This Is the Sonics, by The Sonics

This Is the Sonics

by The Sonics

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bluegreenalgae I'm guessing I'm not the only human that's found The Sonics by way of "Losing My Edge". This is an awesome band. Garage rock in all it's glory. And now I can continue my new hunt for bands named checked by LCD. I'm up to seven!

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1.	I Don't Need No Doctor 02:39	info	buy track
2.	Be A Woman 02:20	info	buy track
3.	Bad Betty 02:06	info	buy track
4.	You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 02:54	info	buy track
5.	The Hard Way 02:11	info	buy track
6.	Sugaree 02:33	info	buy track
7.	Leaving Here 02:53	info	buy track
8.	Look At Little Sister 03:31	info	buy track
9.	I Got Your Number 02:40	info	buy track
10.	Livin' In Chaos 03:02	info	buy track
11.	Save The Planet 03:01	info	buy track
12.	Spend The Night 02:37	info	buy track

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The Sonics finally ended their four-decade hiatus in November 2007, with a pair of rapturously received shows in New York. Although the band had intended those shows to be a one-time-only event, word of the performances quickly circulated amongst Sonics fans, resulting in performance offers from around the world, and turning the temporary reunion into a permanent one. Since then, The Sonics have performed for rabid crowds across the United States as well as England, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Norway.

Having reconquered the live stage and built a new, multi-generational fan base, the reactivated Sonics have set their sights back on the recording medium, enlisting noted producer Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Dirtbombs) to record “This Is The Sonics” —the Sonics' first album of new material in nearly half a century—at Diamond's Detroit studio Ghetto Recorders.

The 12-song set finds The Sonics channeling their original savage, primal essence on such new originals as "Chaos," "Sugaree," "Bad Betty" and "I Got Your Number," while continuing their tradition of audacious cover material with raucous reworkings of Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor," Bo Diddley's "You Can't Judge A Book by the Cover," the Kinks' "The Hard Way," Hank Ballard's "Look At Little Sister" and the rousing Motown nugget "Leaving Here."

THIS IS… shows the Sonics' original sound and swagger to be fully intact, and ready to impress fans, both old and new

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released March 31, 2015

2015, The Sonics Boom LLC

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The Sonics Seattle, Washington

A massively influential garage rock band from Tacoma Washington, The Sonics’ aggressive, speedy take on rock n roll and R&B established their legacy as the most “punk band” of the ‘60s and inspired everyone from Bruce Springsteen to the Fall. Ten years ago they reunited, and they still record and perform to this day. ... more

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Pabellón del Palacio de los Deportes

Mexico City, Mexico

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