The Acid Tests were a series of LSD-soaked parties thrown in and around the San Francisco area by a group of artists, misfits and musicians called the Merry Pranksters, who were "led" by author Ken Kesey. The Grateful Dead, famed 60'scounterculture musical group, played at these Acid Tests. Author Tom Wolfe chronicled the adventures of Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in his seminal work of poetic, Day-Glo neojournalism, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The Acid Test parties and Wolfe's book were catalysts for the Love Generation migration to San Francisco for the Summer of Love.
