Roky Erickson, an heroic icon of modern rock & roll and one of the best friends the music ever had, died in Austin, Texas today. Born there on July 15, 1947, Erickson had a visionary zeal rarely seen ...

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 ...

We sadly lost psychedelic rock legend and 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson last week, and not surprisingly — since his influence spread far and wide — many musicians paid tribute to him ...

Roky Erickson, lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators, died Friday in Austin, Texas, at age 71. By Chris Eggertsen, Billboard Roky Erickson, ...

NEW YORK – Roky Erickson, the blue-eyed, dark-haired Texan who headed the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s that scored with “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” ...

The father of Texas psychedelia and an originator of the garage rock template, Roky Erickson would have deserved a respected place in rock history if only for the ageless tracks he recorded with the… ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roky Erickson performing on the Second Stage at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park in central London. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images ...

May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute To Roky Erickson will be released for the July 17 Record Store Day drop, and label Light In the Attic have just shared Jeff Tweedy‘s contribution, a cover of ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

2021 marks two years since the world lost psychedelic-rock pioneer Roky Erickson, best known both his solo work and for being the leader of The 13th Floor Elevators. Archival label Light in the Attic ...

Throughout a career that spanned six decades, Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson — who died Friday at the age of 71 — wrote and sang songs that mystified and captivated the rock establishment. His band from ...