The 13th Floor Elevators Rym

Pioneers of psychedelia these influential texans were led by outsider genius roky erickson who combined offbeat spiritualism with crude r b.

The 13th floor elevators rym. Aside from the hiccuping ghost atmospherics of tommy hall s so called electric jug the vators played a pretty straightforward brand of 60s slop pop. The 13th floor elevators formed as a band in austin texas in late 1965. The band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label. Tommy hall a university of texas philosophy psychology student had been experimenting with psychedelics and playing the jug in a folk band.

Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs particularly lsd to alter human consciousness for the better. Released in 1966 on international artists catalog no. The 13th floor elevators. Hailing from austin texas the members of 13th floor elevators were quite possibly the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic.

The 13th floor elevators biography by mark deming follow artist. Last updated on may 27 2017 easter everywhere is the second studio album by the american psychedelic rock band the 13th floor elevators. In spite of this he has achieved some degree of renown. Since the mid 1970s roky has been recording and performing live sporadically.

Hall came up with the unique idea of placing a microphone next to his jug which created a very unusual sound. The 13th floor elevators weren t so much a psychedelic band as they were a pack of texas garage rock bozos who liked to sing about time and space and mind alteration and stuff. The recordings roky made together with various musicians in the 1970s and 1980s seem to be receiving more and more attention. His mental illness has halted any kind of sustained musical effort.

1 a no 1. 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. It was released in november 1967 through record label. 3 45 5 0 from 913 ratings ranked 454 for 1969.

Overview biography. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators an album by the 13th floor elevators.