The singer, known as a pioneer in the psychedelic rock genre, helped found the 13th Floor Elevators when he was 18 Roky Erickson, a psychedelic rock musician who started his career in the 1960s and ...

Roky Erickson, frontman with ‘60s psychedelic rock pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators, has died at the age of 71, his family confirmed. No cause was given. Underappreciated during the four-year period ...

Roky Erickson (left) joins Doug Sahm and the Texas Tornados onstage in March 1991 during the Austin Music Awards.(1991 File Photo) To fully appreciate the way in which psychedelic rock pioneer Roky ...

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, 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 ...

Roky Erickson was rock music's ambassador to inner space. Throughout a career that spanned six decades, Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson — who died Friday at the age of 71 — wrote and sang songs that ...

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, front man of the 13th Floor Elevators and Texan psychedelic pioneer, has died. He was 71. Erickson’s performing career was cut short by mental-health struggles, but his impact on rock ...

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To fully appreciate the way in which psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson, who died Friday at 71, treated musical creativity at the beginning of his career, one need only reference his band the 13th ...