13th Floor Elevators

...on Saturday -- and those were just the creatures that populated his songs. Erickson, the former frontman of psych-rock pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators, has clawed his way back into the public eye after a prolonged struggle with...

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...long battle with schizophrenia has been well-chronicled since his days with the standard-bearing psychedelic band 13th Floor Elevators in the late '60s. And his musical comeback this decade has been one of the most rewarding...

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...and The Foggy Hogtown Boys Sat. 8:30 p.m. each night ($15). The Sixth Gallery, 1642 Queen St. W. Info: 416-477-2745. Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators has a gig Wed., doors 8 p.m. ($29.50 at 416-870-8000). Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor...

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...among garage rock fanatics for his primal vocal wailing and feral harmonica work." In 1967, the band followed up with Easter Everywhere, perhaps the band's most focused effort, featuring the epic track "Slip Inside This House", and a noted...

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The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin which existed 1965-1969. During their career, the band released four LPs and seven 45s for the International Artists record label. The 13th Floor Elevators found some...

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...sound as though it stepped right out of the 1967 underground, washing the English charm of Face to Face-era Kinks in an acid bath of 13th Floor Elevators proto-boogie to create something more genuine than most of the groups out there...

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Psychedelia is now the accepted term for music imitative of altered states of consciousness, usually drug-induced, but back in 1965 the 13th Floor Elevators from Austin, Texas, were the first group to ever call their music 'psychedelic...

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...bands such as Slice, Thee Starry Eyes, Abysme, Seeing Eyeballs and a one-off reunion of the Mt. McKinleys will be playing songs by the 13th Floor Elevators, The Standells, The Sonics and others from "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the...

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...successful, but the band continued to tour, supporting acts including Jefferson Airplane and the 13th Floor Elevators. Later singles showed the band taking a more pop-focused approach. By 1968, Gerniottis had left the band for a while to...

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...licks of the '68-'69 Byrds. The history is obvious; the motion is all forward. Feed Your Head On American Bandstand in 1966, after the 13th Floor Elevators mimed to their Texas garage-rock classic "You're Gonna Miss Me," host Dick Clark...

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