A couple days ago I posted a few tracks from the Roky Erickson tribute album called "Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye" and someone commented that they didn’t know who he was… Well these songs are for you sizzle-chest. The best place to start if you’re a "Roky-virgin" is with his band 13th Floor Elevators, get your greasy hands on their first two records ("The Psychedelic Sounds of Thirteenth Floor Elevators" & "Easter Everywhere"). I like his solo record, "Gremlins Have Pictures" because it’s got the jams "Night Of the Vampire" (listen to this one and tell me he doesn’t know what he’s talking about… homeboy means it when he sings like that) & "I Have Always Been Here Before" (which is one of my favorite lines he ever wrote… so mixed up, yet you know exactly what he means). You also get his cover of The Velvet Undergrounds "Heroin" which is… dare I say it? …"better" than the original. Ok, maybe not better, but he makes it his own for sure. Also check out the Roky interview I posted last year here to get an idea of just how bonkers this dude is.

P.S. Fuck, can it get any hotter? I’m melting over here… NO GOOD!

Double P.S. The new Tom Petty came out yesterday and it’s killer. Go buy it.

(DOWNLOAD - "Night Of the Vampire")

(DOWNLOAD - "Heroin")

(DOWNLOAD - "I Have Always Been Here Before")