Tag Archives: 1980s psychedela

The Residents – Man’s World

20 Jul

Nina Hagen – Smack Jack

24 Apr

Nina Hagen and some superbly dark 1980s psychedelia.

“Love Letter” by Marc Almond

21 Apr

Before western 80s pop culture went back into full hippie mode with the rave movement, it presented itself mostly decidedly anti-hippie: cold electric or neon lights, urban and nervous, glamorous and vein. Still a lot of visual language of psychedelic culture found its way into the music videos of the time. It’s rather interesting to see how it got transformed.