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Roky Erickson - I Think Of Demons (Tremendeous 1st Soloalbum 1980)

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2008-06-01 06:19:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Erickson was interested in music from his youth: he played piano from age 5 and took up guitar at 12. He attended school in Austin and dropped out of Travis High School in 1965, one month before graduating, rather than cut his hair to conform to the school dress code. His first notable group was The Spades, who scored a regional hit with...
 
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Last Night: Roky Erickson At The Granada Theater

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2008-10-05 14:16:10 by Pete Freedman in DC9 At Night
...Erickson, The Black Angels, Dove Hunter Granada Theater October 4, 2008 Better than: Sitting around my house, listening to records by legendary loons like Daniel Johnston and Nick Drake instead of seeing a real kook live Roky walked with a zombie last night. (Dylan Hollingsworth Although its almost a month until Halloween rolls around, that...
 
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ACL 2008, Day 2: Roky Erickson, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Nachito Herrera All-Stars...

2008-09-28 09:16:00 by Carl Abernathy in Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
 
...ERICKSON A pirate flag flew a few feet behind us at Roky Erickson's show at the Austin City Limits Music Festival Saturday night. To our side, a smiley-face balloon bounced above the heads of a young family. Strangely, both seemed appropriate Erickson, the man who invented psychedelic rock as a teenager, a man who's battled schizophrenia and...
 
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Roky Erickson and The Aliens - Creature With The Atom Brain

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2008-07-30 21:41:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Erickson and The Aliens released their debut single, " Creature With The Atom Brain ". It was backed by " The Wind And More ". The A side appeared on their self-titled debut cassette album as well as their second album, The Evil One . The B side was also on their second album. Roky Erickson had formerly been with 1960's band 13th Floor...
 
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Roky Erickson and The Aliens

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2008-08-22 20:38:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Erickson and The Aliens released their self-titled debut album. It contained the single, " Creature With The Atom Brain ". Roky Erickson had formerly been with 1960's band 13th Floor Elevators. The Aliens were geared towards horror punk. The Austin, Texas native collaborated often with Texas punk band The Nervebreakers. Mental health issues...
 
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Not to Be Missed: Roky Erickson - Dont Slander Me (2nd Solo Album 1986, Cult Rocker)

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2008-11-15 20:48:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Erickson, Roky sang for the 13th Floor Elevators before going solo. Don't Slander Me should come as a revelation to those only familiar with the Elevators. Recorded during the new wave era, Slander is a rock and roll album, and quite a good one, but it was out of step with the era and found little commercial success. Fortunately, interest in...
 
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Roky Erickson & Black Angels

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2008-09-19 17:37:00 by Mr. Curiosity in Covert Curiosity
...Erickson are in the studio together. This is the kind of news that I like to hear. While hanging out with the Sonic Itch folks at the Mogwai show we ran into one of the Angels. They told us that the band are collaborating with the legendary musician on several pieces of material, some of which is previously unreleased Roky Erickson pretty...
 
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The Black Angels Hit the Road, Back Roky Erickson

2008-10-10 15:20:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
 
...Erickson at a show in Dallas. It seems the two acts get along, because they've also got a little West Coast tour together starting at the end of the month On the tour, the Black Angels will open for Erickson and then return later each evening as his rhythm section. And that's not the only special part of Erickson's sets, since they will...
 
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Roky Erickson and The Black Angels to tour together

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2008-09-24 00:00:00 by mofgimmers in Electric Roulette
...Erickson have begun rehearsing together for a buncha shows that look just swell Not only are The Black Angels gonna open for Erickson, but will also stand-in as his rhythm section... it's only happening in America though. More news if we geddit TOUR DATES October 4th - The Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX October 28th - The Showbox at The Market,...
 
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