Throughout the evolution of popular music in American culture, many factors have been instrumental in inspiring musical artists. The wide range of sources reflects the variety and creativity of contemporary music that musicians claim as their muses, ranging from religious beliefs to romantic interests. However, the main driving force behind creative minds in music in the United States was undeniably the drug subculture, which was the largest at the time. Without the use of recreational drugs by artists, popular music would have taken an entirely different and unimaginable evolutionary path, resulting in a completely different musical world. Music is what is taken from the drug culture to be incorporated and sold by the dominant culture. Looking back over the past decades in popular music, it is clear that there is a link between changing trends in drug use and the rise in popularity of a particular music genre or, sometimes , the creation of musical movements. In the 1960s, “hippie” culture and the use of hallucinogenic drugs, notably LSD, became...