Editing Roky Erickson (section)

===Alien years===
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 "[[wikt:bleiben|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 theme]]s. "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.

The new band was renamed Roky Erickson and the Aliens. In 1979, after playing with the Reversible Cords on May Day at Raul's, Erickson recorded 15 new songs with producer [[Stu Cook]], former bass player of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]. These efforts were released in two "overlapping" LPs – ''Roky Erickson and the Aliens'' (CBS UK, 1980) and ''[[The Evil One]]'' ([[415 Records]], 1981). Cook played bass on two tracks, "Sputnik" and "Bloody Hammer".