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The 13th Floor Elevators

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

The 13th Floor Elevators is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how The 13th Floor Elevators arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ultimate Spinach, Kaleidoscope, Roky Erickson, Jefferson Airplane and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Telescopes, Fred Cole, The Black Angels, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Big Brother & The Holding Company, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around The 13th Floor Elevators, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to The Telescopes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The 13th Floor ElevatorsBob DylanThe TelescopesFred ColeThe Black AngelsBig Brother and the …Big Brother & The Ho…The KVBAngry SamoansJulian CopeUltimate SpinachKaleidoscopeRoky EricksonJefferson AirplaneThe West Coast Pop A…Syd BarrettThe SonicsCaptain Beefheart & …

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The 13th Floor Elevators connections

The 13th Floor Elevators grew out of Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Ultimate Spinach, Kaleidoscope, Roky Erickson and Jefferson Airplane, went on to shape The Telescopes, Fred Cole, The Black Angels and Big Brother and the Holding Company. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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