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Acid

Why do drugs tend to inspire creativity in the arts?

“That gig you did in 1971 changed my life”: The band who gave out acid to their own audience

“You sure it wasn’t the acid?”

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 9, 2026
Jim Morrison - The Doors - Hollywood - 1960s

The acid trip that almost overhauled The Doors’ 1967 breakthrough: “Went to church and had an epiphany”

Don’t touch that.

Lucy Harbron
May 5, 2026
Grateful Dead - 1970

How Jeremy Beadle made Wigan the centre of the UK’s acid rock boom in 1972

A momentous, muddy occasion…

Ben Forrest
Apr 27, 2026

The 1967 Jack Nicholson-penned drug movie that took 35 years to be released in the UK

Controversial.

Aimee Ferrier
Apr 21, 2026
A movement afoot- the sacred Californian spot where the first Acid Test party took off

“A movement afoot”: the sacred Californian spot where the first Acid Test party took off

“Can you pass the acid test?”

Paulina Subia
Mar 6, 2026
The Grateful Dead - 1970s

How the Grateful Dead “fell in with the acid tests”

Drugs can change your life…

Lucy Harbron
Feb 4, 2026
Jimi Hendrix - Musician - 1967

The acid-fried session that led to Jimi Hendrix’s lost album: “That’s my life”

Still shrouded in mystery…

Ben Forrest
Jan 29, 2026
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - 1960s

Jesus Never Came Back: A German castle, a forest and the acid trip that destroyed Fleetwood Mac’s founders

A tragic tale of mystery.

Tom Taylor
Oct 30, 2025
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Musician - Producer - 1960s

The song Brian Wilson wrote during his devastating first LSD trip: “Tore my head off”

One of his finest.

Reuben Cross
Oct 3, 2025
The Doors - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek - Jim Morrison

The Doors song that sounds best on LSD: “Jim was so messed up”

Recipe for a bad trip.

Lucy Harbron
Jun 22, 2025

Adam Duritz reveals he still has “acid flashbacks” after spending a year hallucinating

“It was horrifying.”

Rachael Pimblett
May 11, 2025
The 80 best songs Keith Richards ever made -2023

The Rolling Stones’ finest “acid” anthems, according to Keith Richards

From their trips into the world of LSD.

Lucy Harbron
Jan 27, 2025

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