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He'd come up with a stage name Roky blended the first letters of his given name, Roger Kynard Erickson.
Archive: The elevator doesn't stop here anymore. Music legend Roky Erickson, godfather of the psychedelic sound, survived the '60s. Sort of. Click Track 2010
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In 2005 he won a rap battle final and a £2,000 prize by telling black rapper Roky: "You got slewed, my bars are harder too/ I'm the reason your little sister ain't as dark as you".
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Earlier this week I mentioned that I had watched You're Gonna Miss Me, an excellent documentary about musician Roky Erickson.
Boing Boing 2009
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Lead singer Roky Erickson was put away in a maximum security unit for the criminally insane for years.
Boing Boing 2009
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Back in the 1960s, Austin's Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators recorded the first psychedelic-rock album before the law ran them across state lines.
Hip-Hop Heroes, Alt-Rockers and Some Dark Angels Andy Beta 2011
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Roky Erickson, the Texan rocker who has grappled with mental illness, led the Explosives in a set of taut, supercharged rockers – laced with Texas blues, folk-rock and proto-punk psychedelia – as he sang about visions of demons.
Jazzfest: More from The Stomp - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Roky Erickson, the Texan rocker who has grappled with mental illness, led the Explosives in a set of taut, supercharged rockers – laced with Texas blues, folk-rock and proto-punk psychedelia – as he sang about visions of demons.
Jazzfest: More from The Stomp - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Others blame Tommy Hall, who supposedly manipulated the young Roky with drugs, tried to make him some sort of acolyte of acid.
Archive: The elevator doesn't stop here anymore. Music legend Roky Erickson, godfather of the psychedelic sound, survived the '60s. Sort of. Click Track 2010
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ROSE: In 2001, a court awarded legal custody of Roky to his younger brother.
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Mr. SHEFF: Roky would sort of settle into this way of doing it that I think of as this very wise, weathered voice.
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