Author Steve Turner recognises the Beatles' success in conveying an LSD-inspired worldview on Revolver, particularly on "Tomorrow Never Knows", as having "opened the doors to psychedelic rock (or acid rock)". On April 21 st, Anthology Editions has set for release a brand-new book focused on the seminal Austin TX band, the 13 th Floor Elevators. 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - PSYCHEDELIC ROCK GROUP Often considered the first psychedelic rock group as well as the first underground band to achieve commercial success, the 13th Floor Elevators were a Texas-based outfit that combined folk/rock, R&B, and hard-driving rock 'n' roll with mystical lyrics that espoused the virtues of drugs. The 13th Floor Elevators, “Roller Coaster” (The 13th Floor Elevators, 1966) ... Gremlins Have Pictures is a grab-bag of acid rockers, acoustic ballads and assorted oddities. Where their San Franciscan peers … ... the 13th Floor Elevators. Bull of the Woods is the third and final studio album by the 13th Floor Elevators, on which they worked as a group. 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". Listen to this, and forget any other version of this album exists. This mix has also never appeared on CD. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about The 13th Floor Elevators* - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators at Discogs. The group’s sound swiftly graduated from the garage R’n’B of their 1966 debut, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, to full-blown acid … The Psychedelic Sounds Of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, produced by Lelan Rogers, was released on the International Artists label in 1965.Formed in Austin, Texas in 1965 and disbanded in 1968, the 13th Floor Elevators were one of the original acid rock bands. The book, “13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History,” is written and curated by esteemed English author and 13 th Floor Elevators’ biographer, Paul Drummond. If you are deeply offended by criticism, non-worshipping approach to your favourite artist, or opinions that do not match your own, do not read any further. Direct orders of the book through the Anthology website will be shipped immediately. The album is noted for its moody, dreamy, and fuzzed-out psychedelic sound, and was released by International Artists . ... With the Elevators, Hall made it a rule to drop acid every time someone picked up an instrument. If you are deeply offended by criticism, non-worshipping approach to your favourite artist, or opinions that do not match your own, do not read any further. Complete your The 13th Floor Elevators* collection. Long considered a seminal band of the psychedelic era, 13th Floor Elevators, led by the visionary Roky Erickson, are one of the very few groups able to rival the Velvet Underground in terms of influence, specifically the far-ranging breadth and longevity of that influence. Roky Erickson, whose feral wail and tripped-out lyrics with the 13th Floor Elevators forged the psychedelic rock era, has died at age 71. Business. 13th Floor Elevators & Conqueroo on stage together 2/18/67 at the Houston Music Theater in Sharpstown do "Hamburgers and Acid"