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13th Floor Elevators
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Hailing from Austin, Texas, the members of 13th Floor Elevators were quite possibly the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. 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 unforgettable yelping vocals, Stacy Sutherland’s guitar, and Tommy Hall’s jug runs. According to myth, Tommy’s jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
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.
However, Texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn’t come to terms with 50’s rock ‘n’ roll. The authorities and the police set out to bust the entire band for pot (and—not surprisingly—succeeded).
Stacy Sutherland was jailed. To avoid a prison term, Roky pleaded insanity—a misguided ploy that landed him in Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane for 3 years. That turn of events spelled the end of the band, although there was a posthumous 1969 LP, Bull of the Woods.
The band rattled to the middle of the Hot 100 in 1966 with
You’re Gonna Miss Me, anchored by Roky Erickson’s unforgettable yelping vocals, Stacy Sutherland’s guitar, and Tommy Hall’s jug runs. According to myth, Tommy’s jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.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.
However, Texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn’t come to terms with 50’s rock ‘n’ roll. The authorities and the police set out to bust the entire band for pot (and—not surprisingly—succeeded).
Stacy Sutherland was jailed. To avoid a prison term, Roky pleaded insanity—a misguided ploy that landed him in Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane for 3 years. That turn of events spelled the end of the band, although there was a posthumous 1969 LP, Bull of the Woods.
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Easter Everywhere
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Bull of the Woods
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Fire Engine
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Don't Fall Down
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Tried To Hide
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Monkey Island
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Kingdom Of Heaven
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Splash 1
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Thru the Rhythm
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You Don't Know
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She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)
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Dust
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Shoutbox
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stfuslifer wrote:
Coolest psych ev0r.
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allancoote wrote:
wow you guys love these, they're good but not that good. Also 'lol' at livingshit
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Broken_Grass wrote:
Roller Coaster rocks
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taxametern wrote:
This band really goes beyond your mind.
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LivingShit wrote:
13th letter of the alphabet is 'm' for marijuana.. tough
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Spacebel wrote:
@ username345 ==> Spaceman 3 have covered this ... one of the best songs ever
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KateCakeShaw wrote:
opening of High Fidelity. awesome.
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username345 wrote:
After you trip life opens up, You start doing what you want to do And you find out that the world that you once feared, Gets what it has from you No one can ever hurt you But you know more than you thought you knew And you're looking at the world With brand new eyes, And no one can ever spoil the view
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amanijua wrote:
Slip Inside This House is epic.
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MazeBot wrote:
Really good band.
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mikeghan wrote:
that picture makes me so happy
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Galinor wrote:
Hm, yeah, music might make the best or worse of it, or just something in between.
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SpaceJamMike wrote:
"What came first: The music or the misery?" I think the misery. Like marijuana, music acts sometimes as a stimulant to overcome the misery or a depressant to make it worse.
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Larissa_Bell wrote:
oh yeah
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henkdo wrote:
New box. Sign of the 3 Eyed Men. Wow!
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vakeragalaktica wrote:
I'm gonna love you too <3
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javier0889 wrote:
This band really had it. It's hard to explain... it's beyond any word. Just listen to it.
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kreetik wrote:
Hey, if you like the 13th Floor Elevators you should check out this interview I did with the drummer, Danny Thomas. http://www.kreetik.com/1/post/2009/09/interview-with-danny-thomas-of-the-13th-floor-elevators.html
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edsylvester wrote:
I'm dating myself, but I used to see them at Love Street in Houston in 1968-69. Johnny Winter, too, among others. Texas music of the time is usually downplayed, but it was a pretty creative scene.
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
cool
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