13 Floor Elevators Band

The 13th floor elevators were one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic music.

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The band existed from 1965 to 1969. The elevators played a bracing fusion of garage rock and genre defying musical exploration powered by roky erickson s feral vocals and. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs particularly lsd to alter human consciousness for the better the band rattled to the middle of the hot 100 in 1966 with you re gonna miss me anchored by roky erickson s. As noted by several users this is the original mono mix.

The 13th floor elevators were an american psychedelic rock band from austin texas formed by guitarist and vocalist roky erickson electric jug player tommy hall and guitarist stacy sutherland. Hailing from austin texas the members of 13th floor elevators were one of the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. However texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn t come to terms with 50 s rock n roll. Original lp mono mix version 1966.

Many have cited them as the first true psychedelic rock band and if they weren t they certainly predated most of the san francisco bands that gave the sound a global audience. By the psychedelic rock band 13th floor elevators. The 13th floor elevators were an american rock band from austin texas united states formed by guitarist and vocalist roky erickson electric jug player tommy hall and guitarist stacy sutherland the band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators is the debut studio album by the 13th floor elevators the album s sound featuring elements of psychedelia garage rock folk and blues is notable for its use of the electric jug as featured on the band s only hit you re gonna miss me which reached number 55 on the billboard charts with tried to hide as a b side.