Today's song comes from another tortured soul who has wrestled schizophrenia, but unlike Jackson Frank, Roky Erickson is still with us to tell the tale. At 71, he's still bringing his catchy brand of psychedelic horror rock to lucky audiences all over the country. He started out in the mid-60s in a group called The 13th Floor Elevators, but after spending a few years in a state mental hospital, he formed a new group with a harder sound and a fixation on horror/sci-fi themes. His 1981 album The Evil One is a start-to-finish classic. Songs like "Stand for the Fire Demon," "Don't Shake Me Lucifer," and "Bloody Hammer" will have you singing along to their sweetly poisoned choruses before you can say earworm. Imagine if the Misfits grew up in Texas and you might get something like...
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