History Music / The13thFloorElevators

* ''Bull of the Woods'' (1969) - released after the band's struggling

* ''Bull of the Woods'' (1969) - released after the band's collapse
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They've been really influential on the PsychedelicRock and AlternativeRock movement.

!!Tropes used by the 13th Floor Elevators:

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with Music/WillieNelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like Music/ZZTop and Music/{{REM}} as fans. Erickson died on May 31st, 2019.

The 13th Floor Elevators were a band from Austin, Texas, who served as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s and the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] for the genre of PsychedelicRock back in TheSixties.

** "You Don't Know How Young You Are" by Powell St. John, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Music/BobDylan, "Before You Accuse Me" by Music/BoDiddley, "I'm Gonna Love You Too" by Music/BuddyHolly and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" by Solomon Burke.

* DesgnStudentsOrgasm: The colorful covers of ''Psychedelic Sounds'' and ''Easter Everywhere''.

* CarefulWithThatAxe + MetalScream: Roky gained fame largely because of his distinctive wild screaming.
* CoverVersion: "You Don't Know How Young You Are" by Powell St. John, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Music/BobDylan, "Before You Accuse Me" by Music/BoDiddley, "I'm Gonna Love You Too" by Music/BuddyHolly and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" by Solomon Burke.

* DrugsAreGood: The liner notes for ''The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators'' feature a text promoting the use of LSD and other psychedelics for mind expansion

* WordSaladLyrics: "Slip Inside This House" in particular

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They released two albums in close succession, ''The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators'' and ''Easter Everywhere''. The first one yielded their only successful single and arguable SignatureSong, "You're Gonna Miss Me". However, the band disintegrated after they got busted by the Texas authorities for possession of drugs - Stacy went to prison, while Roky misguidedly pleaded insanity and landed in a state hospital for the criminally insane until 1973, and has struggled with mental issues ever since. Stacy was accidentally shot by his wife in 1978, while Tommy became a devout follower of Scientology in the same decade.

* DrugsAreGood: The liner notes for "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" feature a text promoting the use of LSD and other psychedelics for mind expansion

* PsychedelicRock

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with Music/WillieNelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like Music/ZZTop and Music/{{REM}} as fans.

* WordSaladLyrics "Slip Inside This House" in particular

!Tropes used by the 13th Floor Elevators:

* BreakupSong: "You're Gonna Miss Me"

* DrugsAreGood the liner notes for "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" feature a text promoting the use of LSD and other psychedelics for mind expansion

The band were fervently dedicated to the idea of psychedelia and expanding the boundaries of the mind, religiously advocating use of hallucinogenics in their lyrics and sleeve notes, and becoming (probably) the first band to release an album with "psychedelic" in the title. According to legend, Hall's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with Music/WillieNelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like Music/ZZTop and {{Music/REM}} as fans.

* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall very much acted as this for his bandmates.

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with WillieNelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like Music/ZZTop and {{Music/REM}} as fans.

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with WillieNelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like ZZTop and {{Music/REM}} as fans.

** On the other hand, there've been quite a few covers of their songs by AlternativeRock bands influenced by them. For example: "Reverberation (Doubt)" was covered by Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain, "Slip Inside This House" was covered (or CoveredUp?) by Music/PrimalScream, "Rollercoaster" got a Music/{{Spacemen 3}} version, Music/{{Television}} used to play "Fire Engine" live, and so on.

Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with WillieNelson and StevieRayVaughn despite not coming near either man's level of success. His solo career is highly influential in the Horror Rock genre, and counts members of bands like ZZTop and {{Music/REM}} as fans.

They released two albums in close succession, ''The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators'' and ''Easter Everywhere''. The first one yielded their only successful single and arguable SignatureSong, "You're Gonna Miss Me". However, the band disintegrated after they got busted by the Texas authorities for possession of drugs - Stacy went to prison, while Roky misguidedly pleaded insanity and landed in a state hospital for the criminally insane until 1973, and has struggled with mental issues ever since.

* CoverVersion: "You Don't Know How Young You Are" by Powell St. John, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Music/BobDylan, "Before You Accuse Me" by Bo Diddley, "I'm Gonna Love You Too" by Music/BuddyHolly and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" by Solomon Burke.

* EpicRocking: "Slip Inside This House"
* WatchItStoned: Their entire philosophy.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: For a band who made their reputation for riff-driven freakouts like "You're Gonna Miss Me", "Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (to name just two) can come as a surprise.

The 13th Floor Elevators were a band from Austin, Texas, who served as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s and the {{Trope Namer}} for the genre of PsychedelicRock back in TheSixties.

* CoverVersion: "You Don't Know How Young You Are" by Powell St. John, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by BobDylan, "Before You Accuse Me" by Bo Diddley, "I'm Gonna Love You Too" by Music/BuddyHolly and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" by Solomon Burke.
** On the other hand, there've been quite a few covers of their songs by AlternativeRock bands influenced by them. For example: "Reverberation (Doubt)" was covered by TheJesusAndMaryChain, "Slip Inside This House" was covered (or CoveredUp?) by PrimalScream, "Rollercoaster" got a {{Spacemen 3}} version, Music/{{Television}} used to play "Fire Engine" live, and so on.

* EverythingsBetterOnDrugs: Their entire philosophy.