Freakbeat
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Freakbeat is a rock music genre that peaked approximately between 1966 and 1970.
The term was invented in the 1980s by the music journalist Phil Smee, to retroactively describe a music style that has been described as a missing link between the early to mid-1960s mod R&B scene and the psychedelic rock and progressive rock genres that emerged in the late-1960s with bands such as Pink Floyd. Freakbeat music was typically created by four-piece bands experimenting with studio production techniques. Elements of the freakbeat sound include strong direct drum beats, loud and frenzied guitar riffs, and extreme effects such as: fuzztone, flanging, distortion and compression or phasing on the vocal or drum tracks. Many freakbeat songs could also be described as garage rock or early psychedelic rock. The freakbeat scene was more prevalent in the United Kingdom than in the United States. Notable freakbeat bands included The Creation, The Sorrows and most famously The Move.
