Before the Kinks and the Who came along and planted the seeds for what is commonly referred to as proto-punk, several obscure and/or one-hit U.S. wonders beat the two aforementioned British acts to the punch -- the Kingsmen, the Trashmen, and the Sonics. While the Kingsmen and the Trashmen managed to score a massive hit each ("Louie, Louie" and "Surfin' Bird," respectively), the Sonics never broke through outside of their home city of Tacoma.
The father of the Sonics' brother guitar/bass tandem, Larry and Andy Parypa, taped nearly every live show the group played during the early '60s. Although the group was still a ways off from perfecting its tough-and-rough sound (which eventually included a heavy R&B influence), they played instrumentals such as "Sonic Blues" as well as covers of popular bar band standards of the day -- Rumble, Bony Maronie, Keep A-Knockin, and even the aforementioned Louie, Louie.
i recently saw the sonics and they put on the best durn show to be expected! i was blown away. if ypu get a chance to catchem live, these ole dudes can still rock hard
5 Comments (since 15 Jan 2014)
music_xplosion
Before the Kinks and the Who came along and planted the seeds for what is commonly referred to as proto-punk, several obscure and/or one-hit U.S. wonders beat the two aforementioned British acts to the punch -- the Kingsmen, the Trashmen, and the Sonics. While the Kingsmen and the Trashmen managed to score a massive hit each ("Louie, Louie" and "Surfin' Bird," respectively), the Sonics never broke through outside of their home city of Tacoma.
music_xplosion
The father of the Sonics' brother guitar/bass tandem, Larry and Andy Parypa, taped nearly every live show the group played during the early '60s. Although the group was still a ways off from perfecting its tough-and-rough sound (which eventually included a heavy R&B influence), they played instrumentals such as "Sonic Blues" as well as covers of popular bar band standards of the day -- Rumble, Bony Maronie, Keep A-Knockin, and even the aforementioned Louie, Louie.
music_xplosion
from : http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-the-savage-young-sonics-mw0000016109
ingridwildeman
i recently saw the sonics and they put on the best durn show to be expected! i was blown away. if ypu get a chance to catchem live, these ole dudes can still rock hard
music_xplosion
@ingridwildeman Glad you liked it :) You're lucky to have seen them live, I checked and unfortunately they're not coming anywhere near me in 2014.