Editing Garage rock (section)

===Decline===
Even at the height of garage rock's popularity in the mid-1960s, the success of most of its records, in spite of a handful of notable exceptions, was relegated to local and regional markets.{{sfn|Markesich|2012|p=28}}  In the wake of psychedelia, as rock music became increasingly sophisticated, garage rock began to fade.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=144, 148–149|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2pp=36, 38}}  After the release of ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' and other late-1960s big-production spectaculars, rock albums became increasingly elaborate and were expected to display a high level of maturity and complexity, while the 45-RPM [[Single (music)|single]] ceded to the [[LP record|long-play album]] as the preferred medium.<ref name="Marcotte (Pepper)">{{cite web|last1=Marcotte|first1=Amanda|title=Against 'Sgt. Pepper': the Beatles Classic Made Pop Seem Male, Nerdy, and Important - and that Wasn't a Good Thing|url=http://www.salon.com/2017/05/29/against-sgt-pepper-the-beatles-classic-made-pop-seem-male-nerdy-and-important-and-that-wasnt-a-good-thing/|website=Salon|access-date=June 3, 2017|date=May 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602063745/http://www.salon.com/2017/05/29/against-sgt-pepper-the-beatles-classic-made-pop-seem-male-nerdy-and-important-and-that-wasnt-a-good-thing/|archive-date=June 2, 2017|url-status=live}} '''Source B:''' {{cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Donald|title=Sgt Pepper's: When The Beatles Got High on Pomposity|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/sgt-pepper-s-when-the-beatles-got-high-on-pomposity-1.3047520|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=June 3, 2017|date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521100817/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/sgt-pepper-s-when-the-beatles-got-high-on-pomposity-1.3047520|archive-date=May 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Markesich|2012|pp=36, 38}}

Album-oriented [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio stations{{efn|[[Progressive rock (radio format)|Progressive rock]] and [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]] are two examples of FM rock radio formats that became prominent in the late 1960 and 1970s.}} eventually overtook AM radio in popularity, and as the large major-label record companies became more powerful and less willing to sign new acts, the once plentiful local and regional independent labels of the mid-1960s began to fold.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=144, 148–149|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2pp=36, 38|3a1=Shaw|3y=1998|3pp=17–18}} Radio playlists became more regimented and disc jockeys began to have less freedom, making it increasingly difficult for local and regional bands to receive airplay.{{sfn|Shaw|1973|p=68}}  Teen clubs and dance venues which previously served as reliable and steady engagements for young groups started to close.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=144, 152|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=36}}  The garage sound disappeared at both the national and local level, as band members graduated and departed for college, work, or the military.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=144, 149, 152|2a1=Unterberger|2y=1998|2p=69|3a1=Smith|3y=2009|3pp=96–98}}  Musicians in bands frequently faced the prospect of the [[Vietnam War]] [[Conscription|draft]], and many were selected for service.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=101–104, 146|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=36}}  Some died in action.<ref name="Moores (Vietnam Casualties)">{{cite web|last1=Moores|first1=Sean|title=Vietnam: the first rock and roll war|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/vietnam-at-50/1966/vietnam-the-first-rock-and-roll-war-1.438304|website=Stars and Stripes|access-date=June 3, 2017|date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705153514/https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/vietnam-at-50/1966/vietnam-the-first-rock-and-roll-war-1.438304|archive-date=July 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sringsteen band drummer">{{cite web|last1=Carino|first1=Jerry|title=Vietnam War Scars: Springsteen's First Drummer, Heroic Nurse Among Those New Jersey Lost|url=https://www.app.com/story/news/military/veterans/2017/09/18/vietnam-war-scars-springsteens-first-drummer-heroic-nurse-among-those-new-jersey-lost/664945001/|website=APP|access-date=June 10, 2019|date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601043742/https://www.app.com/story/news/military/veterans/2017/09/18/vietnam-war-scars-springsteens-first-drummer-heroic-nurse-among-those-new-jersey-lost/664945001/|url-status=live}}</ref>  With the tumultuous political events of 1968, the tense mood of the country reached a breaking point, while increasing use of drugs and other factors intermingled with shifting musical tastes.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=101–104, 146|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2pp=36, 38}}  New styles either evolved out of garage rock or replaced it, such as [[acid rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[country rock]], and [[bubblegum pop|bubblegum]].{{sfn|Unterberger|1998|p=69}}<ref name="Vox (Decline of popularity)">{{cite web|title=Rewind to the garage rock era|url=http://archive.voxmagazine.com/stories/2006/08/10/rewind-to-the-garage-rock-era/|website=Vox|access-date=April 6, 2016|date=August 10, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417224206/http://archive.voxmagazine.com/stories/2006/08/10/rewind-to-the-garage-rock-era/|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>  By 1969 the garage rock phenomenon had largely run its course.{{sfnm|1a1=Berger|1a2=Coston|1y=2014|1pp=144, 148–149|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2pp=36, 38|3ay=Shaw|3y=1998|3p=21}}