Second Summer of Love

The Second Summer of Love is a name sometimes given, particularly in Britain, to the time (1987-1989) of the rise in popularity of Acid House music and the euphoric explosion of unlicensed Ecstasy-fuelled rave parties. The term generally refers to the summer of 1989, when hundreds of thousands of Ecstasy pills were consumed every weekend in the UK. However, that summer was part of a larger period that led to the rise of electronic dance music from an obscure niche into a popular mass-market genre, and ultimately to the rise of large and highly commercial dance nightclubs such as Ministry of Sound.

Related Topics:
Britain - 1987 - 1989 - Acid House - Ecstasy - Rave - Dance music - Ministry of Sound

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