... all of rock (Curtis 191). The Beatles with this album opened the door for many rock bands to come out with provocative albums that contained drugs lyrics. Ken Kesey and the pranksters became a drug influenced rock band. Tom Wolfe wrote the novel, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test-. The novel used basically a collection ... of all the notes, audio tapes, and video recordings of Kesey and the pranksters' experiences. Throughout most of the novel Kesey and the pranksters were on some type of drugs. The novel explained what how the drugs became part of their life. Many ... moments in the nov...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that promise, the deceased person then becomes the grateful dead. Gaining some local respect and somewhat of an underground fan scene, they began playing acid tests organized by the Kesey brothers or just Ken Kesey and the Marry Pranksters. In 1969 The last acid test the Dead played left a warehouse trashed, a band with a reputation and over 500 people and 10 cops tripping there ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Francisco. This part of town was known for its social dissidents and hippies. The band became friends with a writer named Ken Kesey who took part in the LSD acid tests of the early 1960's. Members of the Dead attended parties with Kesey where marijuana and LSD where the main course. They also became friends with an infamous bus driver named Neal Cassidy who ... ...

• Word Count: 1743
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School