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**Bio: 13th Floor Elevators** Hailing from Austin, Texas, the 13th Floor Elevators are often credited as the first artists to label their music as psychedelic. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly endorsed the use of drugs, particularly LSD, as a means to alter human consciousness positively. The band gained significant attention in 1966 with their hit "You’re Gonna Miss Me," featuring Roky Erickson’s distinctive yelping vocals, Stacy Sutherland’s guitar work, and Tommy Hall’s electric jug runs, which were humorously said to be tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it. The group is known for pioneering garage psychedelia with their albums "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" (1966) and "Easter Everywhere" (1967). However, they faced significant challenges due to the conservative environment in Texas at the time, which had yet to embrace 50s rock ‘n’ roll. This led to legal troubles, with the authorities targeting the band for marijuana use, resulting in Stacy Sutherland's imprisonment and Roky Erickson's plea of insanity to avoid a prison sentence, which landed him in Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane for three years. This marked the end of the band, although a posthumous LP titled "Bull of the Woods" was released in 1968. After his release in 1973, Roky Erickson pursued a solo career, producing an

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