No Band Was Cooler Than The Thirteenth Floor Elevator

The group pioneered some of the first garage psychedelia on its albums the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators 1966 and the followup easter everywhere 1967.

No band was cooler than the thirteenth floor elevator. Covrering not only the history of the band and members up to the present day but. So screw you we re from texas screw you we re from texas screw you we re from texas we re from texas screw you. The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky. Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms.

The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the. E i got on my cowboys boots jeans and hawaiian shirt mirroed sunglasses and mobile phone e i guess i look like some port aransas dope dealer s out on bail just trying to get home e well i ain t in jail and i got me a guitar got a little band that s hotter than a rocket e sometimes we re sloppy we re always loud tonight we ll just ornry and locked in the pocket chorus. In 2011 garage rock preservationists thee dirtybeats acknowledged the influence of elevators on nc garage bands past and present with a recording of fire engine. And i got me a guitar and i got a little band that e hotter than a rocket e sometimes we re sloppy.

The elevators were the first band to refer to. The 13th floor elevators work received a post breakup boost when the writer and guitarist lenny kaye included you re gonna miss me on his seminal 1972 collection nuggets. The saga of roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators the pioneers of psychedelic sound by paul is a book i can t say enough good things about. Words are as true as e st.

However texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn t come to terms with 50 s rock n roll. And i got a little band that s hotter than a rocket sometimes we re sloppy we re always loud tonight were just all around locked in the pocket. There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. No band was cooler than the 13th floor elevators ray wylie hubbard screw you we re from texas.

John the revelator s e our mr. Texas recording artist ray wylie hubbard notes no band was cooler than the 13th floor elevators in his song screw you we re from texas from his 2003 album growl. So screw you we re from texas.