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By the end of the 1960s psychedelic rock was in retreat.

LSD had been made illegal in the US and UK in 1966.

The murders of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca by Charles Manson and his " family " of followers, claiming to have been inspired by Beatles ' songs such as " Helter Skelter ", has been seen as contributing to an anti-hippie backlash.

At the end of the year, the Altamont Free Concert in California, headlined by The Rolling Stones, became notorious for the fatal stabbing of black teenager Meredith Hunter by Hells Angel security guards.

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys ( whose much anticipated Smile project would not emerge until 2004 ), Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd were early " acid casualties ", helping to shift the focus of the respective bands of which they had been leading figures.

Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up.

Jimi Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording Band of Gypsies ( 1970 ), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971.

Many surviving acts moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics " roots rock ", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock.