"There's good reason to believe that Zappa resented the ascendancy of the hippie scene over his own, circa-1965 L.A. gang of self-described 'freaks,' a tiny counterculture, then headquartered at Canter's, that pioneered the wearing of carnival-like, colorful clothes from thrift shops. (Proto-hippies at Canter's, folks! There should be a plaque there.)
Tony Mostrom at the LA Weekly recalls the 1968 local music scene.
In two 2016 articles, Woody Haut (at The Guardian) and Jonny Whiteside revisit the 1966 "Riot on the Sunset Strip."
And Bill Murphy in a Premier Guitar article discusses the legacy of 1960s garage rock.
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