Editing Beat Generation (section)

===Rock and pop music===
The Beats had a pervasive influence on [[rock and roll]] and popular music, including [[the Beatles]], [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Jim Morrison]]. The Beatles spelled their name with an "a" partly as a Beat Generation reference,<ref>"... the name Beatles comes from 'Beat' ..." Regina Weinreich, [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/11/style/11iht-bookthu.t.html?pagewanted=1 "Books: The Birth of the Beat Generation"], ''The Sunday New York Times Book Review'', January 11, 1996; a review of Steven Watson's ''THE BIRTH OF THE BEAT GENERATION: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters 1944–1960''.</ref> and [[John Lennon]] was a fan of Jack Kerouac.<ref>Ellis Amburn describes a telephone conversation with Jack Kerouac: "John Lennon subsequently contacted Kerouac, revealing that the band's name was derived from 'Beat.' 'He was sorry he hadn't come to see me when they played Queens,' Kerouac said, referring to the Beatles Shea Stadium concert in 1965." Amburn, Ellis, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bN0PJn6VCNIC&q=Lennon ''Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac''], p. 342, {{ISBN|0-312-20677-1}}.</ref> The Beatles even put Beat writer William S. Burroughs on the cover of their album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]].''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters|last=Weidman|first=Rich|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2015}}</ref>

Ginsberg was a close friend of Bob Dylan<ref>Wills, D. "Father & Son: Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan," in Wills, D. (ed.), ''Beatdom Vol. 1'' (Mauling Press: Dundee, 2007), pp. 90–93</ref> and toured with him on the [[Rolling Thunder Revue]] in 1975. Dylan cites Ginsberg and other Beats as major influences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=David S. |date=2007-07-28 |title=Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan |url=https://www.beatdom.com/allen-ginsberg-and-bob-dylan/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Beatdom |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Jim Morrison]] cites Kerouac as one of his biggest influences, and fellow [[The Doors|Doors]] member [[Ray Manzarek]] has said "We wanted to ''be'' beatniks."<ref>" As Ray Manzarek recalls when Morrison was studying at UCLA: 'He certainly had a substantial investment in books. They filled an entire wall of his apartment. His reading was very eclectic. It was typical of the early- to mid-sixties hipster student. [...] And lots of Beatniks. We wanted to _be_ beatniks. But we were too young. We came a little too late, but we were worshippers of the Beat Generation. All the Beat writers filled Morrison's shelves [...]' (Manzarek 1999, 77)" Sheila Whiteley, ''Too much too young: popular music, age and gender'' (2005, Routledge)</ref> In his book ''Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors'', Manzarek also writes "I suppose if Jack Kerouac had never written ''On the Road'', The Doors would never have existed." [[Michael McClure]] was also a friend of members of The Doors, at one point touring with Manzarek.

Ginsberg was a friend of [[Ken Kesey]]'s [[Merry Pranksters]], a group of which [[Neal Cassady]] was a member, which also included members of the [[Grateful Dead]]. In the 1970s, Burroughs was a friend of [[Mick Jagger]], [[Lou Reed]], [[David Bowie]], and [[Patti Smith]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

The musical group [[Steely Dan]] is named after a steam-powered dildo in Burroughs' ''[[Naked Lunch]]''. British [[progressive rock]] band [[Soft Machine]] is named after Burroughs' novel ''[[The Soft Machine]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Graham |title=Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous |date=2014 |publisher=Syzygy |isbn=9-7-8-90-822792-0-7 |pages=70}}</ref>

Singer-songwriter [[Tom Waits]], a Beat fan, wrote "Jack and Neal" about Kerouac and Cassady, and recorded "On the Road" (a song written by Kerouac after finishing the novel) with [[Primus (band)|Primus]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/3091/Tom-Waits-The-Pursuit-of-the-Beats|title=Tom Waits – The Pursuit of the Beats|work=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref> He later collaborated with Burroughs on the theatrical work ''[[The Black Rider]]''.

Jazz musician/film composer [[Robert Kraft (composer)|Robert Kraft]] wrote and released a contemporary homage to Beat Generation aesthetics entitled "Beat Generation" on the 1988 album ''Quake City''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=19 May 1980 |title=Sounds Around Town |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/427202678 |work=[[New York Times]]|id={{ProQuest|427202678}} }}</ref>

Musician [[Mark Sandman]], who was the bass guitarist, lead vocalist, and a former member of the alternative jazz rock band [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]], was interested in the Beat Generation and wrote a song called "Kerouac" as a tribute to [[Jack Kerouac]] and his philosophy and way of life.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.bohemian.com/northbay/mark-sandman/Content?oid=2179959 |title=Mark Sandman |author=Greg Cahill |date=November 24–30, 2004 |journal=North Bay Bohemian}}</ref>

The band [[Aztec Two-Step]] recorded "The Persecution & Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On the Road)" in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Aztec Two-Step|year=1972 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Aztec-Two-Step-Aztec-Two-Step/release/2343866|publisher=[[Discogs]]|access-date=May 30, 2015}}</ref>

There was a resurgence of interest in the beats among bands in the 1980s. Ginsberg worked with [[the Clash]] and Burroughs worked with [[Sonic Youth]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Kurt Cobain]], and [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], among others.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} [[Bono]] of [[U2]] cites Burroughs as a major influence,<ref>Bono comments approvingly on the Burroughs cut up method: "That's what the Burroughs cut up method is all about. You cut up the past to find the future." As quoted by John Geiger in ''Nothing is true – everything is permitted: the life of Brion Gysin'', p. 273, attributed to John Waters, ''Race of the Angels: The Genesis of U2'' (London, Fourth Estate, 1994), {{ISBN|1-85702-210-6}} {{ISBN|978-1857022100}}.</ref><ref>"... author WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, 84, whose nihilistic novels have influenced U2 front man BONO ... ", Martha Pickerill, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101027125303/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986451,00.html ''Time''], June 2, 1997.</ref> and Burroughs appeared briefly in a U2 video in 1997.<ref>"The next video, ''Last Night on Earth'' was shot in Kansas City, with beat author William S. Burroughs making a cameo." p. 96 David Kootnikoff, ''U2: A Musical Biography'' (2010) {{ISBN|0-313-36523-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-313-36523-2}}.</ref> Post-punk band [[Joy Division]] named a song "Interzone" after a collection of stories by Burroughs. [[Laurie Anderson]] featured Burroughs on her 1984 album ''[[Mister Heartbreak]]'' and in her 1986 concert film, ''[[Home of the Brave (1986 film)|Home of the Brave]].''{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} The band [[King Crimson]] produced the album ''[[Beat (King Crimson album)|Beat]]'' inspired by the Beat Generation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Boo |last=Browning |date=29 July 1982 |title=Homage to the Gurus of Beat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/07/29/homage-to-the-gurus-of-beat/e11eccef-a822-4ebf-94a3-397d7439e6c8/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Palmer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/14/arts/the-pop-life-013588.html |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=14 July 1982 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>

More recently, American artist [[Lana Del Rey]] references the Beat movement and Beat poetry in her 2014 song "[[Brooklyn Baby]]".{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}

In 2021, rapper [[Milo (musician)|R.A.P. Ferreria]] released the album ''Bob's Son: R.A.P. Ferreira in the Garden Level Cafe of the Scallops Hotel'', named for Bob Kaufman and containing many references to the work of Kaufman, Jack Kerouac, Amiri Baraka, and other beat poets. {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}