Which Rock Festival do you think impacted music and politics in the late 60's?

Question

Monterey Pop Festival - Woodstock - and why?

Maybe I should say influenced instead of impact.

So many outstanding answers, it's gonna be real tough to pick a Best Answer. All are best answers as far as I'm concerned.

Answer 1

Altamont
It absolutely shattered the Peace and Love image of the 60's once and for all and foreshadowed the image of a darker decade...The 70's.
Have You ever heard the Stones performance from Altamont it's bone chilling. Especially "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Under My Thumb"

Answer 2

Hyde Park Free Music Festival in June of 1968.

It ushered in the rise in mainstream popularity of many of the London underground artists who would soon become some of the biggest artists in rock (Pink Floyd, T. Rex, etc...), by extending their appeal past underground cult followings. It was basically the first true pinnacle of underground music, and the first moment that defined "underground" music (later called alternative, indie, etc...) to an audience who otherwise would never be exposed to it.

Politically? Meh. It was an artistic statement, not a political statement. Woodstock may have been a political statement, but it also solidified the understanding that most people didn't care (even the people who were there), and was the beginning of the rapidly approaching end of the era.

Answer 3

I would say the Isle of Wight festivals had the most impact although the last one was in 1970 and not technically in the 60's. They kept getting bigger every year with better acts and more fans. The last one had over 600,000 fans with so many "rioting hippies" (could that be possible?) that British Parliament actually passed "The Isle of Wight Act" which banned any future concerts there.

Answer 4

Woodstock, it started as a organized planned concert, and became a free for some, experience of freedom, peace, music , art, and love, imagine that many people now days any where near each other, no offense to young kids but, it would be disaster

Answer 5

I think Altamont had the most impact overall. It was an ugly ending to a decade that preached peace and love. Everything that could possibly go wrong at a festival did go wrong that day. There was violence, murder, fear, drugs, and a lack of goodwill from the concert goers.

Answer 6

Woodstock and Altamont. Altamont was for very bad reasons though. I think that event caused people to realize that drugs where becoming a huge problem among American youth. And parents and politicians alike where seeking to blame rock music for it.

Answer 7

I was going to say the 2 you mentioned. Why where they important to an impact? I don't know that they were , were they? YOu're not gonna get any answers from any that were there , cause...ya know , they say..."If you remember...you weren't there".

Answer 8

woodstock