Paisley Underground is an early genre of alternative rock, based primarily in Los Angeles, which was at its most popular in the mid-1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia, rich vocal harmonies and guitar interplay that merged folk rock influences and a post-punk style, owing a particular debt to 1960s–1970s groups such as Love and The Byrds, but more generally referencing a wide range of pop and garage rock.