13th Floor Elevators
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The 13th Floor Elevators was a psychedelic rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965.
They found only limited commercial success before dissolving amid legal troubles and drug use. However, the 13th Floor Elevators are one of the first psychedelic bands. They have been cited as an influential protopunk group. Their classic song "You're Gonna Miss Me", a Billboard #55 hit in 1966, was featured on the first Nuggets release in 1972, marking a series of garage-rock singles that were a treasure trove for early punk rockers.
Personnel were singer/guitarist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, guitarist Stacy Sutherland, drummer John Ike Walton and bass player Ronnie Leatherman, as it was in their "prime". Erickson and Hall were the band's primary songwriters, but most band members wrote or co-wrote some material. The sound of Tommy's electric jug (which bore no resemblance to the sound of traditionally-played jugs) became the band's signature and trademark.
