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Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] and is considered an Austin icon on par with Music/WillieNelson and Music/StevieRayVaughan 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.
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Erickson maintains a strong [[CultClassic cult following]] following]], often mentioned in the same breath as Music/SydBarrett in discussions of brilliant musicians who became casualties of the dark side of psychedelia, and is considered an Austin icon on par with Music/WillieNelson and Music/StevieRayVaughan 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.
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--> "Recently, it has become possible for man to chemically alter his mental state and thus alter his point of view. He then can restructure his thinking..."
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of LSD, even after it obviously started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of LSD, LSD (making them dose before each show and urging them to "play the acid" in their performances), even after it obviously started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as Hall had ambitions toward becoming a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a Timothy Leary-esque psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).album), and saw the band as his main vehicle to achieve them.
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Led by Hall, who'd begun experimenting with peyote and LSD while he was a student at the University of Texas, 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 one of the first bands to release an album with "psychedelic" in the title.[[note]]The very first was The Deep, whose ''Psychedelic Moods'' came out just before the Elevators' album.[[/note]] According to legend, Hall's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
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Led by Hall, a self-styled "philosopher" who'd begun experimenting with peyote and LSD while he was a student at the University of Texas, 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 one of the first bands to release an album with "psychedelic" in the title.[[note]]The very first was The Deep, whose ''Psychedelic Moods'' came out just before the Elevators' album.[[/note]] According to legend, Hall's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
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The band was formed in 1966, centered around guitarist/vocalist Roky Erickson, guitarist Stacy Sutherland and electric jug player Tommy Hall (both of whom performed backing vocals), with a variety of drummers and bassists coming and going for the duration of their short career.
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 one of the first bands to release an album with "psychedelic" in the title.[[note]]The very first was The Deep, whose ''Psychedelic Moods'' came out just before the Elevators' album.[[/note]] According to legend, Hall's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
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 struggled with mental issues for the rest of his life. Stacy was accidentally shot by his wife in 1978, while Tommy became a devout follower of Scientology in the same decade (Hall currently lives in a cramped, seedy, book-filled San Francisco hotel room and claims to have given up music to focus on "research").
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 one of the first bands to release an album with "psychedelic" in the title.[[note]]The very first was The Deep, whose ''Psychedelic Moods'' came out just before the Elevators' album.[[/note]] According to legend, Hall's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
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 struggled with mental issues for the rest of his life. Stacy was accidentally shot by his wife in 1978, while Tommy became a devout follower of Scientology in the same decade (Hall currently lives in a cramped, seedy, book-filled San Francisco hotel room and claims to have given up music to focus on "research").
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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 struggled with mental issues for the rest of his life. Stacy was
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* TheTeamWannabe: By his own admission, Tommy Hall, who had zero music background when they formed, came up with the "electric jug" instrument concept so he could have a musical role in the band. However, he [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] this since he was, by all accounts, the band's leader.
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of LSD, even after it clearly started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of LSD, even after it clearly obviously started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of drugs, even after it clearly started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted this way toward his bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of drugs, LSD, even after it clearly started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
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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 struggled with mental issues for the rest of his life. Stacy was accidentally shot by his wife in 1978, while Tommy became a devout follower of Scientology in the same decade.
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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 struggled with mental issues for the rest of his life. Stacy was accidentally shot by his wife in 1978, while Tommy became a devout follower of Scientology in the same decade.
decade (Hall currently lives in a cramped, seedy, book-filled San Francisco hotel room and claims to have given up music to focus on "research").
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall very much acted as this to his bandmates. He evidently saw the band as a vehicle to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru.
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* TheSvengali: Tommy Hall very much quickly appointed himself as the band's TeamDad and acted as this to way toward his bandmates. bandmates to an unsettling degree, practically bullying them into using unhealthy amounts of drugs, even after it clearly started taking a toll on everyone's mental health. He evidently clearly saw the band as a vehicle for himself to cultivate a following as a psychedelic guru.guru (he penned the infamous DrugsAreGood liner notes on their debut album).
