13th Floor Elevators

ARTICLES IN LIBRARY

Psychedelic Punks Refuse to Die: The Revenge of the 13th Floor Elevators
Profile by Metal Mike Saunders, unpublished, 1972
2009 note: The odd thing about this (unpublished) fall 1972 thing sent to Phonograph Record Monthly (unassigned) is that co-editor Greg Shaw would – I ...

The Shakin’ Street Punk Survey
Overview by Metal Mike Saunders, Shakin' Street Gazette, November 1974
This is your big chance! Yes, it’s all coming back. Following the rock & roll revival, the surf music revival, and the reggae revival, the punk ...

Roky Erickson: One Flew Out Of The Cuckoo's Nest
Retrospective by Jon Savage, Sounds, July 1977
'After you trip, life opens up – you start doing what you wanna do...c'mon, C'MON let it happen to you...'
– 'Roller Coaster', 13th Floor Elevators, ...

Thirteenth Floor Elevators: Psychedelic Sounds Of.../Red Krayola: Parable Of Arable Land
Review by Jon Savage, Sounds, October 1978
THESE ALBUMS are famous, if at all, for not being famous. Now that the all too seductive veil of obscurity has been lifted (and therefore the ...

Various Artists: Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye
Review by Andy Gill, Q, May 1991
ROKY ERICKSON, LEADER OF LEGENDARY Texan psychedelic combo the 13th Floor Elevators, is perhaps an odd choice for the tribute album treatment. ...

13th Floor Elevators: Easter Everywhere
Review by Mat Snow, Q, 1993
THE SECOND INSTALMENT of Decal's noble policy of reissuing all four 13th Floor Elevators albums finds the influence of San Francisco (whose Avalon Ballroom they played ...

13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic World Of The 13th Floor Elevators (Charly)****
Review by Rob Hughes, Uncut, May 2002
BOXED COMPENDIUM of acid-fried Texan mindbenders. Includes lives, outtakes and alternate cuts on three remastered ...

see also Roky Erickson