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The Evil One [Sympathy for the Record Industry]
For Roky Erickson, once the lead singer for Texas garage-rock legends the 13th Floor Elevators, LSD was a trip from which he never entirely returned. In the Sixties, Erickson didn't just turn on and tune in. Instead, he completely wigged out, though not before cutting four eccentric, acid-punk LPs...
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As with Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson's reputation has as much to do
with his acid-casualty notoriety as with the flashes of brilliance
that run through his music. As a member of the 13th Floor
Elevators, Erickson is widely credited with having invented
psychedelic rock -- indeed, the quintet's 1966 debut, The
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, predates both
Grateful Dead and Pink...
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