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I enjoyed this
I am conflicted here. It's so...in your face, but fun at the same time.
I really liked this! I think the only song of theirs off here I had heard was "Have Love Will Travel" but I liked basically everything on here. Mostly covers of 50s songs but done in such a rough and energetic way you can really feel the essence of punk kinda forming within. "The Witch" "Psycho" and "Strychnine" were faves as well.
Not my fav
2.5
Brilliant raw rock n roll. The bands performance is intoxicating.
2.5 stars
Just fantastic pure garage rock with a tinge of proto-punk and maybe deep roots of eventual grunge that came out of the same neck of the woods. And now I'm looking for this on Discogs. Damn it.
So, basically, it's a cover album, because 8 of 12 songs are covers. I rarely admit that covers are better than originals and this album is no exception. Only "Have Love Will Travel" I find more interesting than the original, so I like it and it's basically the most popular song of the album. Psycho, which is an original song, is also very good. 2/5 —————————————— Liked: — Have Love Will Travel — Psycho
A good album, I liked Have Love Will Travel and Good Golly Miss Molly the most.
An album of covers played at increased speed with a rough vocals
I get why it’s in the 1001 book. There are quite a few hits and real classics on here.
Wild ass album, if my kids were coming home playing this shit in the 60’s, I would whoop their ass.
I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It's mostly a collection of covers of rock & roll hits. Their takes on Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" and Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (written by Marascalco & Blackwell) are pretty good but not as good as the originals. A quick perusal of the Wikipedia entry reveals that critics find it an essential influence for later, noisier punk and grunge bands and that the messy, few-mics recording is influential in the garage/DIY scene. I can't help but wonder how to reconcile the honour that they do to the original artists by recording this with the fact that at least some of those artists (at least Berry and Little Richard) just did better versions of this song. The Sonics may have had a somewhat harsher sound but I don't think they were any less likely to spur the Ramones or Sonic Youth. But we should also make more space for our own canon in rock music. Jazz musicians might include standards in their repertoire because the compositions are that good and because every other recording of it is a foil to define yourself against. A sprinter runs the same race every time, they just try to run it better. "David" isn't the only sculpture of a man. Whatever. 3/5. This is Seattle's version of The La's. I listened and thought, 'sure, I guess.' go listen to The Tragically Hip instead. Or Sloan, or Thrush Hermit. Better bands from smaller markets that just didn't get in front of the right people to really make it big in America or Britain.
Looking at the cover and the title I was expecting an attempt at copying the Beatles, however what I got was very different. Its fast, raw, and almost proto-punk at times. A totally unexpected gem of an album.
Interesting to hear one branch of the development of garage rock but it's not the greatest album.
Wild. I'm having trouble reconciling the way these guys sound with their appearance (was band practice before or after their Dead Poets Society meeting?). This must have been so edgy back in 1965. I love all the wailing and the lo-fi grit. Really sounds like these guys just wanted to jam and have a good time. The lead track, "The Witch," was definitely a standout for me. The darkness and moodiness...it really sets the tone for what garage rock evolved into. And then they get into some of those covers which aren't bad by any means but not as much fun; they give good context for where these guys are coming from. The cover of "Night Time is the Right Time" was a little distracting, though it sounded great. It just made me think of Bill Cosby, which is never fun. I have absolutely no idea what it would have been like to be one of these guys in 1965. If I had to choose one, I suppose it would be the dude with the fuzzy sweater and the bowl cut. He looks like he's ready to kick some ass.
For years I only knew the Sonics by name and reputation as proto-punk cult faves. I still haven't gone deep in their discography, so it was good to hear their debut. I'm all for loose-and-loud, attitude-heavy garage rock. This sounds like everyone was holding on for dear life as they blew through the songs, and I'm into it. It wouldn't work as well if it weren't so lo-fi, but this was a fun listen.
Excellent album. Insane how they got that raw sound when 2 tracks. Solid guitar work, cool vocals, and they did it at such a young age! AND so early in the 1960's! Raw, powerful, technical, furious.
very old sounding album
Heard their cover of Have Love Will Travel before. And I do like it but honestly it's just a covers album. I know album making used to look a bit different in the 60s but write your own damn music 2/5
I don’t know if this is possible, but is it weird for someone who likes loud music to complain that this was too loud? I feel like this was just your basic 60’s boy band, but these guys had the idea to scream on every track. I mean, for 1965, that’s pretty raw in an age that was pretty much squeaky clean. But I feel like I respect these guys more for their impact, rather than their music. Especially since most of this was covers, kinda of would have liked more of the original stuff. Not bad, but not something I’ll go crazy for. Favorite track: Have Love Will Travel Other hits: The Witch, Psycho, Strychnine
I believe everyone who says they were influential but they still sound like a dive bar cover band to me. A good dive bar cover band. A dive bar where you know the name of all the staff and don't take new friends to out of respect. But in this context, that's still a 2 star album. However they get an extra star for the two glorious minutes I spent thinking they were singing "Titty Robber".
So good but so much unnecessary screaming. Will listen to some songs again, never the entire album.
Heard a couple of tracks before. Fun raw garage rock, the originals are quite good. The innovation is sounding fuzzy. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: No: 24/97 (25%) Will I get? ?
Sounds like beetles, rockabilly, but also screaming rock, discordant sounds. Parts of Roll Over Beethoven sounds a bit like Johnny B Goode. Cool to hear their versions of familiar songs (Do You Love Me, Money).
They are the Sonics...just not the SUPER Sonics.
I don’t really the “it’s like the Beatles, except BLANK” reviews that I’ve seen. Seen it on the Kinks: “it’s like the Beatles l, except more British” and I’ve seen it on Oasis: “it’s like the Beatles, except 90s.” Those reviews feel reductive, dismissive. But these guys really invite that comparison, so I can’t help it: they’re like the Beatles, except BLANK.
You can hear the beginnings of punk in here, while still sounding very 60's. It's a fascinating artifact in the history of rock. I don't really like the sound, but it's fine enough, and I respect it.
Early rock with a bit of an edge.
Well, y'know what, I jived with it. It's simplistic rock n' roll for the most part, but it's catchy. Good enough!
Has a rawer sound than contemporaries but a lot of this sounds the same. The covers also aren't their definitive versions. So it's ok.
Old school rock and roll. The recording is terrible. Done with 2 mics, with only 1 mic for the drums on a two track mixer. Music is definitely super heavy for the period, and the vocalist loves his rock scream, but then so do I. Fun listen. If it were still the 60s I could imagine myself being a fan of The Sonics.
Felt like i travelled back in time. The mix was a bit of a headache but there are some good tunes from here.
As someone who has been in not one but two bad cover bands I feel like I need to defend these guys. And, let's be clear, these guys are way better than any band I have ever been in. I imagine their live shows were a lot of fun. That said, yesterday after listening to Neil Young's One The Beach I really appreciated this project and how it exposed me to new music. I have no such feelings today.
Interesting little history lesson here - I can see how this became a cult classic. That voice is something else. But I can also see how it didn't become a hit.
9/10… garage rock / proto punk
pioneers deserves recognition
Oldies some recognition involved. Idk feels like covers but not sure who the og is
So I had never heard of this band before, but then I realized they have several classics that I had heard many times. It's funny how many of these songs I've heard as covers by other bands and didn't even realize it. It's very oldies sounding, but I have mad respect for them due to how they forged the future of rock.
I went into this album with an open mind, but I got so much second hand embarrassment from the cover of Roll of Beethoven that I can only rate this a 1.
Came into this with no expectations and was happily surprised. This album is noisy, raw, and it rocks hard. For an album full of covers they were chosen tastefully and the originals are solid. It's a short album and I was toe tapping all the way through. Thoroughly enjoyable today.
Why did white people love stripping the soul out of black music and putting out bad cover albums. Do the listmakers want to bring this to our attention or do they actually think this deserves praise.
Thoroughly enjoyable 60's "hard rock". The whole album has an edge that their contemporaries didn't really have, and as much as it sounds tame today I bet it sounded pretty heavy at the time. I particularly enjoyed the tiny amen break in "Psycho"; a 5 second drum fill that really shows how much the band wanted to be aggressive. The saxophone, keys, and horns in some of the songs were also good additions and they weren't overused. My only complaint is that a lot of the songs sound very similar and maybe the decision on the track order would've helped that. A really simple fix to an otherwise great album. The covers, of which there are many, are all good and if you didn't know that they were covers, wouldn't stick out at all.
My issue with this album was that it’s basically all covers. I like the songs, but it’s not their music and it’s just being done with a more stripped back feel. I can totally see the influence here for future punk bands, but it’s hard to balance
This is a head scratcher. Not a particularly good album. No noteworthy original songs. And all of the covers that are on it are done better or are more well known by other bands.
Its an album. It's mostly covers. The arrangements are basically the same as the originals except for worse musicianship. And the recording is terrible. It sounds like any random high school band learning to play and recording with an cassette recorder
Do you ever listen to an album and think: I don’t get it? That’s what happened here. I like the songs and am a fan of the original versions of all eight covers. But I think that was one of my problems too. Most of this album sounded like a garage band with bad production doing covers. Again, not bad but walk into any band room in America and you can hear the same thing. From a historical perspective I get the influences punk and Grunge. At one point I even commented that it sounded like Ziggy Pop was fronting Nirvana. However, this feels like a retrospective “had-to-be-there” album. 4-Star on history; 2-star on relevance. Enjoyed the album for a listen. Respect them for what they did. …and I’m leaving it there.
Random thoughts: * I'm not sure what is so special about this one that it is included in 1001 * I guess it was so hard for the time it was a precursor to garage and punk bands with influences on many contemporary artists. * I liked it just fine and heard several staples of the 60s rock scene. * It is cool they are from Seattle. Such a storied history for Seattle music scene and this appears to be one of the first influential bands to come from there. * I guess when you compare this to The Beatles or even the Stones, The Who, or any other contemporaries, this does sound much harder, muddled, and messy in comparison. Someone had to go there first so others could take this idea and fly. Usually the innovators never get as much popular success as the influenced.
Possibly the first proto punk album. The formula was pretty simple: cheap recording set up, rough sound quality, and a fair amount of screaming. Essentially it's rock and roll for anyone without enough money or willingness to confirm to record label norms. The brassness of this band, along with others like The Monks, and later The Stooges, would set the stage for the punk movement to fully embrace the idea that anyone can start a band, and that rules are very much meant to be broken. The Sonics were so important to underground music that they received four separate shout outs on LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge". I'm not sure how much that's worth, but it's still a damned good and bold album that shattered the mold for other bands to come.
This was a pretty fun listen for what it is. The Sonics put together some solid covers of the rock and R&B standards from that era, and they played them with way more grit and energy than most bands were doing at the time. You can tell they were rough around the edges, but that’s part of the charm. What stood out most was their original material. It’s raw, loud, and messy, but in a good way. You could argue it laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the Seattle sound. The attitude, distortion, and looseness all feel like early hints of grunge decades before it blew up. Here Come The Sonics might not be a perfect record, but it’s an important one. It bridges the gap between early garage rock and what came much later, and it’s got enough punch to still sound exciting today.
Didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did. Can really see the influence this album had, also didn’t realize the black keys were just covering have love will travel, seems like they get worse by the minute. Fuckers.
The Sonics are always fun. And of course "The Witch" has been on one of my Halloween playlists for ages.
I liked them
Surprisingly good for an early (1965) rock album. I find albums from this genre to be hit or miss and this is one of the better ones. All the songs were pretty catchy, especially Roll over Beethoven. 8 of the 12 songs are covers but they do a good job with them. Maybe a few too many random screams/shrieks. 7/10 (3.5/5)
Interesting choice to be on this list, but they rocked the fuck out with Gerry Roslie’s singing and yelling over guitars, pianos, saxes, drums, etc… very pleased hearing the saxophone throughout. Lots of high energy and raw music. My gripes are the low quality, only four original songs, short songs that remind me of 50s dance music, and I can’t help but feel they’re doing Little Richard or Chuck Berry impressions. Overall not bad, but the quality makes it unlikely to be replayed.
It’s fun but not much new here, lots of well covered covers, and the rough production is tough on the high end.
Love the energy and the fuzzy bass. Have heard better versions of most of the covers (not least by the Beatles). Not sure its one of the 1000 best albums of all time but gave me joy.
Definitely garage sound. Hi energy rock and roll with lots of 'Waaa'-ing. Too much Waaa-ing. Would be fun to listen to live. Really a top 1001 albums? I guess if they were influential on the punk and grunge scene, then fair play. I feel enlightened, though done with hearing WAAAA so much, which loses them a star rating.
On this album the Sonics deliver a lively, raw form of garage rock packaged in a small but energetic record. The key songs are aggressive, unfiltered and full of energy, making for a fun listen, albeit one that is let down slightly by some basic & repetitive song writing. The albums main issue though is the awful production quality. You could give them the benefit of the doubt given it was recorded in the early 60s, but the sound quality of the guitars and vocals are simply awful and do impact the experience of listening to it. Also, if this guy screams WOOWWWAAH one more time…..
honestly, the DIY sound of 60s garage rock is something that i haven't looked into too much, but hearing it in the original DIY sound with the aggressive clipping of just the wall of sound is so much fun. Huge fan.
good
Now this is interesting, I always thought that garage rock and a decade later punk was invented by The Stooges and MC5, but hey, Here Are The Sonics! And how I liked it! This is really captivating, can even hear the beginning of psychobilly acts like The Cramps in their music. It's a shame that there only a handful of their own songs, but they do make the difference! Raw and energetic, and the contribution of the saxophone really does it. It's not polished or jazzy - it's just as raw and aggressive as the guitars, which gives them this unique sound! 4/5
A good rocker from 1965. I had not heard of the Sonics before, but they played their own style of some classic 60s covers.
Overall not bad, catchy at times.
This was a new one introduced by the list. Who knew Seattle grunge scene started in 1965? This was a hoot. High energy all the way through. And despite it being 80% covers of Black music by white musicians, they were making them their own. This didn't feel like recreating of the music to sell to white audiences, which was prevalent in that time. I'm giving them the pass on this one.
60's not my time
категорическое нет, мне совсем не нравится плохое качество звука и непонятные вскрики вместо пения. вот этот вайб старого гаражного рока 60-х вообще не мое
Solid band, fun tracks. Felt very seen in that 'I need Money' song. But it is another white band screaming like they're Little Richard
Love this kind of music, although part of me can’t help but feel like it sounds like cultural appropriation, especially considering the era in which it was recorded
This album sounds as if it were recorded with a straw. I've heard better garage rock songs from that era. Some of the rock 'n roll covers remind me of early Status Quo. "Here Come the Sonics" could be an ok record to dance to in a '50s diner. A good thing about this album is that it's short. 2 stars for "Here Are the Sonics".
Interesting listen. Lots of covers but in a very garage classic feel.
can you imagine being the mf that put all those exclamation signs there? thats not even how they work youre supposed to use ¡¡¡, you ass
Infectious energy
This album rocks. If you don't like early garage rock, you suck. Do yourself a favor and listen to all of Nuggets.
Some iconic songs on this album. Didn't know that was them. Cool
Lots of famous tunes on here although the audio quality wasn't great. Enjoyably 60s pop rock I guess.
The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. The Sonics. (IYKYK) This album is good, it sounds more like 50's style rock than I thought it would. The recording quality on this one is really bad though. High 3.
I think that having early garage rock is important for a list like this. However, this album isn’t it. The fact that it’s a majority of covers that aren’t even as good as the originals almost feels insulting. I also have found through this project that I have a tolerance level for the number of times an album has some wail loud enough into the mix that it clips. It’s not unlistenable, but I’m sure there are original bands more deserving of the slot.
A really satisfying little chunk of rock n roll history. Nice on a Monday morning
1)The Witch 2)Do you love me 6)Have love will travel 8)Money 10)Night Time is the right Time 11)Strychnine 12)Good Golly Miss Molly Треки как будто одинаковые
I must be Losing My Edge because I didn’t think this was good. Mostly just other mid 50s/60s songs repackaged into a more lo-fi/garage band sound. I enjoyed LCD Soundsystem singing the band name more than I enjoyed this record
Blind album and artist. This was so freaking cool to hear something like this from the 60s. Grittier, more diverse dynamic, rougher Beatles for sure and I thought it was wicked cool. This is the stuff I love to find on this project.
No me he guardado ninguna canción, pero al final he estado todo el fin de semana escuchando sonido garaje. Mejor de lo que esperaba y una clara influencia en todo el rock que vino después.
Okay, go off. So many bops!!
Became very repetitive
Въпреки, че е доста шумен мисля, че е впечатляващ. Звучи като 90-тарски а не 60тарски албум
I like how raw and raucous and wild garage rock is, but a full album of garage rock by a single artist starts to feel like diminishing returns and kind of blurs together. I like Rhino’s Nuggets box sets because the variety of artists makes the sameiness of the genre more palatable. “Strychnine” is a good song but I don’t think that any of the covers on this album are an improvement on the originals. This is pretty good garage rock, and I have no doubt that it was influential, but pretty good garage rock is like pretty good professional wrestling. After a couple of songs, my palate wants something a little more nuanced than amateurish playing recorded in the red and screaming.
Classic it's garage band. Would definitely be liked by conservatives.
I don't hate it. Probably a lot of kids in the 60s liked it. I'll never listen to it again. I appreciate that they paved the way for David Draiman to choke on the same hairball on every Disturbed song. WAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Never heard of this band before. The first song surprised me because it wasn't what I was expecting it sound. I did enjoy it but it quickly faded. Songs didn't feel original and I guess it's because they're covers or have been covered numerous times. Wasn't all bad but won't listen to again.
I respect my time too much to finish this. When every fucking song starts with a horrendously executed snare roll followed by the most soulless “owww” a white man could muster, I’m doing my ears a favor and stopping at track 7. It’s not getting better. What was the angle to white washing Chuck Berry? Was it not enough to hear John Lennon do it? At least that man actually was a fan of Chuck Berry. These dudes sound like someone put a gun to their heads in the studio and said “record these songs, or else!” WOOF
This reminds me a lot of early Beatles music in that they're a band of mediocre White guys taking songs by Black American musicians, covering them, and making them sound significantly worse. At least when the Beatles did it, it would be half of the album, but the sonics went the extra mile and gave us nothing but bad versions of someone else's songs. So then, the blaring question is "why the eff is this one of the 1001 albums you MUST hear before you die?" Why can't i just listen to Chuck Barry and go on living in the bliss of not knowing this cover band from Tacoma Washington ever existed? I'm at the point where I'm pissed off at the very idea of this list and the fact that some babyboomer from England decided he had the best music taste in the world and he should publish a book about how much everyone should listen 1001 albums worth of it.
They literally just scream so much. It fits their time frame so well and I’m sure this is great to go sip your milkshake at the drive in but not so much for me.
I’m catching up and the group chat ripped this album apart. I low key dig the intro song tho. This feels like a band all the members of The Doors like and I’m hearing some Morrison-esque stuff here. I actually dig this. They’re well treaded covers but they feel quite a bit more rough and rock. This feels like songs Quonten Tarrantino writes whole movies for. This feels like music dudes with pompadours listen to when they get slicked up. These songs feel like they’d be featured on a PBS 10 disc compilation of “Sounds from the Sixties, when peace, love, and fun, was a way of life.” The most annoying person you’ve ever met will claim this is one of their favorite bands. All that being said, this might be my preferred version for a few of these songs. I like the vocals, I like how messy it is, I like the lofi feel. It really feels like it paved the way for the garage rock of the 2000s. The Strokes don’t exist without The Sonics.
A couple of decent tracks padded out with covers. Nothing special.
Overall, not a bad album, quite enjoyable playing in the background, but you can definitely feel that it is a bit outdated nowadays. I'm sure it was pretty cool back in the day, but now it's just a bit meh.
*Love the low quality production- very proto-punk *Their original stuff is good- I'd give it a 5 if there wasn't so many covers *I would have totally been into this if I was a teenager at the time
Mid 60s distortion heavy rock that makes me think about Johnny B Goode. Several songs are near copies of themselves. It’s not offensive but does wear thin after a while. 2/5
its good but meh at the same time…
I’d never listened to the Sonics before this. I only knew of them as one of the many genre pushing musical acts sounded off in LCD’s aging hipster bop Losing my Edge. But man, this kick ass. And it must have scared the shit out of the establishment in 1965. Just as parents had begrudgingly begun to accept the Beatles as here to stay, the Sonics drop this and deliver on the promise of rock n roll to consistently disrupt the status quo. I loved this - it’s basic punk. Wailing vocals, loud, hard sounding drums. It adds up to music with an edge. While I doubt this will be a mainstay in my rotation, I’m heartened to know this exists, and I know I’ll be back when the mood strikes. Solid 4! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meh covers
I don't get the hate for this album. It's a pretty good proto punk or proto garage rock sound. If I don't know the band when I get my album for the day I always try to guess at what the sound is (based on the name and year) and this time I was way off by saying Surf or a kind of Pop Rock. It was a good freshman album and I would like to hear more.
It's pretty one note but the sound kicked off some garage sound in rock I guess so that is something.
Dig the early garage screamer style. Glad the half-cover/half-original albums went away, though I gotta admit, they land a couple of those covers. Fortunately there's enough original content here to keep it fun.
Perfectly good screaming - virtually the end of Meat is Murder. Ridiculous buzzing too. Terrible version of Roll Over Beethoven. I don't know why this is better received by listeners here than Junkyard by The Birthday Party is; that's just as sloppy, but more immersive. The gothics of Junkyward are truly grotesque, whereas The Witch is a tame effort. The Birthday Party is trying to get at something. The Sonics are just trying to get through the songs. The Sonics’ significance is supposed to be their influence: they were from Tacoma, and grunge came from the same postcode. Yes, Mark Arm liked the screaming. Yes, Cobain fancied the drum sound. But these were passing infatuations in a polyamorous marriage with Kiss, Aerosmith, and Black Sabbath - the actual gods of their adolescence. Grunge did not spring fully formed from this garage. And it would have formed anyway. 1 I have very little to say about this. The Sonics suck. The production would be commendably awful if it wasn’t mainly in the service of recording worthless covers of songs that were bate out by 1965. An attempted second listen was aborted after a few waoows. 1/5
1965 was a while ago but not sure these guys were breaking any ground at that point. I like it though.
Not a bad album, even if most of the songs are covers, a few of them slap. They do seem to have been quite influential, so they get some extra points there. But I did get a bit tired of the repetitive sounds and screaming from the singer.
I’d never heard of these guys before. They had a pretty decent sound and the covers don’t bother me. That was so common back then when the majority of bands didn’t write much of their own stuff. They put their own cool spin on the songs. The screaming got annoying, but I think I get what they were trying to do with their sound. I do like how it sounded fuzzy and unpolished at times. I don’t think I’ll listen to this album again, but I’m happy I heard it.
This one need to be listened to at high volume, preferably in a residential area. Fun, punchy party rock from the 60's. Weaponized covers made their own. Distortion used like a sixth member of the band. Influential? maybe not. Fun and boppy? Hells yes! My rating: 5/5
So forgettable.
pretty good!
...meanwhile at the production meeting: "So how about you, playing some songs that are already famous?! But maybe we add something new to it..like screaming?" Fav: The Witch
Groupe inconnu. L'album est constitué de reprises bien énervées de standards rock, et de quelques compos (une minorité). Rien d'original donc, mais pas désagréable à écouter ... une fois. =>2/5
Familiar tunes but prefer listening to the original artists mostly.
[Paragraph of 60s slang] [WAAAAA!!] [Instrumental] I enjoy this more as a piece of history than music
Liked the sound but not the lyrics, very generic
too old
Probably a small step towards the rawness of garage rock/proto-punk etc, but it's still very much at the '50s rock 'n' roll' end of the scale (as evidenced by all the covers), so it doesn't seem like an especially significant album to me.
Ganske tøft, men blir litt mye i store doser.
A great album. Pure fire.
Some classic song covers on here but it didn't do my headache much good.
To me this is just some white guys trying to sound like Little Richard.
LOVED this one. So much fun. Just rip roaring renditions of some great rock n roll tunes. 4.5/5
interesting that i knew one song from a commercial - pretty middling though
A fun Little Rock and roll garage rock album of the early 60s but nothing insanely special. It’s mostly covers and I prefer covers by other artists or the originals of them, and the originals aren’t particularly good. But it’s a fun time
It’d be a 1 if it wasn’t of the 60s
not my thing
This album was so freaking cool. I loved the blend of rock and roll, blues, and surf rock. All of these songs were bops and I had a great time dancing and bopping to this album. I would 100% listen to this album again. Too much fun to listen to!
overall a very underwhelming album, nothing stood out to me. i liked roll over beethoven, but that is not even their original composition, neither did they sing it better than the original. the vocals were mehh... at a certain point it was just noise
Garage rock at its origin, great energy
6/10
So many covers..
1. uuitch - 1 2. Love - 0 3. Roll - 0 4. Boss - 0 5. Dirty - 0 6. Travel - 0 7. Psycho - 0 8. Money - 0 9. Dog - 0 10. Time - 0 11. Nine - 0 12. Molly - 0 A BUNCH OF COVERS DOESN'T MAKE AN ALBUM WTF
Not good
Pretty cool old school sounds with some very good covers!
This is #day383 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... let's rock! Or, shall we? I've never heard of this band before. But, hearing the first couple of songs on the record, I seem to understand what they were doing. It's crazy to think it's only 1965 outside. The thing is raw, loud, and completely unhinged. Those psycho squawks, though... Liking sax interpolations. Let it be a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day384.
Fun little album! Its rating is hurt by having so many covers but it was kinda the way it was, and they were covered well. Real gritty recording actually gave it more interest to me, highlighted the garage-style rock, vocals were energetic and I’m sure made people want to get up and dance. 4/5
1965. Shouting and hollering kind of early rock. So many of these tracks are totally iconic!
Paras garagelevy ikinä!!! 5/5
Klassista rock'n'rollia parhaimmillaan! Puoli tuntia kovaa ajoa. 4/5
I'll concede the point about this being influential blah blah blah but at the end of the day i just don't find it enjoyable to listen to
Awesome
Out of 12 songs, only 4 are original?
Very fun early rock and roll
I liked this album of mostly covers way more than I expected. Great energy.
Я зазвичай або стримано, або негативно до раннього гаражного року, але цей альбом мені сподобався. В першу чергу авторські пісні. Той самий Psycho топовий бенгер з гітарою з сьорф-року. З іншої сторони дуже багато каверів і деякі не витримують критики. Я думаю навіть в 65 році каверити Roll Over Bethoven мало бути западло.
Я зрозумів що гаражний рок 60х це точно не моя музика.
Rad. I’m hooked.
With that gritty sound and so many familiar covers, this would be a good late night bar album.
Underpinned with too, too many mediocre covers to be on this list
This was fun. 'Night Time is the Right Time' is a standout, but the rest feels like early Beatles without the buzzing energy.
These songs are great whether you record them in a garage or at Hitsville U.S.A., but I'm more into the Motown versions.
Takes me back to 1960s Seattle. You can hear how Mudhoney was inspired by this. Can't listen to this album without dancing!
Punk on diapers! Good songs :D
Dreadful. Amateurish.
it's like if the beatles were alternative and i feel exceedingly neutral about both of them. u can definitely see the #influence they've had on music but like... can't music be more than that?????
This is fun. They really go for it and I can totally see their influence. A lot of covers but they do them well and o like the originals too. A nice wee find from the generator
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An alright album that reminded me of I want to say the Clash but not quite. It wasn't quite punk/rock but had a bit more distortion than standard pop. Not in a hurry to go back and listen to it but nothing too offensive.
Classics!
Fast and fun. It's clear that they didn't have a lot of peers to lean on when creating there sound and I think that should count for something. However some of the vocal tricks get a bit tired after a while.
Half the songs are covers, am I rating them or Chuck Berry, Barry Gordie? I like the fuzz, I love the un-produced sound of it. Good enough that if I heard this coming out of a local bar\pub I would stick around for a few.
While this was fun to listen to, I'm not understanding how it ends up on this list. Is it really that unique or influential? I also felt like the singer had some interesting vocal improvisations, while being backed up by standard vocalists. It didn't mesh well.
I like their gritty sound though it can become grating. The songs do not overstay their welcome. 1965! Punk before its time. 3.2
Kind of an early punk version of the Beatles. Terrible sound quality, and way way way to many WWOOOOOWWW!! So its worth a listen, and only a quick 30 minute album.
I have no idea who The Sonics are. But 1965, I tend to like that era of rock. I find this album boring and the scream gets on my nerves. It starts to sound gimmicky because they overuse it. I’m assuming this was influential to garage rock. Lots of covers. Like the Beatles if they never left the bar in Liverpool. Not a favorite!
Fun songs from that time, recognised a few tracks. Probably wouldn't listen to again but it is fine
I don't think I would ever listen to this album again, but glad I heard it. The screeching vocals were very taxing about half way through. But I do get why this album, even if the songs were mostly covers, is on this list. These guys for sure had influence in changing how rock n roll were be played in the coming decade(s). Now I dont think they were as influencial as their cleaner cut, more buttoned-up British counter parts, The Beatles. But this is one of those album on this list where I say, "Ok Dimery, you nailed it." And 137 albums in that sentiment has not been applied very often. The album on it's own is below average, but in the context of history, it gains some merit and credit. 5.4/10 137/1001
Love the energy and the fuzzy bass. Have heard better versions of most of the covers (not least by the Beatles). Not sure its one of the 1000 best albums of all time but gave me joy.
Here are the Sonics It struck me coming off the back of The Residents that The Witch is not a million miles away from some of the tracks on Duck Stab, just with more conventional rock instrumentation setting the discordant, slightly unsettling tone. Anyhow, similar to Monks, there is a tangible sense of energy and fervor to the playing, carrying them through some rather erratic production and sound quality, but this is probably the most consistent of the 60s garage rock albums on the list, even if many of the covers are probably better performed elsewhere. The 4 original songs, although clearly influenced by the types of songs they cover, are a lot of fun, particularly The Witch, Psycho and Strychnine. The stand out track, though, is obviously Have Love Will Travel, you can see why it’s been in a few adverts, a great tune delivered with absolute conviction. Dirty Robber, Night Time is the Right Time are also good, and Walking the Dog with it’s very early Stones vibes is decent too. It’s a fun album, one of the best in the genre, but despite that, its historical context and influence it probably doesn’t have a huge amount of relistenability, so it lands as a mid-high 3. 🦔🦔🦔 Playlist submission: Have Love Will Travel
The American Kinks. No nonsense rock n roll. What the Sonics have done is take the energy of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and delivered it with overdriven guitars. And it zings. In fact it's so vibrant that even the rnb covers, if which we've all heard too many, sound fresh. If you heard this being played in a bar or pub on a night out it would still bang 60 years later. But then I am nearly *cough* years old, so maybe not the best judge of what constitutes relevant youthful energy. It's the perfect encapsulation of the emergence of guitar-led bands bringing new life to the classics, alongside their own raw take on rnb/rock.
Lo he escuchado dos veces seguidas. Son salvajes e irreverentes.
Whenever I’m craving some raw, old-school garage rock with a proto-punk vibe, The Sonics are always a go-to for me, right alongside The Seeds. This album is as straightforward as garage rock gets, but it’s incredibly raw with awesome energy and angst. I can only imagine what it must’ve felt like to hear this when it first came out, especially within the context of the early to mid-60s culture.
could i write poetry to this? y
Remember when The Black Keys used to sound like this? That was pretty cool. Wish they still did. Obviously, a very influential album that launched a Lo-Fi movement that continues today. Knock off a half-star for just a few too many yelps, screams, and "woooo!"s.
Too good for 1965
As soon as I heard the opening track (The Witch), i thought to myself, "ok, I'm gonna like this." Little did I know, the majority of the rest are covers, and mediocre versions at that. I am into garage rock, but I'm not into this.
so fun
För många covers! Men kul och garage:igt
Ah, det är de här som är Sonics! Jomen rätt sköna.
Honestly a pretty incredible sound for 1965. Imagine this coming out then, it would have been unreal. The only thing I can think of that is similar and came before is The Kinks. There's a few duds like their atrocious cover Roll Over Beethoven, but some incredible tracks as well: The Witch Do You Love Me Have Love Will Travel Psycho Strychnine
Quite enjoyed listening to this, a much rawer presentation of some classic tracks & sounds pretty impressive given it was recorded on just 2 tracks. Personally I do think some of the rave reviews from other artists is a bit OTT, but then what do I know!
Classic PNW rock n roll. This band hits you in the face, and they are going full speed the whole time. Love this energy for 1960s garage rock.
I thought this album was a lot of fun! old school raw rock and roll. Is spin this album again!
I enjoyed the energy and unpretentiousness of the rock n roll / precursor to the punk sound - on the other hand the production value hasn't aged well and I the blown out 'wwhhaaahooos' are pretty jarring after a while, plus the originals of the covers are way better (IMO) and the lyrics are basic. Quick and fun for the most part, but won't get another spin from me.
Good garage rock but idk what makes it special
He likes a scream ! 7/10
The Swans, the Soft Cell, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics, the Sonics. Loved this - so raucous, can see their influence on everything that came after.
Cool rock n roll album, with some great songs.
This was a pretty interesting one to me. Very early punk/garage-type sound. There were shades of the earlier rock sound, but definitely rougher around the edges than the typical mid-60s rock you hear. I enjoyed the listen. One downside was that the album had a lot of covers. The originals were fresh and interesting. The covers were good, but didn't offer much beyond the distinct sound being applied to them. It was also pretty similar throughout the tracks given the style. There wasn't a lot of variety there. I enjoyed it and thought it was good, though it definitely had flaws. If there were more originals I probably would've rated it higher. Even so, I'm glad I heard it. Overall: 3.25/5
I guess if this was the first rock and roll I heard it would be cool
Nothing special here…
Simple, short and straight forward rock album that gives you the early Beatles feel. Covered Roll over beethoven just like about any great band during that era and interpreted a lot of other songs as well. Like the drive and enthusiasm of the singer. The shouting at the beginning of tracks gives me stu king gizzy vibes. Black keys must have listened to Have love will travel. Love that the garage rock influence reaches this far.
Wow - punk well before punk was a thing
A little more scream-y than is generally my taste. Interesting covers.
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Meh. Not into this old lo fi shit. And enough with the screaming on every track.
Pretty punk for 1965.
He has a scream. And he wants you to hear it
Remind me of The Hives.
Is it early hard rock? Or is it Chuck Berry with bad microphones? The bad recording quality makes it hardly enjoyable. The songs are not original. All based on the same 3 chords. Why is this on this list? Trash. Edit: Ok Money & Walkin the dog were actually good. Upped from 1 to 2 stars
Don’t know why this is even in the list. Meh!!!
So a seminal garage rock/punk album that has a certain something as he yells over, mainly, a set of covers. I can understand the sound was influential but I’d be much more generous if it was originals.
Included for it's importance as an influence, rather than the actually quality of all of the songs. Still an enjoyable listen, the originals are all good, and a few of the covers are really fun through this distorted garage rock lens. This is the definitive Have Love, Will Travel as well. Doesn't overstay its welcome either. I'll be giving it a 3.
This album is sick, the Sonics are kinda like the Beach Boys cooler older brother. The vocals feel very much like punk before there was punk, but the instrumentals are very "Johnny B Goode". I had never heard of this band but I'll definitely be giving them another listen.
One of the best garage band from the 60’s. Pure raw!
Okay, 1965 covers? I can get behind the drums, but a lot of it borders on one-note tedium. I can imagine where they wanted to go with this, but I am not sure they got too far down the path.
Didn’t really need a bunch of covers but I appreciate their original material.
Their renditions lacked soul
This was way better than I might have expected. There was something in the raw energy and overloaded recording — the vocals kept blowing out the levels — that captured the power these guys were going for. It's a playlist you've heard before, but the tone and attitude make it fresh.
I've always been a fan of these guys, even though they aren't bringing much to the table in terms of original songs. (There are a few originals on here, and they're cool, but they're also pretty derivative of the artists they're covering.) But I like the cut of their amphetamine-drenched jib, especially on Have Love Will Travel. This sounds like the soundtrack to a Russ Meyer movie.
This didn't do much of anything for me. The murky production really distracted me. Mostly made me think about George Martin.
Nice short album with some decent songs. Shortness helped keep my attention. Any longer and this probably goes to a 2.
Love this album, legendary from start to finish 🤘
Found myself tapping my toes fairly often while listening to this. Not sure if a couple of the tracks were covers or not, but quite a few others certainly were. Covers and originals were both enjoyable - seems fairly raucous for the time, sort of Kingsmen-like, I think, though not sure who came first. Fun stuff.
This was decent.
More gritty than the album cover would suggest but still 60s rock, good golly miss molly etc.
Fun
Dreary covers. Would have been good in the pub, back in the day, with many beers.
An album that could only have come from the 60s, and it really works well
Punk as fuck.
Have the Sonics, will travel
The smattering of originals amongst this predominately covers collection fit nicely. Frantic at times but fun all the way through.
there were a lot of sounds going on apart from the music. i liked the classic feel to it. i like how its not remastered. the music itself was enjoyable.
What a blast!!! Dirty tunes that are before their time. No nonsense, balls out bangers that paved the way for lots of what was yet to come.
This album is really fucking cool. Truly a sound I’ve never heard before. The bridge between Buddy Holly and punk that I never would have imagined to exist.
WAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH
So I don't get this one being on here...so I had to do a little researching and I am still not sure why this is on here. First off half the songs are covers, by people that did them better. The reviews and Spotify call them punk and hard rock n'roll, maybe I am missing it but they really just did Beatles Pop for 60's Rn'B songs...musical appropriation much... The singer yells "Yooowwww" on every song so we call it pop and pushing rock, for me that doesn't really track or mean you should be considered influential. That being said I don't dislike the music, but I would much rather listen to the original artists sing their songs. Their original songs weren't bad, just not amazing. If I lived in Tacoma and they were playing at my local bar I would go, dance and sing along with the covers and go to the bar and bathroom during the original songs. I would enjoy the night dancing, but I wouldn't think they should have made it big.
"Here Are the Sonics" is a pretty unremarkable name for an album. It's old timey rock and roll. I like it! It has great energy. I like their upbeat take on some old classics. Especially enjoyed the sax solos. I think this is an interesting album because it was made in 1965 but the songs feel more like 50's rock. The Beatles released Rubber Soul in 1965 and signaled a shift away from this oldies style of rock.
It's pretty cool these guys started paving the way for the grungy garage rock sounds that eventually took the world by storm. I didn't find their covers to be better than any of the originals, but they were interesting versions of them. And their original songs were pretty good. Overall, I wasn't wowed, but kudos to garage rocking in the mid-60s.
meh.
The amount of wwWWWOOOOoooOOOOwwWWWW really irritates me
Never heard of them before despite them apparently being an influence on some reasonably big-hitters. 60s rock and blues standards done well in a fairly raw style. It was an easy listen but not one I would probably reach for again.
Hardt og tøft til å være så gammelt a gitt. 3,5/5
Bratty Attitude, Mafia 2 Radio vibes, heavy overdrive on mics, bad sound quality for 1965
The raw energy of this album was so contagious. It’s a mix of covers and originals, with all songs being full of that same garage rock energy. I had no idea that Have Live Will Travel was as old as this, as it’s frankly timeless. I honestly that it was made for that LV advert (dum diddy dum diddy dwee dwee dum dum…). This version was far better though. This is alt rock before alt rock was a thing.
Raw 60's rock and roll. Meh.
How can an album full of covers with just extra 'aaaaoooowwws' be worthy of inclusion on this list. Surely 'influence' alone shouldn't count that much.
Beach Boys, but less beach and more boy AHHHH
I'm sure it's of some archeological interest to dig up these muscial bones to understand the evolution of music, but we already have plenty of fully reconstructed skeletons of the 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 and this adds nothing. A 3 for the music here, a weak 2 for its AYMHBYDness.
An excellent example of early US-based Garage Rock. I would have liked more originals than covers, but the few originals are great. An early precursor for more accomplished US based Garage and Proto Punk music (MC5, Stooges, etc). There were not many bands like the Sonics in 1966, that’s for damn sure.
Fun for the time, I'm sure, but I wouldn't ordinarily listen to something like this at home.
Feels like the progenitor of much of the music I've listened to. Really good
Super good
I spent about four years in a garage punk band where we played a cover of Strychnine at about twice this speed and with half the ability. It introduced me to this incredible band and I’ve loved this album ever since. It’s a proper raw, fuzzy, distorted blast of glorious noise and I recommend it wholeheartedly. 10 out of 5 from me.
Too many cover versions. The originals were fine. Like the lo-fi production
The algo works in mysterious ways. Earlier this week I mentioned the ! in the US version of Dare and now an album with 6 !s in the full title appears, which is surely too much even by US standards? Looking at the song writers for this energetic but mainly cover album - Berry Gordy, Chuck Berry, Richard Berry - something like Assorted Berries or Berry Medley would have been a better title?
Interesting for its relatively raw, hard sound for the era, but far too many middling covers to be of true note. A 2 would be harsh. Strychnine and the song of the advert were both good tracks. A generous 3, but a good inclusion in the list.
Really good, but surprising how many covers bands had on albums
Hard to judge this based on over half of the songs being rock 'standards'. That said the performances are fucking incredible, proper garagey proto-punk. That drum sound is fucking insane for 1 microphone, super hard hits driving everything into that lovely crispy saturation. The originals are okay, by no means bad, but the real highlight here is the Have Love Will Travel cover. Its just groovy as fuck, such a hard riff. The cover of Money is also pretty standout, though I will say the Flying Lizards version is head and shoulders above any other. Also gotta praise the 29 minute length, perfect length for punk music. Favourites - The Witch, Boss Hoss, Have Love Will Travel, Money, Strychnine
Not much to say about this one, mostly covers with a pretty slapdash recording sound. Decent performances, will give it a blanket 6/10
Tykkäsin! Tutun kuuloista, mutta kappaleet ja artisti ei silti sanoneet mitään.
Liian rosoinen äänimaailma omaan makuun. Genrenä menee varmaan jo jonkinlaiseksi punkin esigenreksi eli "protopunkiksi"
Tämä oli hyvä levy! Kyseinen pumppu oli uusi tuttavuus.
Not awesome
I feel like 60s garage rock would best be served on a list like this with a greatest hits compilation. Just get it over with. This is done, but it’s the same thing throughout. Revolutionary in a sense, but also boring
The quality is really bad in the one I found and desperately needs a remaster. The Album Itself though is alright. It sounds like an old jukebox. It's just really hard to listen to with the quality it's at though, sadly, so I can't really enjoy it that much. 4/10
3,5/5
Goed om te luisteren
Pretty good
While I can appreciate bands like this that paved the way for many bands I listen to today and the sound they helped create I can't get in to this at all. The recording sounds way to bad and the levels are all over the place.
Me gusta el rockabilly, peroooooo siento que no es tanto lo mio, i mean los sonidos son como para ponerlo en una rocola, pero no me gustó tanto, ademas los gritos del inicio tienden a volverse repetitivos, creo que le daré dos estrellas y media, en su tiempo quizas esto era lo mejor, no es malo eso es seguro, pero no es tanto de mi gusto, como para ponerlo en una cafeteria en estados unidos en eel estado de texasa hahaaha
Classic rock n roll
This is loud, screamy, and fuzzy. Not entirely awful, mostly because it's short (12 songs; 29 minutes). I can totally get that this was influential on a lot of subsequent artists. Too much screaming for my taste.
I can see how they influenced a lot of early punk bands, but this isn’t for me
Garaje desde la costa oeste, en el 64, de cuando aún estaban haciendo melodías la mayoría de grupos. Esto es otra cosa muy distinta e influyente, desde los Stooges, MC5, Cramps, JAMCH... aquí a lomos de crudas y destartaladas versiones de clásicos del rock. Fundamentales.
78% Best: The Witch; Dirty Robber; Money; Strychnine Must-Hear? Nah
A harsh but passionate sound. Rough vocals. Soulful instrumentals. High energy, they really went for it.
Wild. I've never heard of the Sonics. The Witch is pure garage rock. And I really dig rock and roll sax. The drummer gives these tracks a frantic energy that saves a lot of the covers that every band seemed to do at the time. The only bummer is I'm just now hearing this for the first time. A real snapshot of the music scene in '65. Stellar album in my opinion.
Sounds like a bunch of angry teens broke into a studio, screamed into the mic, and somehow invented punk by accident.
I guess this is historically important, but listening today is less than fulfilling. No better than OK
Obviously a very 60s sound. Some quite good covers but nothing that really grabbed me
They may be Sonic but they’re not SuperSonic
Never heard of them before, but I like their sound. Shame there’s only 4 of their songs on the album as these are good. Covers are ok if nothing special. Could do with a remaster.
ENERGY!!! THIS HAS SOOOOO MUCH ENERGY!!! LOVE IT!!!
Pretty good. They did some great covers
This was a rocking good time. I had already pit a couple of these songs on a 60's playlist, but I hadn't listened to the whole album yet. Are some of these covers? We'll, it jammed. I'll give this a 3.
With a name like The Sonics and an album released in 1965, I expected lush, spacious atmospheres of sound that would usher in Revolver and Pet Sounds. Here Are the Sonics is basically a raw recording of a garage band. I don't know their story. Did they meet in an orphanage and devote all their earnings to save homeless and starving children? Did they separate Pangea into separate continents? Did they teach Hendrix to play guitar, or introduce Elton John to Bernie Taupin? Whatever their value is in the annals of music, it can't be for the music itself. Regardless of my expectations and immediate letdown, I see no value in this album being in the 1001 Best Albums list. The album is mostly covers done more poorly than the versions you've come to know and love. This singer needs to add the moniker "Howlin'" in his name. He repeats this howl on the same note song after song, like a harmonica that had one really worn-in reed you can bend with enough breath in order to add character while the rest of the notes remain sterile. He's a one trick pony; his band bought Mick Jagger off Temu. Three songs in, I was ready to quit, but I wanted to honor this project and give it a respectful listen. I was never rewarded for this respect. Lather, rinse, repeat. All flash and little substance. The piano and horns were good, though.
I actually like this type of 60's garage band sound. It seems this sorry of thing really had a moment in the PNW. Despite being the mid-60's, this was already leaning toward punk. Punk attitude, loud, brash. "Who cares if we don't sound technically correct? We made noise with our instruments." They didn't really seem to have their own songs, which would have made them more enduring, perhaps. They may not have achieved the great heights of other bands of their era, but I see them as having planted seeds that would be fully realized with other groups later.
Nice, good to hear some classics, and wild that it is so old. Fun to hear, won't revisit.
Garbage. Unadulterated garbage. It was painful listening to crappy versions of Do You Love Me and Roll Over Beethoven. The final nail in the coffin was their flat version of Good Golly Miss Molly.
This is all really cool, Walkin’ the Dog was my favorite. What a buncha studs.
More raw and aggressive than I was expecting. I bet Joey Ramone loved this
Real rockers
While I agree that Garage Rock deserves some spots on this list, there are tons of better representatives than this. How about something with less than 9 covers?
Man this goes hard af even today. The Sonics are essentially the godfathers of garage rock and while I wish there was less covers on this, but the energy in infectious. These guys just had something that everyone else at the time just didn't. 9/10
I like their covers, and some of their originals aren’t too bad.
4 for the album overall, but 5 for their original songs - especially “Strychnine” - going to have to check out more
Co to w ogóle jest. Większość tej płyty to covery. Zero oryginalności. Cała płyta ma mniej niż 30 minut. Przyjemny to rock n roll, ale czy to jest coś więcej niż soundtrack do sprzątania mieszkania? Nie wydaje mi się. 4.5/10 i nie będę tym razem równać w górę, bo mnie to zirytowało.
It’s okay. Good energy and performance, but it’s about as 60s as you can get.
What a sonic punch to the ears! This was fun, rollicking, and glorious. I love it!
This album is a bit of a mixed bag. Even for the 60s the production is rough, and lots of these songs have been done “better” by other artists. At the same time, you can hear the influence this had on other artists and genres. There’s not a lot of proto-punk and garage rock from this era on this list, so I appreciate it’s here. Plus The Sonics are a local group, so I have a soft spot for them like I do other Seattle and Washington State acts. But this was enjoyable, and it was short, which is a plus most of the time on this list. This deserves its spot on the list, and when you take the time period into account, it’s actually pretty good and groundbreaking.
2+ Stars (6/15)
4/5. This is a bold album to be released at this time. It still definitely feels dated at times but if someone told me this was released late 70s or 80s, that would also not be surprising, if this was an intentional production. This was actually fun to listen to and the screaming into breaking audio adds to the fun, even if it did become a gimmick after some time. I like the covers but the original songs were usually better just because it was new and creative. This was definitely a statement, and I can easily see how this inspired the heavier more punk/grunge bands down the line. Best Song: The Witch, Psycho, Roll Over Beethoven
oldies
Intriguingly familiar
Very danceable with so many classic songs! Not my style however :')
Great
There’s not a lot to this but what there is, is a lot of fun