For nearly twenty years, the much-beloved music magazine Roctober has featured work by some of the best underground cartoonists, exhaustive examinations of made-up genres such as robot rock, and an ongoing exploration of everything Sammy Davis Jr. ever sang, said, or did. But the heart of the magazine has always been the lengthy conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists. Flying Saucers Rock n Roll gathers the most compelling of these interviews. Eccentric, important artists including the rockabilly icon Billy Lee Riley, the jazz musician and activist Oscar Brown Jr.,...

For nearly twenty years, the much-beloved music magazine Roctober has featured work by some of the best underground cartoonists, exhaustive examinations of made-up genres such as robot rock, and an ongoing exploration of everything Sammy Davis Jr. ever sang, said, or did. But the heart of the magazine has always been the lengthy conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists. Flying Saucers Rock n Roll gathers the most compelling of these interviews. Eccentric, important artists including the rockabilly icon Billy Lee Riley, the jazz musician and activist Oscar Brown Jr.,...