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 ...

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 never did what was expected. There’s a often-repeated story about his formative years, whereupon attending Travis High School in Austin, Texas, he dropped out a mere week before ...

The pantheon of acid casualties in rock is a hallowed and tragic honor. And last week, Roger Kynard Erickson at last ascended — joining the likes of Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, the Rolling Stones’ Brian ...

Roky Erickson—pioneering psychedelic musician and frontman of the 1960s rock group 13th Floor Elevators—has died. He was 71 years old. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed. “Roky Erickson, an ...

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 ...

"One of the great rock & roll singers stood on the stage with his arms crossed. He uncrossed them and crossed them again. He yawned. Then he sang a verse of one of his songs, 'Don't Slander Me.' His ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the lo-fi acoustic recordings of Roky Erickson, a ...

Troy Campbell still vividly remembers the night Roky Erickson took the stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2005, a big step in a late-career comeback that Campbell came to consider ...

The Thirteenth Floor Elevators are now rightly revered as originators and masters of a particular brand of inspired Texan punk psychedelia. But singer Roky Erickson’s subsequent solo work, though ...

It's been a long, often rocky road for Roky Erickson. The psychedelic music pioneer has had his share of problems over the years -- legal, drug and mental among them. But judging from his show at ...

Roky Erickson, a defining force in psychedelic rock in the 1960s and the stuff of rock lore ever since, died on Friday. He was 71. His brother Mikel posted news of his death on Facebook. The posting ...