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Post subject: [2007-11-01] Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators 'Eye Mind' paperback book by Paul Drummond with fore  Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:07 am |
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"One of the most exhilarating and important rock 'n' roll stories ever told." -- Julian Cope
The trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first "psychedelic" rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. The Elevators followed their own spiritual cosmic agenda, to change society by finding a new path to enlightenment. Their battles with repressive authorities in Texas and their escape to San Francisco's embryonic counterculture are legendary. When the Elevators returned to Texas, the band became subject to investigation by Austin police. Lead singer Roky Erickson was forced into a real-life enactment of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and was put away in a maximum-security unit for the criminally insane for years. Tommy Hall, their Svengali lyricist, lived in a cave. Guitarist Stacy Sutherland was imprisoned. The drummer was involuntarily subjected to electric shock treatments, and the bassist was drafted into the Vietnam War. This fascinating biography breaks decades of silence of band members and addresses a huge cult following of Elevators fans in the United States and Europe. The group is revered as a formative influence on Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Patti Smith, Primal Scream, R.E.M, and Z.Z. Top.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0976082268/?tag=imwan-20
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Post subject: [2007-11-01] Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators 'Eye Mind' paperback book by Paul Drummond with fore Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:16 pm |
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Reading it now, very dense, well researched, very thorough
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Post subject: [2007-11-01] Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators 'Eye Mind' paperback book by Paul Drummond with fore Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:39 am |
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1966 and all that
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Although my bookshelves are groaning under the weight of too many books, I must have this title. Maybe I can keep it under my bed?
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