The psychedelic pioneer and former Thirteenth Floor Elevator Roky Erickson was presumed destroyed by LSD and electric shock therapy and this 1980 comeback, painstakingly produced by Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Stu Cook, remained unreleased outside Europe.
Erickson bayed schlock horror lyrics, his philosophical musings now abandoned, over then unfashionably chiseled hard rock riffs. But this apparently inane idiom made perfect sense to a Texan teen visionary raised on b-movies.
Two Headed Dog, I Think Of Demons, and Bloody Hammer are fluid, lucid, honest and chilling.
And there’s shimmering electric autoharp, from Cold Sun’s Bill Miller, throughout.
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Bosco239, youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Stuart, Chortle