Topic summary
Underground rock
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Underground music.
1960s
In the 1960s, the term "underground" was associated with the counterculture of that decade, and applied to journalism, comics and film as well as music. Underground music was defined by groups who garnered a following without a successful single or significant radio airplay and were associated with the general underground culture and scene. The Fugs, who formed in 1964, were described as "arguably the first underground rock group of all time".