We are very happy to announce the signing of The Sonics for some selected European dates before the end of the year. Next to their unique and widely influential live sound [check the recent press-reviews] they will have a new EP engineered and produced by mastermind Jack Endino.
"Long before Mudhoney and Nirvana first plugged in their fuzz boxes, the Sonics built the foundation for guitar-based PacNorWest rock & roll. While other American bands were meekly imitating the Beatles in the mid-1960s, the Sonics were turning up their amps and churning out a harder and louder version of garage rock with such classic originals as "Strychnine" and "Psycho." Everyone from the Cramps and Bruce Springsteen to the Fall, the Things, Eddie Vedder and the Nomads has covered their songs, and Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin were among their many celebrity fans. Just about every modern garage-rock band has ripped them off [the Hives' entire career, for example, appears to be based on shamelessly lifting the Sonics' riffs and style]. After breaking up in the late 1960s, they’ve stubbornly stayed out of the spotlight, particularly singer Jerry Roslie, who was once so reclusive, he made J.D. Salinger seem as ubiquitous as Paris Hilton. No one thought the Sonics would ever reunite, but they received a belated career boost when their version of "Have Love, Will Travel" was used in a recent Land Rover commercial, of all things. Now founding members Rob Lind, Larry Parypa and, yes, even Roslie are back, and they’re reportedly as loud as ever. Don’t dare miss ‘em"[ by FALLING JAMES]
We will be looking into some more shows for them in spring 2010 as well as summer-festivals all over Europe in 2010.
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