The Sonics - classic or dud

The book Sonic Boom by Peter Blecha has a pretty decent band history of the Sonics. & is the reason for the title.
Also covers The Wailers, Kingsmen, Paul Revere & The Raiders and the history of Northwest electric music. Even giving Tomata du Plenty some coverage.
It spends time talking about the emergence of Louie Louie as a must play number for any band in the area. & says that The Raiders' version is also notably different. Also that by the time The Kingsmen's version hit the band had splintered.
Very worth reading.

Kicking myself for not trying to get to the gig The Sonics played in Galway last year. Getting home is a pain.
Guggi the main alternative dj/promoter in the area loves the band and plays them regularly.

Not sure if there's a better cd of the band than the Psychosonic compilation. It's been remastered since the edition I have which could be even better.

that song is a good deal better than i expected, roslie sounds his age vocally but i really dug that

Got a stream of the album and it's really phenomenal, a few originals and some very LOUD versions of some standards and my favorite a searing tale on The Kinks' "The Hard Way" that sounds punk as fuck.

OMG this album

https://player.spotify.com/album/3QhhOighHWz7tBHYxuhdvQ

Yeah it's phenomenal. Best garage rock album since...I dunno it's been so long since there was anything this solid! Everything sounds so great - drums, guitar, vocals, saxophone, the works. Amazing.

Hmm, I was thinking about skipping it based on the lukewarm reviews I saw, but now I'm intrigued. Not sure I'll buy in on there not being any great garage rock albums recently though, considering how great WAND and Ty Segall have been lately.

They'd both be improved with the addition of a sax player though.

somewhere the personal assistant of a Rolling Stone is trying to get in touch with the Sonics' drug dealer

anybody seen a recent show? they're playing here soon but it's $30

Guggi the main alternative dj/promoter in the area loves the band and plays them regularly.

Not sure if there's a better cd of the band than the Psychosonic compilation. It's been remastered since the edition I have which could be even better.

― Stevolende, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:53 PM

Stevo is this Guggi formerly of the Virgin Prunes?

Damn this new stuff sounds good!

Different Guggi

Video I took from my phone at the Philly show. The sound isn't horrible considering how loud and raw the song is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Z2ntifLN8

Had a wonderful time at the show! The crowd was so diverse - there was some hip-hop dude with tons of thick gold chains smoking e-cigarettes the whole show to my left and some bald guys in their '60s to my right, some biker chicks and a bunch of hipsters. Everyone smiling and enjoying something we probably never thought we'd see.

The new album is great! I highly recommend it.

Used to love seeing Barrence Whitfield years ago, wish the bill with Sonics and Barrence was coming to my town. Alas, neither are.