The 13th Floor Elevators Review

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The 13th floor elevators review. The band was actually a merging of two bands the lingsmen and the spades who had a regional hit with leader roky. The 13th floor elevators were trailblazers in the psychedelic rock scene and in time they d pay a heavy price for exploring the outer edges of musical and psychological possibility but along the way they left behind a few fine albums and the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators remains a potent delight. Exclusive live performances outstanding photography interviews reviews arts coverage more. While the 1960 s had it s share of turned on poseurs the 13th floor elevator s not only walked the walk they ran the marathon.

While the 1960 s had it s share of turned on poseurs the 13th floor elevator s not only walked the walk they ran the marathon. The band was actually a merging of two bands the lingsmen and the spades who had a regional hit with leader roky. 13th floor elevators articles and media. 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.

What happened later is the stuff of great stories lore and legal oppression. This set includes their four released albums though only the 1st two psychedelic sounds of easter everywhere were true releases fully sanctioned by the band. Times new viking reminisce about their tour with yo la tengo agree that the dewey cox movie could have been a lot funnier and always tune into country. The 13th floor elevators made two brilliant rock psych albums in the mid 60 s.

Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for easter everywhere the 13th floor elevators on allmusic 1967 on their groundbreaking debut album the 13th. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators is arguably the first true psychedelic album. The saga of roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators the pioneers of psychedelic sound copious discographical minutiae and reproductions of the original album art posters rare photos charts etc. The 13th floor is nz s go to website for serious music lovers.