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The 13th Floor Elevators were a rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965. Though they found only limited commercial success before dissolving amid legal troubles and drug use, the 13th Floor Elevators are commonly regarded as one of the first psychedelic bands, and have been cited as an influential protopunk group Personnel were singer/guitarist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, bass guitarist Benny Thurman, guitarist Stacy Sutherland, and drummer John Ike Walton. ...Read More >
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hypem.com
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www.texaspsychranch.com
Texas Psychedelic Ranch: 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, Golden Dawn, Bubble Puppy, more...
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www.scarletdukes.com
A QUEST FOR PURE SANITY - THE PSYCHEDELIC POETRY OF TOMMY HALL
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www.austinchronicle.com
2004 interview with Tommy Hall
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www.rokyerickson.net
Roky Erickson's site
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My good friend Jon Savage has compiled a 6CD mixtape set of Punk Psych. What an amazing racket of crunching beat and lysergic anthems, full of songs called "Mirror Of Your Mind", 'Smell Of Incense', 'People Let's Freak Out', and 'The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind", played by bands called The Blue Things, Freaks Of Nature, The Electric Prunes, and Painted Faces. Seamlessly mixed among these groovin' freakouts are the contemporary singles of "serious artists" like Jimi Hendrix, T... MORE
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I'm still working my way through Paul Drummond's "Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erikson and The 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of the Psychedelic Sound" and am delighted to learn how much more Austin. Texas had to do with the psychedelic revolution than I ever knew.
What I've learned so far (in brief):
Gilbert Shelton, creator of "The Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers", roommate, may have introduced liquid LSD to Austin, Texas.
Janis Joplin left University of Texas f... MORE
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Roky takes on Bob Dylan's "Baby Blue".
13th Floor Elevators
Easter Everywhere
International Artists (#IA LP 5 ) - 1967
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Recently I’ve discovered that I can watch some of the movies from the Netflix catalog on their website. Because of this I’ve seen stuff that I wouldn’t normally rent, like the Roky Erickson documentary “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” The film is a sad portrait of the former singer/songwriter of the 13th Floor Elevators and it details his long battle with drugs, the law, and insanity. The film doesn’t end triumphantly, with Roky playing music on stage again or not needing caretak... MORE
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...speaking of old posts , I'm sitting outside in the sun, checking the 13th Floor Elevators...feels good with the sun in my face while the fermented accouterments do their thing...a little surf rock's right in the pocket...before I run off into the California night, I thought I'd slap these babies on, sound quality be damned...here's a couple of cuts that weren't on the film Hi Fidelity...... MORE
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the elevators are from Austin, TX... mid 60's. they have a bunch of great under-appreciate songs... however, recently some computer company used their song, "You're Gonna Miss me" in a tv ad.
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Hey, a blast from before my time.. "You're Gonna Miss Me" by 13th Floor Elevators.. A band that has become a regular in my record rotation over the past year or so. I am a brand new MOG person, 'guy' or whatever.. So I thought what better way to start off by posting a great phsycadellic rock song.. It is not however my favorite song by these guys, but it waspretty much the only video i could really dig up.. this clip is from American Bandstand i think.. enjoy. ... MORE
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After a week of running around, I've been catching up on the sitting down stuff that I got yelled at for trying to do back then (which was understandable, considering the circumstances)...I've found myself listening to the 13th Floor Elevators a lot today and, if you're into 60s-era guitar rock (with a little jug-band action thrown in as a garnish) then you'd be all over The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators...I'd mentioned them before but failed to write up any... MORE
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I discovered this awesome album buy a 60's psychedelic band called The 13th Floor Elevators. The album is called "Easter Everywhere". There is something magical going on on this album. These dudes have tapped into that acid plane to make some bluesy, funky, trippy, fuzzy, punky, music. At times the lead singers voice is so melodically in touch with the music that it sounds evil the way everything comes together. I am so glad I found this album.... MORE
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The 13th Floor Elevator's best-known cut was "You're Gonna Miss Me"+ which was also the tune played during the opening of the film Hi Fidelity which was based on Nick Hornby's book...I found this old footage of them performing the tune on American Bandstand in YouTube...
repost: here's a link to an interview I did with John Cusack ...... MORE
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Who else here digs Roky Erikson? I was just spinning "Two Headed Dog," and it rocks off the tables. Man, what an awesome weirdo. I miss his craziness...
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Psychedelia from Austin, Texas, featuring the legendary Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators are the best example of lo-fi garage-psych that I know of. Their first album, "Psychedelic Sounds of" seems to get all the attention, but "Easter Everywhere" is, to me, a more cohesive psych album. In their time, the band performed on San Francisco bills with the likes of Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Includes a cover of Dylan's "It's All Over Now, B... MORE
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quite possibly the best lyrics i have ever heard. Well, you finally find your helpless mind,
is trapped inside your skin.
You want to leave,
but you believe you won't get back again.
You only know ,
you have to go but still you can't get out.
You try and try,
you die and die.
You're stopped by your own doubt.
Reverberation,
reverberation.
You find no peace,
it doesn't cease,
it's deadly irritation.
It keeps you blind,
it's there behind,
your every hesitat... MORE
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