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November 21, 2003

Lost Roky Sessions Released

New collection sheds light on rocker's bizarre legacy

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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...

2002 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Never Say Goodbye

1999

All That May Do My Rhyme

1995

Don't Slander Me

1986

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Biography

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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