Ozzy Osbourne's upbringing made him dislike John Phillips and Scott McKenzie's song "San Francisco" and the hippie movement in general.

It became synonymous with the burgeoning hippie movement, a symbol of freedom, exploration, and a rejection of mainstream values. It carried bands to gigs, activists to protests, and adventurers ...

The hippie movement of the '60s and '70s played an important part in Colorado history. Like other spots in the American West, this state was invaded by hordes of young free-thinkers in VW buses ...

According to Britannica, hippie movements drew heavily from Hinduism, Buddhism, and many other Eastern-focused religions and practices. This was reflected in their clothing tremendously, as looser ...

The term “metal” is believed to have come from the hippie movement, when “heavy” meant deep or serious. Metal music revolves around a few key components: heavily distorted guitar riffs and ...

There is a town in the United States that has managed to preserve the legacy of the hippie movement and that, despite not having been the setting for the iconic Woodstock festival of 1969 ...

San Francisco was the spiritual home of the hippie movement, especially during the ‘Summer of Love’ in 1967. The hippie movement’s values are perhaps best represented by the free music ...

Every movement creates its own primary sources, and the hippies of 1967 San Francisco had a psychedelic one: The San Francisco Oracle. Published in 12 fantastic issues from 1966 to 1968 ...