This article is about the documentary film. For the related 1966 song of the same name see You're Gonna Miss Me (song)
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| Directed by | Keven McAlester |
| Produced by | Keven McAlester Adrienne Gruben |
| Starring | Roky Erickson Sumner Erickson Evelyn Erickson Jegar Erickson Billy Gibbons |
| Music by | The 13th Floor Elevators |
| Cinematography | Lee Daniel |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | March 15, 2005 |
| Running time | 94 mins |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
You're Gonna Miss Me is an American documentary film by Keven McAlester. It focuses on Roky Erickson, the former frontman for the band The 13th Floor Elevators. The band is cited as pioneers of the psychedelic rock sound. The film covers Erickson's rise to rock-and-roll icon status, his overuse of LSD, struggles with schizophrenia, and his 1969 marijuana arrest that led to stays at Austin State Hospital and Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Erickson was irrevocably changed after his release, and eventually stopped recording music altogether. The film opens with Erickson who has been living as a total recluse for over a decade. What follows is a closer look at how "the great lost vocalist of rock and roll" came to live in poverty and isolation, and how he manages to return to music and life. The film takes its name from a single by the 13th Floor Elevators.
The documentary was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.