Joshua White’s crew turned the liquid light show into headline craft: a rear-projection screen behind Fillmore East acts, layers of overhead projectors, film, slides, and hand-mixed liquids, improvised nightly behind Hendrix, Joplin, and the Dead.
The group’s name became shorthand for the entire form, and White’s later reflections describe the job in terms any VJ recognizes: watching the band, riding intensity, knowing when to disappear.
Revived performances and museum shows have kept the practice alive, and its influence runs straight into projection design and live visuals culture, analog hands and all.