The Black Angels and Roky Erickson In The Studio Together
Austin based psych-rock band, The Black Angels are currently in the studio working with legendary pioneer of psychedelic rock, Roky Erickson. Black Angel’s vocalist Alex Maas revealed in a conversation that The Black Angels have been working on recording previously released material of Erickson’s, including well known released tracks as “Two Headed Dog”, “You’re Gonna Miss Me”, along with some unreleased Erickson material. Erickson is known for his early work with The Thirteenth Floor Elevators and is finding a recent resurgence and renewed interest in his music. The band recently announced plans to hit the road for a few dates with Roky as the opening act in addition to performing as his band. Only one Texas date on the schedule currently, in Dallas.
Nothing at this point in the means of how or when the recorded collaboration might present itself, but one could only be slightly excited with the idea of what may come of the partnership.
Roky will be performing @ ACL Festival 2008, Saturday 9.27 @ 7:45 on the Ventures Stage.
The Black Angels will also be playing an “official” ACL Aftershow with The Black Keys @ Stubbs on Sunday the 28th of September.
Roky and The Black Angels Tour:
October 4th: Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX
October 28th: The Showbox – Seattle, WA
October 29th: The Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
October 31st: El Rey – Los Angeles, CA
November 1st: Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
November 2nd: Great American Music Hall – San Fransciso, CA
Thanks for the info! Roky is amazing. And it’s spelt “You’re gonna miss me.”
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The more I think about it the more I realize that I’m going to make the drive up to Dallas on Oct 4th. I think I’d regret missing that show.
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I think you might have some of your facts wrong. You might want to contact Roky’s manager to check.
Well, if there is something that is incorrect, I’m happy to change, but I’m only mentioning what I’ve been told by band members who are involved.
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