The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there.

I've never understood the Beatles craze, personally.  With a few exceptions, they fit my description of bubble gum pop drivel (yes, I know I'm in the minority - as my wife fondly reminds me).  Grateful Dead? Well, now, no good coma would be complete without GD accompaniment.

Now, The Stones, Kinks, Humble Pie (...talkin 'bout black Lebanese..), Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Strawbs, Tull, Gentle Giant, Steeleye Span, Bloodwyn Pig...*That* was the British Invasion to me. Still listening to them 50-odd years later, still good tunes, although symphonic metal is my newest love.
As always, YMMV. Listen to what speaks to you.

@rtorchia - LOL, you had one of those music teachers as well eh? We had one in middle school that said ALL music fell into three categories: Classical, Opera, and The Big Beat.  He viewed everything outside of Classical and Opera as indistinguishable trash that was nothing more than primitives beating on something to make noise so they could jump around in synchronicity.

He was a thrill a minute, let me tell you. To be fair, we did learn about troglodytes at an earlier age than most...