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Counterculture of the 1970s
- John LennonJohn Winston Lennon was born on the 9th of October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. His father Alfred worked as a merchant seaman and was away during…
- Psychedelic musicIn 1964, the New York folk group The Holy Modal Rounders used the word psychedelic on a recording of Lead Belly's Hesitation Blues.
- David LynchDavid Keith Lynch was born at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, Montana, on the 20th of January 1946. His father worked as a USDA research scientist and…
- HippieThe word hippie emerged from the jazz slang of 1940s Harlem, where musicians used terms like hip and hep to describe someone who was sophisticated or…
- Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on the 11th of November 1922. He descended from a long line of German Americans whose family fortune rested on the…
- Punk rockThe Kingsmen released "Louie, Louie" in 1963, a song that later became known as punk rock's defining ur-text. This garage band from Portland, Oregon, played…
- Rolling StoneJann Wenner borrowed seven thousand five hundred dollars from his family and the parents of his soon-to-be wife Jane Schindelheim to launch Rolling Stone in…
- Hunter S. ThompsonHunter Stockton Thompson entered the world on the 18th of July 1937, in Louisville, Kentucky. He grew up as the first of three sons born to Virginia Davison…
- John CageJohn Milton Cage Jr. was born on the 5th of September 1912 at Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. His father, John Milton Cage Sr., worked as an…
- The DoorsOn a hot July day in 1965, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek crossed paths on Venice Beach. Both men had attended the UCLA School of Theater, Film and…
- Ralph BakshiRalph Bakshi was born on the 29th of October 1938, in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine. His family moved to the United States in 1939 and settled in the…
- Philip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was born on the 16th of December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He arrived six weeks prematurely alongside his twin sister Jane Charlotte…
- François TruffautOn the 6th of February 1932, François Roland Truffaut was born in Paris to a mother named Janine de Montferrand. His biological father remained unknown for…
- Jean GenetJean Genet was born in 1910 to a mother who worked as a prostitute. She raised him for only seven months before placing him up for adoption.
- Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard was born on the 3rd of December 1930 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. His father Paul Godard worked as a Swiss physician while his mother…
- Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was born on the 21st of December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the…
- New AgeIn 1974, a small group of people in the United Kingdom began using the phrase "New Age" to describe their spiritual activities.