Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm play at Gemini’s, future location of Raul’s, for writer Margaret Moser’s 23rd birthday party, May 16 1977 Credit: Photo by Ken Hoge Throughout the history of rock’n’roll in ...

Roky Erickson, a brilliant and troubled Texas musician whose band the 13th Floor Elevators pioneered the psych-rock genre, has died, according to a public Facebook post by his brother, Mikel. “The ...

Roky Erickson, the former singer of Texas-based psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators, has died at the age of 71 on Friday, his brother Sumner told the Austin American-Statesman on ...

While Roky Erickson still offers a look over the edge into the abyss, his is one comeback that has made it all the way back. He can still sing with an intense, spine-tingling howl that sounds ...

For those who may require a palate cleanser after a long Jazz Fest season of brass, funk, gospel and classic rock: Roky Erickson and Thurston Moore are coming tonight to create a disturbance in your ...

Oral histories generally denote an amorphous "story" its gleaners failed to delineate properly. Not True Love Cast Out All Evil's retelling of Roky Erickson's life. Brian T. Atkinson dominoes his ...

Stranger things have happened, but it was practically surreal to witness Roky Erickson’s debut on a New York stage Friday night, when the Texas garage-rock legend headlined a sold-out concert at ...

One of these guys is Roky Erickson. The other is Keven McAlester.

I saw Roky Erickson perform exactly once in my life, at Øyafestivalen in Norway. This was 2007, a big year for the artist, who played Coachella and Lollapalooza and was the subject of a bittersweet ...

If you’re going to hear Austin psych-garage legend Roky Erickson at the Beachland on Saturday — which is part of the club’s 10th-anniversary celebration — the Rock Hall is offering an opportunity to ...

Roky Erickson, the psychedelic lodestar who helmed The 13th Floor Elevators and wrote one of garage rock's original anthems, "You're Gonna Miss Me," died on Friday at the age of 71. His death was ...