Roky Erickson & the Aliens - Evil One
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Disc 1:
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Album Details: Evil One
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1981
- Label:
- Restless Records
- UPC:
- 018777221221
Pro Reviews: Evil One
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Roky Erickson was very much a changed man when he reemerged on the music scene in the late '70s after a deeply troubling stay in a mental institution following an arrest for drugs in 1969. The graceful but energetic protopsychedelia of Erickson's music with the 13th Floor Elevators was replaced by a hotwired straightahead rock sound which suggested an updated version of the teenaged garage pounders Roky recorded with his early group the Spades, and the charming psychobabble of Tommy Hall's lyrics with the Elevators gave way to twisted narratives documenting Roky's obsessive enthusiasm for cheezoid horror movies of the 1950s. It wasn't until 1980 that Erickson released his first solo album, and that disc has had a rather eventful history. Stu Cook (exCreedence Clearwater Revival) produced the sessions over a period of two years, and the album appeared in Europe as Roky Erickson the Aliens (released by CBS in England, making it Roky's only major label release to date), while in America it came out as The Evil One on the San Francisco indie 415 Records. The British and American releases featured different track lineups, and each version featured songs which didn't show up on the other; to complicate matters all the more, early versions of three of the songs were released on a smalllabel EP in France. His band, the Aliens, are in sharp, precise form; Erickson's vocals confirm he's a bluesrock belter of the first order (even when he's raving about creatures with atom brains, twoheaded dogs, or The Evil One himself), and if the songs are a bit odd lyrically (which you would expect from the titles), the tunes are clever and punchy and rock on out. While the serene and evocative folkrock of All That May Do My Rhyme represents Roky Erickson's strongest solo work, The Evil One shows just how strong a rocker he could be and how good a band he could put together. Great stuff, and certainly the best representation of Roky's "latter day punk" period. - Mark Deming, All Music Guide |
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Like Syd Barrett, a common point of reference, Roky Erickson rose to cult-hero status as much for his music as for his tragic personal life; in light of his legendary bouts with madness and mythic drug abuse, the influence exerted by his garage-bred ...Full Roky Erickson & the Aliens Biography
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