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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Roky Erickson (1947-2019) was born Roger Kynard Erickson in Texas. He was one of three founding members of pioneering psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor ...
- The Spades – “We Sell Soul”
- 13th Floor Elevators – “You’re Gonna Miss Me“
- 13th Floor Elevators – “Reverberation (Doubt)”
- 13th Floor Elevators – “Splash 1″
- 13th Floor Elevators – “Slip Inside This House”
- Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien – “Starry Eyes”
- Roky Erickson – “Bermuda”
- Roky Erickson & The Aliens – “If You Have Ghosts”
- Roky Erickson & The Aliens – “Creature with The Atom Brain”
- Roky Erickson – “Don’t Slander Me”
Born Roger Kynard Erickson in Dallas, Texas, the godfather of psych rock taught himself to play guitar at 10 years old and formed a band when he was barely a teenager. After dropping out of high school just weeks before graduation (reportedly because he refused to cut his hair and adhere to the dress code), he reportedly met some fellow heads while...
If “We Sell Soul” was an introduction, then its B-side, a rave-up called “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” was a goodbye. Erickson was recruited by a band called the Lingsmen, who eventually changed their name to the 13th Floor Elevators, and they re-recorded the song for their 1966 debut album, The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators. Very quickl...
Long considered the godfathers of psychedelic rock, the Elevators were tripping during nearly every show they played, often scheduling gigs and doses to coincide. That alone would have earned them the title of godfathers of psychedelic rock, but their philosophy extended to both their music and the lyrics Erickson was writing. “Reverberation (Doubt...
For Erickson and the other Elevators, drugs were a pathway not simply to enlightenment, but to a very particular kind of freedom. That made them targets of law enforcement, which bullied the band in Texas. So they briefly relocated to the LSD-friendlier environs of Northern California, where they fell in with local acts like the Grateful Dead and B...
The Elevators released their second album, Easter Everywhere, in 1967, and opened it with their boldest composition yet: the eight-minute “Slip Inside This House,” which sounds like five musicians astral-projecting in one multi-limbed body. It’s arguably their most psychedelic moment, if such a thing can be measured, but what’s remarkable is how ma...
The band’s reputation as acid gurus meant they were hounded by the law almost constantly, even after they returned to Texas from San Francisco. A turning point came in 1969, when Erickson was arrested for marijuana possession. He had already been treated for schizophrenia on multiple occasions, and rather than go to jail, he opted to spend three ye...
When he was well, Erickson continued making music. In 1976 he wandered out to California and recorded a handful of songs with John X. Reed, a Texas guitar player for the Supernatural Family Band. While not quite as revelatory as the Sahm sessions, these songs show Erickson homing in on new themes and weird imagery, in particular on “Bermuda.” It is...
In 1979 Erickson recorded his first solo full-length with Stu Cook from Creedence Clearwater producing. The European release of Roky Erickson & The Aliens seemed to herald a comeback for the psych-rock icon, but he suffered a setback while promoting the album in England and its US release was scrapped. It wasn’t until a year later that he seemed st...
A fan of the old black-and-white sci-fi and horror movies that ran on late-night TV, Erickson filled his songs with images of monsters and villains, aliens and mutants. One of several songs from this period that takes their titles and entire premises from drive-in fare, “Creature With The Atom Brain” is based on the 1955 B-movie about a mad scienti...
Released in 1986, Don’t Slander Memay be Erickson’s finest solo album: His voice is in good shape, he’s got a sharp band behind him, and producer Duane Aslaksen streamlines everything. Borrowing its chord progression from Booker T & the MGs’ “Green Onions,” the title is a jumpy number that may or may not address the various rumors circulating among...
1 giu 2019 · Rock. R.I.P. Roky Erickson: 10 Essential Tracks from the Psychedelic Rock Pioneer. Over a half-century career, Roky Erickson made his mark as a psychedelic explorer and a hard rock...
Erickson wrote his first songs, "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "We Sell Soul", at age 15, and started a band with neighborhood friends which evolved into his first notable group, the Spades.
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Roger Kynard Erickson, professionally known as Roky Erickson, was an American singer-songwriter who found fame in the 1960s with psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators. They released their..
Listen to music by Roky Erickson on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Roky Erickson including If You Have Ghosts, Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) and more.
