Top 10 Most Influential Counterculture Icons
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If you’re interested in other influential figures from 1960s America, check out our lists of the Top 10 American Civil Rights Activists: Top 10 Women’s Activists: and Top 10 Defining Moments of 1960s America:
00:49 #10: Jack Kerouac
01:50 #9: Jimi Hendrix
02:45 #8: Andy Warhol
03:34 #7: Gloria Steinem
04:33 #6: Lenny Bruce
05:26 #5: Timothy Leary
06:26 #4: Muhammad Ali
07:24 #3, #2 & #1 ???
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Elvis?
Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead?
Lennon was a great socialist brother
Bill Hicks, Terence McKenna, Jerry Garcia? None of them were influential huh?
when peaceful protest is made impossible, violent revolution is made inevitable.
Bob Marley No? 3rd World's First Superstar, Political Activist And Made Reggae And Rastafari World Famous?…
Just me who finds the Beatles extremely overrated?
Tom Hayden?
I never heard of any of these people. They must not have been to iconic.
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John Lennon #respect.
#1 Kanye West
Sex Pistols??????
#1 Charles Manson
Where is Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
Terence McKenna? Where is he???
No Terrence McKenna?
Where are The rolling Stones
Freddie mercury
Damn. Jerry Garcia didn't even get an honorable mention.
Honestly I was really really worried you guys were gonna overlook Timothy Leary, and Hunter Thompson, I'm definately pleased that you didn't.
Where is Che??
Warhol was gay?
Shouldn't MLK be on the list? I know he lived during the 50s but the civil rights movement was a counter culture movement.
Bob Marley ?
Watch mojo can you please do a video about most hated games by gamers… i am bread
Hitler should be 1#
Why wasn't Malcom X or Martin Luther King Jr on here…
Jane Fonda should be on the rankings and not just honourable mention but I was happy to see her
1960's were the best…
Frank Zappa?
Trump
Nudism is a less visible cause, but I would have liked to see Lee Baxandall on this list as an honorable mention.
They forgot to put Bruce Lee in there………..
I was so sure Michael Jackson would be on the list!
Where's George Carlin?
you guys better put out a top 10 songs for soundgarden audioslave and temple of the dog soon
RIP Chris
Manson?
Pink Floyd?
No kurt ???
At a time like this, we really need more counter culture people right now
The song playing in the background reminds me of Hotel California