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acid rock

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acid rock
n.
A style of rock music of the late 1960s having a prominent repetitive beat and lyrics that suggest psychedelic experiences.
acid rock
n
(Music / Pop Music) a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
[from acid (sense 3), alluding to its supposed inspiration by drug-induced states of consciousness]
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Noun1.acid rockacid rock - a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
psychedelic rock
rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock - a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."


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