# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roky-erickson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:31.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roky-erickson"
name: "Roky Erickson"
slug: "roky-erickson"
description: "Roger Kynard \"Roky\" Erickson was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Called an \"outsider genius,\" he was a founding member and leader of the 13th Floor Elevators, as well as a pioneer of psychedelic rock music during the mid to late 1960s. Additionally, he founded the band Roky Erickson and the Aliens in the late 1970s."
tagline: "American singer and guitarist (1947–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roky_Erickson_by_Ron_Baker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-07-15"
deathDate: "2019-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.37821066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2227718/"
    handle:    "nm2227718"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rokyerickson.net"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson"
    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson"
    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roky_Erickson"
    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
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    title: "Рокі Еріксон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "洛奇·埃里克森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roky Erickson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump