![]() ![]() The Grateful Dead clearly were successful. While Kesey and the Pranksters were experimenting with different forms of art, the Grateful Dead were experimenting with different forms of music, primarily a new genre of music, ‘psychedelic’ or ‘acid’ rock, and a unique style of playing, ‘jamming’ or ‘collective improvisation’. From their first gig as the Grateful Dead, they were already in the centre of a counterculture, sharing space with Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsburg and Ken Kesey. They then discovered that there was already another band called the Warlocks, so they changed their name and played as the Grateful Dead for the first time on 4 December 1965, at the San Jose Acid Test at Big Nig’s house. ![]() 1 When the original five members of the Grateful Dead first started playing together, they performed from April 1965 until December 1965 as the Warlocks. ![]()
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