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13th floor elevators rym. The record company the 13th floor elevators were under gathered together demos outtakes and covers left lying around by the band and butchered them together with fake audience sounds to make a live album. The group pioneered some of the first garage psychedelia on its albums the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators 1966 and the followup easter everywhere 1967. 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. Psychedelic rock garage rock acid rock.

Released 25 october 1967 on international artists catalog no. The 13th floor elevators discography and songs. Roky erickson vocals guitar stacy sutherland guitar benny thurman bass violin john ike walton drums tommy hall jug lelan rogers liner. Released 17 october 1966 on international artists catalog no.

Roky erickson vocals rhythm guitar harmonica stacy sutherland lead guitar tommy hall jug lelan rogers producer frank davis recording engineer guy clark photography russell wheelock photography. The elevators were the first band to refer to. Overview biography. Original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era 1965 1968.

Roky was a founding member of the 13th floor elevators in 1965. The authorities and the police set out to bust. Easter everywhere an album by 13th floor elevators. Roky spent much of 1969 1972 in a mental hospital and in prison.

Released in 1966 on international artists catalog no. 1 a no 1. Since the mid 1970s roky has been recording and performing live sporadically. Biography the 13th floor elevators were formed by lyricist tommy hall a philosophy student at the university of texas in austin along with three members from the local group the lingsmen stacy sutherland benny thurman and john ike walton and teenage lead singer roky erickson whose prior band the spades received local success with their hit you re gonna miss me.

Psychedelic rock acid rock garage rock. Music profile for the 13th floor elevators formed 1965. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators an album by the 13th floor elevators. Psychedelic rock acid rock garage rock.

Pioneers of psychedelia these influential texans were led by outsider genius roky erickson who combined offbeat spiritualism with crude r b. However texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn t come to terms with 50 s rock n roll. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators an album by the 13th floor elevators.