Roky Erickson & The Aliens‎ - The Evil One (full album)

Alien years[edit]

In 1974, after having been released from the state hospital, Erickson formed a new band which he called "Bleib alien", Bleib being an anagram of Bible and/or German for "remain," 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 hard rock sound that featured lyrics on old horror film and science fiction themes. "Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)" (produced by The Sir Douglas Quintet's Doug Sahm and inspired by Vladimir Demikhov's 1950s head transplant experiments) was released as a single.

Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson (July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member and the leader of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Roger and Evelyn Erickson, and had four younger brothers. The nickname "Roky," a contraction of his first and middle names, was given to him by his parents.^[2] His father, an architect and civil engineer, was stern and disapproving of Erickson's countercultural attitudes, once forcibly cutting his son's hair rather than allow him to grow it out Beatles-style. His mother was an amateur artist and opera singer, and encouraged Erickson's musical talent by taking guitar lessons herself so she could teach him.^[3]

Erickson was interested in music from his youth, playing piano from age five and taking up guitar at 10. He attended school in Austin and dropped out of Travis High School in 1965, one month before graduating, rather than cut his hair to conform to the school dress code.^[4] Erickson wrote his first songs, "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "We Sell Soul", at age 15, and started a band with neighborhood friends which would evolve into his first notable group, the Spades.^[5] The Spades scored a regional hit with "We Sell Soul"; the song is included as an unlisted bonus track on Erickson's 1995 album All That May Do My Rhyme and was adapted as "Don't Fall Down" by the 13th Floor Elevators for their debut album. The Spades' original version of "You're Gonna Miss Me", later a hit for the 13th Floor Elevators, was featured on the compilation album The Best of Pebbles Volume 1.

01. [00:00] Two Headed Dog [Red Temple Prayer] 02. [03:18] I Think Of Demons 03. [06:06] Creature With The Atom Brain 04. [10:19] The Wind And More 05. [14:20] Don't Shake Me Lucifer 06. [17:15] Bloody Hammer 07. [21:35] Stand For The Fire Demon 08. [27:03] Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play 09. [29:39] If You Have Ghosts 10. [32:50] I Walked With A Zombie 11. [35:40] Night Of The Vampire 12. [39:58] It's A Cold Night For Alligators 13. [43:02] Mine Mine Mind 14. [45:37] Sputnik 15. [50:16] White Faces

[Chorus]
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog

[Verse 1]
Peace brought back, bought back
Relaxed be nyet brought back
Did you dry her out
Wind her out like jerky?
To me she's healed, don't attack

[Chorus]
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog

[Verse 2]
Children nailed to the cross
Pain does not look our hell
Certainly is not a spell
Sweet waste from a well

[Chorus]
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog

[Verse 3]
Winds quiet in the night
Her body just blows messiah
Sickening sweet sight left and right
Is all right does not please my appetite

[Chorus]
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog
Two-headed dog, two-headed dog
I've been working in the Kremlin
With a two-headed dog