ROKY ERICKSON TAKES LONG ROAD BACK TO ‘TRUE LOVE’
11/12/2010
from Boston Herald on bostonherald com Roky Erickson gets saddled with the ldquo tortured genius rdquo label a lot Best known for fronting Texas rsquo 60s psychedelic rock pioneers the 13th …
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I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE BEFORE: ROKY ERICKSON LIVE AT NEUMO'S
10/24/2010
from Seattle Examiner on examiner com It's hard to fully explain the massive musical impact and the harrowing life story of Austin Texas singer guitarist Roky Erickson in a few sentences feel …
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ROKY ERICKSON AND OKKERVIL RIVER
San Francisco Chronicle 05/20/2010
Garage-rock legend Roky Erickson has handled his shares of ups and downs bad and good times - and right at this moment deep in the heart of Austin Texas Erickson is hot Very hot It is warm …
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GARAGE-ROCK LEGEND COMES TO SF
ktvu.com 05/10/2010
A true pioneer of psychedelic garage-rock leader of the legendary Texas band the 13th Floor Elevators Roky Erickson cemented his place in modern music history with the band's corrosive 1966 hit …
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GODFATHER OF PSYCHEDELIA ROKY ERICKSON COMING TO CLEVELAND'S BEACHLAND BALLROOM
cleveland.com 03/03/2010
In 1966, the Texas rocker's legendary band the 13th Floor Elevators released "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators." The disc contains the
ROKY ERICKSON ROCKS THE GRANADA THEATER
star-telegram.com 10/06/2008
Psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson backed by trippy drone rockers The Black Angels seems like a good idea on paper.
THE IMPROBABLE 2ND LIFE OF ROKY ERICKSON
Chicago Tribune 08/29/2008
Roky Erickson will be performing with his band the Explosives on Sunday at the Double Door Erickson pioneered psychedelic rock in the '60s and barely lived to tell about it That he is once again …
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THE MAN WHO WENT TOO HIGH
The Guardian 06/08/2007
The 13th Floor Elevators were the first psychedelic band. And their singer was one of the 60s' first acid casualties. Now Roky Erickson's back - Dorian Lynskey meets him.
ROKY ERICKSON AND THE EXPLOSIVES AT SOUTHPAW
New York Newsday 04/16/2007
With his pleasant smile and slightly distracted eyes Roky Erickson did not look like a man who has spent much of his adult life battling psychosis hearing voices and writing some of Earth's …
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NEVER SAY GOODBYE
San Francisco Weekly 02/21/2007
Roky Erickson wakes up at the crack of dusk a creature of the night or maybe just a creature of habit but either way he's cheerful and sharp during an early-evening wake-up call One of the great …
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