In the 50s and 60s rebellion and music were synonymous. The 1950s brought widespread attention to a new type of music called “Rock 'n' Roll”. Because parents considered music sinful, young people used it to establish their identity. In the 1960s, the rebellion received a collective boost when young adults expressed their displeasure with the country's entry into the Vietnam War and the use of nuclear weapons. A group within this movement has been coined "hippies". This article will discuss the beliefs of the hippies of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, California and illustrate how the hippie “counterculture” transformed into an evolution of music, the making of protest songs and the new “psychedelic” sound. He will talk about the musicians who found fame by answering the call of this movement. Hippie movements in the 1960s were occurring all over the United States, in New York in the Northeast, in Atlanta in the South, but the largest movement, known as The “Hippie Revolution” took place in San Francisco, in California. The main reason for this can be traced back to the “gold rush” of the late 1840s and early 1850s, when people from all over the world traveled to the state to make their fortunes in l 'gold. San Francisco, between the winter of 1848 and the end of 1849, experienced a population increase from 1,000 to 25,000, and this rapid increase would continue into the next decade. The gold rush meant the creation of infrastructure: ships, railroads for trains, and more roads. In the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, the year 1883 saw the completion of "The Haight," a cable car line connecting Haight-Ashbury to the eastern edge of adjacent Golden Gate Park, a public rest area, and downtown San Francisco. .... middle of paper...... War activists. As a result, this new type of music was seen as a way for the current generation to establish a sense of identity and pride in themselves. Rock 'n' roll concerts were a perfect way to bring those activists together to simultaneously protest what they believed in, whether it was anti-technology, sexual stereotypes, communal living or drug use or simply the desire for peace . Musicians became further famous by voicing their listeners' ideas on a wide platform, and drugs created a type of music that could enhance the timelessness of their drug experience in a supposedly new state of consciousness. Rock 'n' roll had gained popularity before the hippie movement began, but the characteristics of the movement certainly helped provide an avenue for new musicians to gain popularity and for those same musicians to showcase further musical exploration..