Roky Erickson @ The El Rey Tonight!
Hey Kids, this is borderline short-notice, if you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles tonight (Sunday October, 28th 2007) get it together champ and come on down to The El Rey Theatre and see Roky Erickson! And if you wanna kill two birds with one stone by buying me a beer at the same time, tonight is your night cuz I’ll be DJing some sweet rock n’ roll tunes before as well as between the bands (1990’s are also playing). I’ve been a pretty immersed fan of Mr. Erickson for a while now, so I’m really fuckin’ excited to see homeboy play to say the least. And my fingers are crossed that “Night Of The Vampire” is part of tonight’s set. Don’t fuck me on that dude… play it!
For those of you who haven’t already seen the rockumentary titled “You’re Gonna Miss Me”, I highly recommend doing so cuz I think it’s one of the best films ever made about rock n’ roll (aside from that sweet movie Marky Mark made called Rockstar). The film covers everything in Roky’s bizarre life including his personal battles with drug addiction (heroin and LSD binges), mental illness (struggles with schizophrenia), music “career” (including the 13th Floor Elevators), stays at Austin State Hospital and Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and his eventual recovery and return to performing music. It’s a good one dudes, trust me. Buy or borrow or rent or netflix or steal or whatever that DVD.
Trailer for “You’re Gonna Miss Me”:
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November 4th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
i saw roky and the explosions play in portland a couple months ago for mfnw. i still can’t decide if it was totally rad or kinda like a bar band who happens to boast the singer of the 13th floor elevators as their frontman playing 13th floor elevators classics. either way it’s awesome to see a legend like roky alive and playing so well. what did you think travis?
November 4th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I thought they were great when they played LA. The band was solid and they played all the songs I wanted to hear. Night Of The Vampire was the highlight for me. I’m actually more of a fan of Roky’s solo material than the 13th floor stuff, which is good but I hate the jug player… dude ruins every song.