13th Floor Elevators

13th Floor Elevators were a rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965. Personnel were singer/guitarist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, bass guitarist Benny Thurman, guitarist Stacy Sutherland, and drummer John Ike Walton. Erickson was the band's primary songwriter, most of the band members wrote or co-wrote some material.

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Rock music - Austin, Texas - Roky Erickson - Jug

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They found only limited success, but are commonly regarded as one of the first psychedelic bands, and have been cited as an influential protopunk group. The squeaking, fluttering sound of Hall's amplified "electric jug" remains one of the band's signature sounds.

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Psychedelic - Protopunk - Jug

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Singer Janis Joplin was a close associate of the band.

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