1960s Influence.

By the end of the 1960s rock and pop music reflected the explosive change and growth that was happening in society at large. Bands and musicians as diverse as the Kinks, Jim Morrison, and John Fogerty were pushing the boundaries of the music, creating new forms ("rock operas" and concept or theme albums), and marrying music to fashion and image to an unprecedented degree. Meanwhile, an increasingly pervasive media was covering the younger generation as never before — their tastes, their fads, their political opinions. Talented guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were hailed as gods, while black- or blues-inspired vocalists such as Janis Joplin and Mick Jagger lent credibility to rock singing. Innovation in the studio (the Beatles) and scorching pyrotechnics onstage (the Who) combined to give rock the new aura of art. And the soaring...