Roky Erickson & The Explosives - White Faces

[THEerizzow]

mind control victim. great fkn music though. 

[MrZzachariah13]

roky is the coolest alien ever

[EggsBenedictArnold]

ESP is for real

[EggsBenedictArnold]

ESP is real

[gayskunk]

in my mind, one of the greats of ALL TIME, hes up there with jagger/richards too me

[obstipatiomentalis]

you know, before i die just let me listen to some of rokys songs (at least thats what i say today) best wishes from cologne, Germany

[Mr2009Truth]

1st off-Roky's amazing-words can't say how talented he is, and if the world was fair, things'd be better for him. I feel that way 100%! BTW, can we name all of the films these clips are from? I'll name the ones I know, and some I'll guess - feel free to correct me) starting at 1:43 (Nosferatu) 1:47 (?) 1:49 (Bride of Frankenstein) 1:52 (?) 1:54 (Creature From The Black Lagoon)  1:57 (?) 1:59 (Frankenstein) 2:01 (Wolfman) 2:03 (Mummy) 2:05 (?) 2:06 (War Of The Worlds) 2:08 (?) 2:09 (?) 2:11 (?)

[slackmaster2000]

To me this is definitely 100x better than the studio version

[KennyMDFW]

Waller Colley was the bassist for The Explosives. Saw them often at The Crossroads in Nacogdoches, Tx - 1981-83ish.....great party band with killer songs. There are CD's of their stuff available and Freddie is still involved in the merchandising.

[oneohsix48]

Roky rocks! so hot!

[1rokyfan]

saw roky and the explosives in 2006 in chicago, they rocked the hell out the place!

[antiabe]

is this the Explosives? :s.. aren't they "the Aliens" ?

[WestDeanFloyd]

no. this was the explosives backing him up. 3 songwriters that were beyond talent.

[antiabe]

are those the same Explosives as he plays with today?

[WestDeanFloyd]

2 of them are. The guitarist cam king. And the drummer Freadie Krc. Im not sure what happen to the bassist.

[actron]

the devil so red has such a cool pad

[actron]

so cool.

[gunslinger32mag]

This rocks beyond belief.

[WestDeanFloyd]

Wow!!!! Cam King Just Jams!!!

[Distorcionbeto]

roky=leyend

grettings from peru

[jawshchevyvan]

take motherfucking acid and lose it motherfuckers. drop out of this fucking society of the man.

[gpanameno]

Holy crapazoids, this song is bad ass! Roky Erickson FTW! Thanks for the post.

[Discfiend69]

Damn!!!This song is GREAT!!!

[stepover77]

austinite, not to put you off of your rocker but this is The Explosives that Roky is playing with in this video. Cam King and Freddie Krc are indeed playing once again with and supported Roky in his recent Sweden tour. The current version of The Explosives has Chris Johnson playing bass while Waller Collie was playing with The Explosives in the 1979-1982 lineup (and in this video).

[austinitesince1979]

This video rules! I think a true fan should get your information right though. Unless I am totally off my rocker, that is Roky Erickson and THE ALIENS! The Explosives are the band Roky is currently playing and touring Sweden with. This song rules and renews my faith in rock and roll even though I think it is overrated.

[slackmaster2000]

This performance is so electrified; I've watched this one repeatedly more than any other youtube clip. I can't see how anyone wouldn't be mesmerized and drawn to this; everything from the lyrics to the group effort really shines

[stepover77]

holy crap, does this bring back some memories. That was at the Soap Creek Saloon on North Lamar. It was the first time I ever saw Roky live. I remember between sets he came over to our table. Really nice guy, just nonchalantly began telling me about some trips he had been taking with aliens on a spaceship. Then he had story about having a tail. Told us thanks for coming out, nice to meet us and he would soon be leaving on another outer world trip.

[killalllollipopheads]

@stepover77 that is some story!

[dragster58]

Super cool!

[slackmaster2000]

this song/performance is so amazing....Never gets old! Clever lyrics as well

[Rumgoat]

I hear he's feeling better now. One of the greatest rock musician's of the western world.

[gunslinger32mag]

FANTASTIC!! When this disappeared off of youtube a while back I thought it was gone forever. Thank you so much for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[odennehy]

and a great clip Cam King, Freddie Steady & Waller Collie at their late 70s/early 80s finest.

[Lazarus1140]

Thanks for thr eminder ... I had forgotten the bass players name. The Explosives put on good shows without Roky as well. They said they played "power pop". There was a different bass player at the show in Austin last month.

I didn't notice the first time I saw this video that Roky drops his pick but keeps singing and Cam picks it up and hands it to him like they've done it a hundred times.

[odennehy]

And of course Cam King is a great song writer and great country picker. Good write-up in the Chronicle on this way under rated "Austin" musician. Remember "Circuit Queen" which Marcia Ball did back in the 70s (KOKE used to play); Lonestar (and Denim) covered his song "Heartbroke Everyday"; and Garth Brooks even covered a tune of his (which Ive not heard) "Baby Jesus Is Born".

[scorpioscorpio]

roky has written so many great songs,

but white faces is one of his best in my opinion, evocative paranoid lyrics, awesome riffs, and his vocal delivery! the version on plus one is a landmark in rock, seriously!

[tralfalmadorianish]

Love Your Work. Haven't even heard this song for 10 years - never thought I see vision of it too.

[z4g0]

nirvana?

[everestthunders]

Grande Roky!

[slackmaster2000]

Thanks for the re-post; 100% solid performance! Great lyrics as well

[ricv64]

Fantastic , just saw Roky the other day , he tore it up, I hope someone posts their recordings of that show ,Great American Music Hall ,1 Mar 07