Also known as: Great Society, The
Origin: San Francisco, CA, USA
The Great Society (also known as the Great!! Society!!) was one of the first underground psychedelic bands to emerge out of the San Francisco, Haight-Ashbury scene. The group, originally inspired by The Beatles , formed in the late summer of 1965 and sarcastically named themselves after U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's domestic program plan of the same title. Although not as disciplined as their Bay Area contemporaries the Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead , the Great Society were almost as popular during their brief run, showing a level of creative prowess matched by few. Original members i…