Posts Tagged ‘The Sonics’

Lo-Fi Mojo: The Sonics, “Have Love, Will Travel”

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 by Mojo Flucke

mojologo2.jpg Seattle spawned the 1980s-1990s garage rock revolution for good reason: Garage rock thrived out there during the 1960s, and record collectors will buy any compilation of any bunch of two-bit high-school bands that played sock-hops back in the day.

Why?

Dude, they rocked. Kurt Cobain wasn’t no slouch but The Sonics were the granddaddy of them all. They begat Green River, Mudhoney, and a billion flannel shirt sales. (more…)

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