From Born to Be Wild to Dazed and Confused: Rock Music's Revolution in 1968

Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut—punching sounds that would define classic and hard rock—the formation of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath rolled away the light sounds of psychedelic music and Flower Power. Celebrated music journalist & author John Einarson provides the first detailed account of this crucial period.

Einarson begins by examining the birth of psychedelic music and experimentation beginning in 1965 and the resul...