Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site grkermi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!genrad!grkermi!andrew From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Roky III Message-ID: <505@grkermi.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 19:19:05 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermi.505 Posted: Mon Jul 8 19:19:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:22:59 EDT References: <2952@decwrl.UUCP> <4585@mit-eddie.UUCP> <4619@mit-eddie.UUCP> <8860@ucbvax.ARPA> Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 16 Keywords: VU, Nico, Rock & Roll, 13th In article <8860@ucbvax.ARPA> allynh@ucbvax.UUCP (Allyn Hardyck) writes: >>The 13thFEs had their own original in Roky Erikson, who's still going >>strong. > >In a listing a while back in Melody Maker of "Top 10 Pop Basket Cases," >Roky "Creature with the Atom Brain" Erickson came 2nd only to (of course) >Brian Wilson. Roky Eri(c)kson beat Syd Barrett??? In a *British* magazine, no less??? Amazing! How about posting the entire Top 10? It would be nice to see how SB did... not to mention Sky Saxon! A brief interview with Roky appeared in Blitz #42 (3/82). I'll be glad to send a copy to anyone who sends me a US Snail address. Andrew W. Rogers