List of acid rock artists

The following is a list of artists described as general purveyors of the acid rock genre. Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture. The style is generally defined by heavy, distorted guitars, lyrics with drug references, and long improvised jams. Its distinctions from other genres can be tenuous, as much of the style overlaps with 1960s punk, proto-metal, and early heavy, blues-based hard rock.

Artists
• The 13th Floor Elevators

• Alice Cooper (late 60s work)

• The Amboy Dukes

• Amon Düül

• Big Brother and the Holding Company

• Black Sabbath

• Blue Cheer

• Blues Magoos

• The Charlatans

• Count Five

• Country Joe and the Fish

• Coven

• Cream

• Deep Purple

• The Deviants

• The Doors

• The Electric Prunes

• The Fugs

• Grateful Dead

• The Great Society

• The Groundhogs

• Hawkwind

• Iron Butterfly

• Jefferson Airplane

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience

• Janis Joplin

• JPT Scare Band

• Love

• MC5

• Moby Grape

• The Music Machine

• Pop Mašina

• Quicksilver Messenger Service

• Santana

• The Seeds

• Grace Slick

• Steppenwolf

• Tully

• Vanilla Fudge

• Wooden Shjips