonged to Ghost.
It used to be mellow here, he thought, everybody kicking back and turning on, grooving to acid rock, especially the Stones.
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Nausea consumed him, and he nearly dry heaved to the beat of the acid rock sounds.
They were decorated with vintage acid rock posters whose lurid colors swirled and gyred, the bands' names taunting him: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Captain Beefheart, Strawberry Alarm Clock.
The band switched to older acid rock for a few selections, but that didn't suit the mood and they reluctantly returned to more modern music.