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NEW YORK (AP) - 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Friday afternoon reports indicate that legendary psych-rock musician Roky Erickson, the main songwriter for the 13th Floor Elevators, has died. According to Variety Magazine, Erickson’s death was ...

Don’t be surprised if the opening song on Roky Erickson’s new album True Love Cast Out All Evil sounds somewhat lo-fi. And certainly don’t complain to Will Sheff, singer with much acclaimed rockers ...

Guitarist singer and harmonica player Roky Erickson was one of the pioneers of Psychedelic Rock with his band 13th Floor Elevators in the 1960s After being diagnosed with a serious case of ...