From the start, the Byrds knew they were getting into something new and significant with "Eight Miles High." In early 1966, there still wasn't much that sounded like it.

The Byrds Eight Miles High This is the latest offering in our occasional, ongoing series that focuses on our readers’ individual engagement with music. This month, Alex Kocan considers a single ...

And where "Eight Miles High" explored the sonic side of psychedelic rock, "5D" was more about the psychedelic narrative while sticking closer to the folk-rock template.

For a song that's been so often reduced to '60s Montage Cliche #00001B (Note: Please use only in case of rights restrictions for the Youngbloods' "Get Together"), the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" is ...

The funny thing about “Eight Miles High,” in fact, is that it wound up being interpreted through the lens of nearly every single subgenre of rock music from metal to UK indie — including ...

"Eight Miles High" was the album's first single, a collaborative effort between Clark, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn, then known as Jim."The previous year, 1965, we’d been on a trip to England ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn has no interest in reforming The Byrds, the legendary band he led in the 1960s and early ’70s that helped pioneer folk-rock (“Mr. Tambourine Ma… ...

Byrds Eight Miles High demonstrates the power of a good arrangment. With bass building like a gathering thundercloud, rumbling guitar chords and tumbling drums usher in Roger McGuinn's memorable ...

When former bandmate Roger McGuinn encouraged him to weigh in on '80s alt-rock icons Hüsker Dü's snarling, almost-unintelligible punk cover of the Byrds' 1966 hit "Eight Miles High," Croz was ...