Roky Erickson - Sweet Honey Pie
When released from the state hospital, Erickson’s mental outlook had changed. In 1974, he formed a new band which he called Bleib alien, Bleib being an anagram of Bible and/or German for Stay, and “Alien” being a pun on the German word “Allein” (“alone”) - the phrase in German therefore being “Remain alone”. His new band exchanged the psychedelic sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators for a more heavy metal sound that featured lyrics on old horror film and sci fi themes.
The new band renamed itself Roky Erickson and the Aliens in 1979.
In 1982, Erickson asserted that a Martian had inhabited his body. He later reported to friends that aliens were coming to Earth to harm him, and asked a Notary Public to witness an official declaration that he was himself an alien, hoping that this would convince the aliens to leave him alone.
(wikipedia)
This track is from the Gremlins Have Pictures LP released in ‘86 featuring live material from 1975 on.
One of my all time top tenners. Don’t know why.
He thought he was an alien.
-
theinvalid liked this
-
flingstuff liked this
-
majicbanjocaravan liked this
-
oldale posted this
