Here Are The Sonics

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Released March 1965 (1965-03) Length 28:48 Artist The Sonics Label Etiquette Records		Recorded 1964 Here Are The Sonics!!! (1965) Boom (1966) Release date 1965 Genres Garage rock, Proto-punk

Studio Audio Recording, Seattle, Washington Producer Buck Ornsby Kent Morrill Similar The Sonics albums, Garage rock albums

Here Are The Sonics!!! is the debut studio album by American garage rock band The Sonics, released in March 1965.

Release

Here Are The Sonics!!! was released in 1965 by record label Etiquette.

It was re-released in 1999 in mono by Norton Records.

Reception

Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote that the album "show[s] a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice", calling it "Another important chunk of Seattle rock and roll history."

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Legacy

Here Are The Sonics!!! was influential on later punk rock music (see protopunk).

Personnel

The Sonics

Gerry Roslie – organ, piano, lead vocals

Andy Parypa – bass guitar

Larry Parypa – lead guitar, vocals

Rob Lind – saxophone, vocals, harmonica

Bob Bennett – drums

Technical

Buck Ornsby – production

Kent Morrill – production

Kearney Barton – engineering

John L. Vlahovich – sleeve design

Pete Ciccone/Immaculate Concepts – sleeve layout

Jini Dellaccio – cover photography

Songs

1The Witch2:41
2Do You Love Me2:23
3Roll Over Beethoven2:49

References

Here Are The Sonics Wikipedia

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