The 13th Floor Elevators (band)
| The 13th Floor Elevators | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock,garage rock,acid rock,garage punk |
| Years active | 1965–1969, 1973, 1984, 2015 |
| Labels | International Artists, Radar, Charly |
| Associated acts | Roky Erickson and the Aliens, The Spades, The Lingsmen |
| Past members |
Roky Erickson Tommy Hall Stacy Sutherland John Ike Walton Benny Thurman Ronnie Leatherman Danny Thomas Danny Galindo Duke Davis |
The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas, formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland. The band existed from 1965 to 1969. During their career, the band released four LP records and seven 45s for the International Artists record label.
They were one of the first psychedelic bands. The 2005 documentary You're Gonna Miss Me credits Tommy Hall with coining the term psychedelic rock, though artists such as the Holy Modal Rounders and the Deep had described their music as "psychedelic" earlier. Their contemporary influence has been acknowledged by 1960s musicians such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Chris Gerniottis of Zakary Thaks.
Their debut 45 You're Gonna Miss Me, a national Billboard No. 55 hit in 1966, was featured on the 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, which is considered vital in the history of garage rock and the development of punk rock. Seminal punk band Television played their song Fire Engine live in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s–1990s, the 13th Floor Elevators influenced important bands such as Primal Scream, the Shamen, and Spacemen 3, all of whom covered their songs, and 14 Iced Bears who use an electric jug on their single Beautiful Child. In 2009, the International Artists released a ten CD box set entitled Sign of the 3-Eyed Men, which included the mono and new, alternate stereo mixes of the original albums together with two albums of previously unreleased material and a number of rare live recordings.
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