What is a RAVE rav . What is a RAVE Music without melody pounds from speakers piled to the ceiling.
Alcohol is conspicuously absent, but the drug Ecstasy is everywhere.
It is said to heighten the sensitivity to the vibrating bass, tickling the skin and sending chills up the spine. Many do not see the harm of a drug that produces no hangover or physical craving. A hit is said to produce a warm, fuzzy sense of well-being and the manic energy to dance until dawn. Raves began in the 1980s as informal groups gathered on farms or in vacant buildings to listen to bass-heavy music, take Ecstacy and dance all night. Current day Raves are well organized and offered in legal venues that promise safety, restrooms and laser light shows.