'60s Rock Bands 
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Doors, Elvis, Kinks, Ronettes, Santana,
The Band, Traffic, Troggs, Turtles, Who related to the general theme of 1960s Rock Bands in a large 22×20 letter grid. There are also 9 unlisted wordsBlue Cheer, Chuck Berry, Iron Butterfly,
Janis Joplin, Moby Grape, Procol Harum,
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Fun Facts About '60s Rock Bands
- The Animals recorded their iconic hit "House of the Rising Sun" in just one take in 1964. It became a massive transatlantic #1 hit and inspired Bob Dylan to go electric.
- Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys was so impressed by The Beatles' album Rubber Soul (1965) that it lead him to create Pet Sounds (1966). Paul McCartney later called Pet Sounds his favorite album.
- Jim Morrison of The Doors was famously arrested on stage in December of 1967 after publicly mocking a police officer who maced him backstage. It was one of the first major on-stage arrests in rock history.
- Elvis Presley was such a fan of The Beatles that he invited them to his home in 1965. Initially the meeting was awkward due to mutual starstruck feelings. But Elvis broke the tension by joking, "If you guys are just going to sit there and stare at me, I'm going to bed!"
- The Band (originally Bob Dylan's backing group) got their name because locals in upstate New York where they lived referred to them simply as "the band", as in, "the guys who played with Dylan". The descriptive name stuck and eventually became their official moniker.
- The Kinks were banned from performing in the United States for four years (1965–1969) after chaotic tour behavior, backstage fights, management issues, and union disputes. Their work permit was finally revoked after complaints from promoters. The ban halted their commercial success in the U.S. because they missed the peak of the British Invasion.
- The Who's famous habit of destroying instruments on stage started accidentally in 1964. Pete Townshend smashed his guitar out of frustration after it hit a low club ceiling. The crowd loved it and Keith Moon soon joined in by trashing his drum kit.
- The line "teenage wasteland" in The Who's song "Baba O'Riley" was inspired by at least two events in Pete Townshend's life. First, he was deeply disturbed by the sea of garbage left behind by fans after their performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival which drew an estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people. Second, Townshend said it referred to the spiritual and mental desolation he witnessed at Woodstock in 1969, where many young fans were using drugs and appeared to suffer from brain damage.
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Did you know?
The historic Woodstock Rock Festival was held on August 15–18, 1969. But it didn't actually take place in Woodstock, New York. Apparently the organizers (who were all in their 20s!) couldn't find a suitable space for their "3 Days of Peace & Music" and were forced to look elsewhere. Almost last minute they found an acceptable venue: a farm in the town of Bethel, which was about 60 miles away from Woodstock.
Although 186,000 tickets were sold before the scheduled weekend, the organizers did expect a few more to come hear Santana, Jefferson Airplane, and so many other legendary bands perform. But they weren't expecting that double that number would eventually make it through the miles-long traffic jams and muddy roads. By the way, this put Bethel on the map. The sudden surge in population briefly made it the third largest city in the state!
While the festival is long past, people can still see musicians perform at a 15,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. Located on the original site of the 1969 festival, the newly-built Bethel Woods Center for the Arts also has a museum and other attractions for visitors.
Since February 2017, the site – where tens of thousands of people watched Jimi Hendrix close out the festival with a psychedelic rendition of the national anthem – has finally been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Far out!
