You're Gonna Miss Me

You're Gonna Miss Me (2005)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (19 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (8,745 ratings)

The founding father of psychedelic music is profiled in director Keven McAlester's intimate look at the life and career of legendary 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson. His voice was powerful enough to start a musical revolution, but the noise in his head would… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Keven McAlester
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jun 8, 2007 Wide
Palm Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ted Fry, Seattle Times

    Like any good documentary, this one releases information slowly and sometimes with startling abruptness.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    There's an undeniable fascination to watching the extensive footage of Erickson, whose yowling, manic vocals on display in the extensive archival performance footage contrasts dramatically with scenes of him in more recent times.

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

    One senses that this profile has been made by a fan who assumes we'll supply the pathos ourselves. And drug casualties are surely upsetting. But how can we miss someone we never really get to know?

  • Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times

    You're Gonna Miss Me follows Roky Erickson, the lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators and maybe the most influential 1960s pop star that most folks haven't heard of.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    Complexly intriguing.

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  • El Hombre I


    Was it the drug usage that transformed him from a rock pioneer into an incoherent burnout, or was it the preexisting schizophrenia? Was it the treatments that he received in the hospitals, or was it simply the fact that he was locked up in these hospitals? These questions really… More

  • Wu C


    A fascinating doc about Roky Erickson, the singer for '13th floor elevators'. Very similar to the doc 'Devil in Daniel Johnston' and just as good.

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