Psychedelic rock figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording "Band of Gypsys" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics "roots rock", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American
The Panic in Needle Park themselves, a registered nurse was on set, serving as a technical advisor. Originally, Ned Rorem was set to compose the score for the film until it was decided that in order to set the atmosphere, no music was to be used in the film (his isolated and unused score is included as a special feature in the Blu-ray), much of the film instead features "cinéma vérité"-style footage. It is believed to be the first mainstream film to feature actual drug injection. Didion and Dunne visited Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, during the recording of the album "Waiting For