The experimentally produced Tomorrow Never Knows set the tone for a new, sophisticated, psychedelic era for The Beatles.

The story of Revolver began in a night of hell and illumination. "We've had LSD," John Lennon told George Harrison. It was spring 1965. Lennon and his wife, Cynthia, and Harrison and his wife, Pattie ...

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul explained that he was the last Beatle to take LSD. Despite having fears it would change the inner workings of his mind, Paul caved and took the drug under the ...

The Beatles’ later years were marked by their drug use, with Cynthnia Lennon noting her ex-husband, “took LSD regularly,” saying John Lennon was “hungry” for new experiences. Here’s what we learned ...

Half a century ago—when the Beatles album Revolver was released on Aug. 5, 1966, in the U.K.—John Lennon ended the last song on the record with a lyrical message best understood by a certain subset of ...

While the lyrical content of “Getting Better” may not explicitly mention being inspired by LSD (although we’re sure the band attributed some of their happiness to their use of substance at the time), ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon took LSD while recording the album, 'Sgt. Pepper.' On March 21 of that year, Lennon, then 26, accidentally took acid during a recording session at Abbey Road. Leslie ...

The Beatles released their crowning creative achievement, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, in 1967 — the same year they discovered Transcendental Meditation John Lennon and George Harrison ...

Psychedelic drugs clearly had a distinct influence on the Beatles’ sound toward the later part of their career together, but for a brief moment, John Lennon almost gave up music altogether after these ...

Excepting five minutes near the tail end of the film, the Beatles are nowhere to be found in The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. The Fab Four make a cameo appearance as their live-action selves to do some ...

LOS ANGELES — Had fate worked out just a bit differently, Peter Fonda might be remembered as one of the great figures of 1960s pop music rather than one of the standout actors of his generation. As a ...