Reviews (page 5 of 9)
Was not expecting this for 1965. Incredibly novel and genre-expanding for garage rock and punk.
The sound quality is terrible and there are far too many standard covers on the album. However, it's easy to hear how this album influenced the punk bands that came after it. It just has that energy that comes with listening to punk music. The original songs are far better than the covers.
Classic album, paved the way for many other bands!
where's knuckles
Pretty good for something from 1965! I was pleasantly surprised by this one. 3.8
I hear the early punk in this, that’s cool. But there sure are a lot of covers on this album - too many, really, to include on this list. Maybe if they were definitively better than the originals? Or if the originals were obscure? But neither is true.
There are alot of covers on this album, but for the most part it wasn't to bad
Total blast of an album. It's from 1965 so the song structures (12-bar blues) and sonic asethetic is well worn, but the energy comes across big time. Proto punk, fast and loud and fun. Would revisit. 4/5
The Witch is like. Type O' Negative way before Type O' Negative was a thing. and for that only they get two stars
Great music
60s garage band doing mostly covers. Eh.
Blue eyed soul/50s garage band. Nothing special.
Great album!
Wasn't sure what to make of this. A bunch of covers and because of that I wasn't sure what, if any, of these were originals. Did a bit research and I understand these guys have been thought to "lay the groundwork" for later punk. Okay...fine. But I just can't get into punk and while this may have ground breaking in 1965, I can't put myself in that time and now it just seems to be a whole lot of guttural "waaaaaaaaaaaaa" noises mixed in with some decent covers.
Decent garage versions of some classic tunes. I see the alleged influences but too many exclamation points and too much screaming “WOW!” to needlessly punctuate a song.
Garage rock in its birthday suit. Zero polish, no pretense. Just primal riffs and frantic drums like the mics were duct-taped to the ceiling. I admire the guts to release something this raw and barebones back then. It’s over before you know it. Not essential, but I get why it exists on this list. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Do You Love Me - Roll Over Beethoven - Money - Good Golly Miss Molly
This is pretty neat, they stand apart from their peers in this era just due to the sheer bite they put in each of their songs. That being said. I'd still say their covers kinda miss the mark more often than not. Night Time Is The Right Time is a summation, like the usual blues riff inspired songs of the era and later, its repetitive and unless you're a fan of that genre there isnt much here for you, strong vocals aside.
If the 1950s had a punk scene it would be these guys. This album is fun but I don’t think I’ll ever return to it
How many times can one hear a grown man yell “WAAAAOOOOOOWWWWW!” before it grates on their sanity? It seems to me that this is here more for being an influence and being name checked by later bands(notably Kurt Cobain of Nirvana) instead of standing on its own.
2 songs in and sitting at 5 stars. Love the grittyness and grudgier feel of that cheerful 60s pop band typical feel. Like an edgier cover garage band. Wish it was less covers which might drop to 4. Like the white stripes or black Keyes but in the 60s. Think first 5. Listened through the album multiple times today
This is wild and just the sort of random album this list is great for. I can see how this influenced The Stooges and on--truly ahead of their time. Might get to 4.5 for me.
Sludgy, raucous, and a lot of fun. Maybe a few too many "wowwwwws" by the lead singer though
First of all, this album is perfect the way it is. That said, this album sounds like absolute shit, lol. I don't think I've heard a worse sounding album this side of black metal. The drums sound awful, the guitars/bass gets buried a lot of the time in the mix. It sounds like a live record recorded in their grandma's basement. But again, I wouldn't have it any other way. It gives it charm. Mostly the songs worth anything on this record are the covers and not the originals. They really add a hard punk edge to the covers that's great. The Originals I could take or leave. You can definitely tell when they're covering something and when they're playing originals (even if you don't know the originals). Strychnine is probably their best original. As much as I'm enjoying this record, I can't give it more than a 3 purely due to mostly being a covers record.
This isn't really a genre I'm a big fan of, and while I enjoy some of the original works they covered, I don't feel like their versions brought enough to the table to justify their existence. More than once I thought I was listening to the same track and the song had actually changed, so that's not ideal.
Кое-что неплохо, но в целом не зашло
Standard British invasion stuff, nothing very original or different - the best tracks are cover versions of blues and early rock standards also covered by other British artists of the time.
the original compositions are really good but they are few and far between the just ok covers
Brought grit to some classic songs. Hard to believe this is 1965! Loved it.
Total bops
3.5
A garage rock album that's actually been recorder in a garage, it seems. God, that recording quality... Yes, most albums from the 60s sound terrible by today's standards (and are not made for headphones), and I don't usually complain about this, but this album is so awfully mixed and mastered and sounds so crusty and peaky and that actively destructing. Outside of that, this album is actually great. Chaotic, extremely fun, and energetic. It has a couple of slower songs that are not on par with the rest, but overall it’s still very enjoyable.
из наушников ещё как-то, но из колонок очень... назовём это блэк киз. громко и прижато и гитара эта что ли. нет, спасибо
WOAHHHHHHUGHHH *some blue chords* WOAAHHHHHHUGHHHYUUIIIKkolluwheudhek
Rock n roll band playin rock n roll. Not reinventing the songs we all know, but playing them loud and proud. 5/5.
Not my thing
An uncreative covers band that you could find in many a music venue. Why are they on the list?
Holy hell these guys are fun
Really enjoyable
Being from Seattle this was a great one. Although I’m only in my 30s this reminds me of being at house parties as a kid. Even without the nostalgia factor I love this record. The sort of gritty way it’s recorded. The lead singer’s scream. The covers they chose. Anyway. Love this shit. 10/10
Really good 💯
The mid-60s saw a large upsurge in garage bands in the USA, largely inspired by the "British invasion", and mostly I guess by the the Stones and the Beatles. I don't really understand why this album makes it into this list as it's largely covers and pretty derivative stuff. What about The Standells, The Barbarians, The Chocolate Watchband, The Kingsmen and so on and so on. Yes, this is fun to play, but it's not an essential album to my ears, though I know garage bands like this had influence beyond their apparent musical abilities. I have a compilation by the Sonics that includes the tracks on this album, so it's not that I dislike it.
is this the beginning of punk rock? it's hard to know for sure if the Sonics were even fully aware of what they created here. this crudely recorded set of covers (and a few original songs), fronted by the unrestrained hollers of Gerry Roslie, feels like a true evolution in the art of raucous rock 'n' roll. as RYM user Nurah's review puts it, the Sonics are the missing link between Little Richard and The Stooges. Kurt Cobain was also a massive fan of this album in particular, especially its drum sound (an entire kit, recorded with a single microphone, played super hard). the exclamation points all over the top of the album artwork are a clear indicator of just how vivacious and over-the-top this music is, especially for 1965. all that being said, once again, I find myself in a situation with a 1001 album where I think the wider impact that this music had is just a bit more interesting than the music itself. thankfully, these 12 tracks fly by in under half an hour, so it's hard to feel like I wasted any time. decent 7/10.
The beginning of the Seattle scene and man does it cook. Love this band.
High energy and a lot of fun. I was going to give them a higher rating but a lot of the songs were covers.
This is like having your family guilt trip you into going to see your cousins cover band at some bar you never heard of on a Tuesday night. The drinks are watered down, none of your family shows up so the entire place is empty except for you and a bartender who would rather be anywhere else. They play and you discover why no one else is there but your cousin thinks you must be a great fan of the music, gives you a CD, and insists on listening to it together. That CD is this.
Sounded a little rough
New York's finest!!!
Actually know most of the songs on this album and they're decent. However the listening experience was violently hindered by the nuts scream every 2 seconds that made me what to blow my brains out
2.8 2x nice covers
Lowfi production. Mostly covers and the orginal compositions didn’t do anything for me. Way too many “Wwwooows” screams.
Honestly pretty good. Doesn’t sound original but I don’t really see it as worse than for instance, Please Please Me. I think in terms of timeline I am not super impressed - 1965 is hardly quick on the uptake for this kind of stuff. But it’s well done, has a unique grunginess to it that I like, and it’s just fun.
I wanted to like it more.
Love the 60s garage rock sound and a TON of big hits on the album too!
I was quite skeptical of this, as it's quite old and sounds pretty rough at times. But a couple of the songs here kicked ass. It helps that I already like the R&B songs they're covering, but their versions were undeniable. "Have Love Will Travel" was the song where I was convinced, then I had a great time the rest of the way through.
Who? Sounds so dated now. Unremarkable, includes some terrible covers, for example, "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Walking the Dog".
It's fine, but we'll ok. 1st garage band album - whatever that is if it's a real thing. lot of early rock n rockabilly that predates this, that sounds well the same so not sure about that 1st moniker. So yeah I like it cause like this kind of stuff. 4 Star
No. They're wrong. I don't have to hear this, ever. FFS, this is absolute sh*te. Four fourteen year olds in their dads shed with instruments they hadn't seen til yesterday. The only reason to listen to this is to show how much better the Beatles and all the rest of the "British Invasion" band could play.
Really makes me want to start a garage band except I'm 40 and don't own a garage. Or have musical talent.
Zero skips, all bangers. One of the most influential bands of all time with one of the best albums. The origin of punk right here. A true piece of history. I cannot overstate how important this album is!!! Not only to me but to the way the punk and eventually new wave genres were formed! Even if you don't know this album, you are all but guaranteed to know a couple of songs. The Sonics permeate our culture. The sound is incredible. Loud hard drums, passionate vocals, banging sax, a distinct feeling of the best music ever to be made in a garage.
Aaaah super! Je me suis justement réveillé à matin avec l’envie profonde d’écouter des covers de grands classiques rock & roll mixé tout croche avec un gars qui crie “WOOOOOOOOOOOO” au 5 secondes dans le microphone le plus cheap du dollo! QUELLE COÏNCIDENCE!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Kinda good except screams
I like this just fine. It's inconsistent but when it's good it's really good. Almost all the songs are covers and there's nothing really special about the covers, but it has a raw and raunchy punk energy for 1963. At least the beginning and end of it does. Some of it is honestly boring and just reminds me of early Beatles, but not as good. I can see how you could see this as punk before punk. It's really timeless in songs like Strychnine and The Witch, especially if you like noise rock and garage rock revival and stuff like that. But not all of it is timeless. I would say the middle chunk of it mostly feels like second tier early '60s rock and roll. Filing this under "cool but I don't think I'll ever listen to it again".
To my shame I'd never heard of the sonics. Some great classic rock and roll, I hear a direct line to The Stooges at the very least, can definitely see the protopunk vibe. Reminds me of "with the Beatles" but with sharper edges
It makes no sense having a cover band on this list.
Loved getting an unfamiliar album from 1965. And it sounded great. Some songs you would know from the period, and some originals, but all with that proto-punk energy you hear only occasionally from this time period. (I’m thinking of songs like the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” or the Who’s “My Generation.”) Great guitar work, too. The reviews indicate that others know of this band and their influence on the next decade’s punk movement. I guess I’m glad to finally get on board.
This is a really fun, energetic, and joyful album. It arrives at the right time, and you wonder if they had been from the UK, could they have kept it together and made that transition to solid rock band. But don't let their lack of future development keep you from enjoying this little gem. Like its peers, it has its share of familiar tunes, however, there are some great lesser known tracks that delight. Boss Hoss and Walking the Dog are still ringing in my ears. Great stuff.
Just about a 4. I enjoyed it but it did start to get a bit samey. Fortunately, it's half hour run time meant it didn't outstay its welcome. Also, this is the 3rd cover of Good Golly Miss Molly so far. I wonder if the original is on here.
I like it... I do... but the quality just sounds like it was recorded through temu mics.
Fantastic early rock, that said, I am biased given that I'm from Washington state and have lived in Seattle for almost 30 years now. It's wild to think these guys were playing at the same time as the Beatles. A totally different wavelength.
I had never heard of The Sonics before. I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed this album. It had a lot of early rock classics, but the band has a very raw sound that adds character to these songs. It was like hearing them all fresh. I could see how this album was influential to a lot of genres/artists. Overall- very good album
This was incredible. It was great music all around, but also for this to come put in 1965 is insane. Super innovative and limit pushing.
That's a LOT of high-pitched wows/waaaaahs and similar screams, and too loud in the mix. Well. "Mix", as if this had actually been mixed.
It’s ok, about what you would expect from the 60’s. It’s good but I don’t really see what the fuss is about or why it made this list. But I enjoyed it, I just don’t think I would ever go back to it.
This is so defiantly stripped-back that the personality is almost lost in its minimalism, not helped by this being mostly covers rather than band material. “The Witch”, which is their own, has a sexy menace that I want more of.
Great sounding early garage rock. Song selection is a bit rudimentary, especially the self-penned ones, but "Have Love, Will Travel" in particular is worth the price of admission.
Meget gammel lyd - Egentlig ok musik, men kvaliteten er for dårlig
this is some sort of punishment
7/10
Nice! Raw and grungy..
I dunno, it's pretty good. It's kinda fun to listen to. Like I don't see myself in any situations where I would itch to put this on, but if it's on I'm not rushing to switch it up. I actually love the lo-fi scrappy recording quality, it gives it a really early punk edge. There are a ton of covers and few of them are as good as their originals. I guess this is really just a 3-star album, but I think it's one of those weird 3-star must-listens...I do really think everyone should give this album at least one spin, it's worth at least that lol. ML #97
Yahoo
Favorite Track: Have Love Will Travel
++: Do You Love Me, Roll Over Beethoven, Boss Hoss, Dirty Robber, Have Love Will Travel, Psycho, Money (That's What I Want), Walking the Dog, Strychnine +: The Witch, Good Golly Miss Molly +-: Night Time Is the Right Time 8,8/10
Ikke så meget mig først og fremmest. Proto-punk og garage rock. Proto-punk var forløberen til punk revolutionen i 70’erne hvor det dominerede meget. Har inspireret bands som the ramones og senere Nirvana. De var nogle af de første proto punk bands og de var nærmest med til at opfinde “lo-fi” hvor det meste er indspillet meget råt og ikke perfekt og på dårligt equipment. Ja nærmest i en garage.
very fun! i love how wacky the mix is, how loud and fuzzy
Ich habe ja nichts gegen Rock'n'Roll, aber das hier war nicht gut. Der Gesang war eher Geschrei und die Instrumente klangen irgendwie rau und dumpf.
At first I thought, ugh another 60s album. But no! This was awesome!
Solid proto garage rock. Fun but not a lot of repeat value.
Not my cup of tea.
Do I love straight strychnine? Boy do I. I love the.gibbering rush of Psycho and the unholy clatter of Strychnine.. both of which I was first exposed to through Nuggets, of course. My dear brother was so taken by them he passed out from giddy excitement brought on by an excess of vodka in a shop doorway. They're.that good. It's not that great an album though. Not that it hangs around long enough to worry about it!
so.... much.... shouting
Here is Timon's review: S ängelhafte und s überpitchte geschreie vom Sonic het mi uf de heireis schön in Schlaf gwieget. Und wenn de Sonic ned persönlich i mis ohr gschräue het, denn ihres viel zluute saxophon oder welles Instrument das au gsii isch. Ufjedefall isch viel gschraue worde und es isch mer vorcho als wär das ihres konzept gsi s ganz Album zwei Stuufe z luut ufzneh das sich uf de Boxe oder uf de Chopfhörer au sicher alles überschlaht. Trotz weggedöse, !!!!!! GIBI DENE SIECHE NUR ZWEI PÜNKT, DEFÜR DIE LÜTISTE WO DER VORSTELLE CHASCH!!!!!! !!!
Herr is the neduzen. Ich glaub da wär vill potential ume gsi, eis zwei jahrzehnt später und chline tweaks vum stil. Zum bispel mit chli meh disco oder shoe gaziger. De rocknrolly gsehni, aber isch ez nöd würki mid unf guet. Times over. Herr goes the neduzen
Nice rock
This is a good enough listen and all but this list has shown me how unoriginal music used to be in a lot of ways... and that's even before you think abt the appropriation!
Kinda cool production and noisiness and maybe quite influential idk but mostly I hated listening to it
Making art in a garage … is cool as fuck
So goddamn good. It's a tragedy these guys didn't get way bigger and have a major influence on pop/rock music in the mid-60s rather than years later.
Had a few moments sounding a bit same-y, but it rocked. 3.5/5
Þessa gutta fílaði ég en það ætti ekki að koma á óvart. Ég elska svona gamaldagsrokk og þeir eru með ábreiður af gömlum slögurum í bland við eigið efni í svipuðum dúr. Mig langar samt frekar að hlusta á gömlu meistarana en gott stöff
This was a total blast and completely unexpected. More 60s garage rock.
The Sonics once said to us that they’d solved the equation for a successful album. They said, write a couple of decent songs, then just do some decent rock n roll covers! Great advice. Houmous & Chutneys next album ‘A Couple of Decent Songs, Then Some Decent Rock n Roll Covers’ was a hit! 3.3
Той хто читає цей канал певний час, певно вже помітив, що я є великим поціновувачам «сирого» lo-fi звучання якщо воно іде на користь атмосфері або «підсилює» енергію як таку. І напевно найулюбленішим моїм жанром, де «сире дзижчання» гітар та «глухі» барабани перетворюються у справжнє мистецтво, є #garagerock І The Sonics є класичним його представником. Це саме той «первинний»гаражний рок, що поєднував у собі елементи #surfrock та #rockabilly із енергією класичного рон-н-ролу, який переживав у 60-х не найкращі часи. Та саме своєю нестримною, та навіть, в якійсь мірі, «істеричною» енергією цей альбом мені сподобався значно більше ніж ті самі The Electric Prunes. І щоб зрозуміти про що я, достатньо навіть послухати найяскравіший, в цьому плані, трек - Psyho. Саме такий гаражний рок, в якому відчувається дух старого доброго рок-н-ролу, який сміливо можно назвати «прототипом» для майбутнього панк року 70-х, та який став основним джерелом натхнення для ревайвлу жанру на початку нульових - дійсно має почути кожен хто, хоч трохи, цікавиться історією рок та метал музики.
Idk man
Deserves a spot on the 1001, clearly influential garage rock stuff. But not going to listen to it again.
Overall, I love the sound of the band. I don’t care for the sound of this album. And I don’t like the fact that it’s mostly covers. Give me an album full of originals and produced in better audio quality and I might love these guys.
Fairly passable impressions of Little Richard. Quite fun sounding but I guess I don't understand the context properly; why so many cover versions?
It was cool listening to it as a precursor to bands like The White Stripes or The Black Keys, but the inferior cover songs (“Do You Love Me,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Money,” etc.) distracted from their style.
Like 1960s punk
Raw sound
Rock n roll. 4 stars for the singers scream.
4 stars. Fun to listen to! Unsure if I want to loop it but there are for sure bangers I enjoy on there.
Cover album
Not a massive fan of cover bands
This was interesting based on how old it was but pretty noisy.
Garage rock dos anos 60 não é o meu estilo favorito, mas esse disco é OK.
While I do not understand the appeal of the lo-fi recording methods, to me it just sounds like the speakers albums like this are played on are damaged I don't hate this album. The musical talents of the band does still shine through. While I don't hate it I also don't love it, and do not understand how this album that contains a total of 4 original songs was ground breaking, or a must hear.
Good
This is almost like 60s grunge. Like if the Beatles first album found the distortion/scream button
Rock n Roll 101
Raw and lots of power here. I can see why this is called proto punk, you can kind of draw a pretty direct line from here to the Stooges and such. This album is decent, and is certainly something I tend to like. I just didn't find it that memorable. I'll probably give it another listen at some point though.
There are so many better bands from that era.
In this era, with a name like 'The ____s' and covers of R&B/rock classics, no one could stop you. This got play with my family when I was a kid and I think I listened to it front to back in HS! Love an album with no songs over 3min. This version of 'Have Love Will Travel' is a banger and the real standout to me. I'm sure this killed live. The SAX. The sax.
Loved the energy and groovy songs. I have heard covers of strychnine before but never the original!
had no idea this band was seattle-based too. you can easily do a mash-up between "good golly miss holly" and "roll over beethoven" (made me want to see the movie again!)
WAAAAAAOOOOOW Favorite song - Have Love Will Travel Never heard of this band before. Sounds like old The Who. The end of the record got a bit repetitive and jangly for my liking, but I did enjoy the garage rock vibes. This band was contemporary with Jefferson Airplane, but where JA's sound helped pave the way for psychedelic rock and folk rock, The Sonics paved the way for punk, garage rock, and later grunge (they were from Tacoma after all)
Dirty Robber had me groovin'
now thats what i call rock n roll !? cutie album, pleasant all around roll over beethoven - anyone making lyrics like this anymore
Got into the Sonics back in my record-spinning days in Boston and I love this album even though most songs are covers. One of the best garage rock albums and a perfect album to put on at a party or DJ set. Would give it 5 but knocking it down for it's overindulgence of covers.
Very repetitive, but was probably a hoot when new
Not bad and even kinda punk but I just wasn’t feeling it
A surprisingly enjoyable old time listen
Kinda reminds me of Paul Revere & the Raiders but with often messy production value. Middle of the road for me. I’d give it a 2.75 if I could
quality mid-60’s garage rock album featuring both originals and covers.
Early garage rock. Pretty good.
They bring nothing to these songs but insouciance. In a different age, they would have been football hooligans.
Interesting and influential, but very one note and the constant clipping on the vocals does grow tiring.
What a gem. Loved this. Although a lot of covers, and not as good as the originals, a really enjoyable listen. Great vocals. And a great spooky dark blues opener.
Hmmm. Hard to believe there weren't thousands and thousands of these type of garage rock bands. Some became more polished, some probably did it better and disappeared to only exist as a dull anecdote Grandpa tells at parties. For whatever reason, The Sonics have been dubbed influential and, if it's good enough for Nicholaus Arson, then that's good enough for me. 2 stars + 1 for The Hives.
Glorious garage noise. Apparently there was a whole PNW scene I was unaware of.
It’s raw, it’s dirty, it’s stupid, it’s repetitive, it rocks. Best song: Psycho
About 17 too many "whao'" in there, but there's just too much energy to be contained.
Great vibes. Lots of covers, but great early garage rock sound.
If I have to hear one more YEOOOWWW I’m going to lose it. 29 mins and felt like a lifetime, not for me
Fun album, got a bit repetitive by the end
A lot of familiar old, jivey, kind of jams. Not sure if they're the original artists for them but they're all fun little ditties to groove to.
First? 3,5/5 Again? 3,5/5
I liked it!
pretty incredible for 1965. Punk at it's finest.
Pretty good classic but wasnt in the mood
Proto punk of the first order
A stylized cover band. 12 songs in under 30 minutes. More like a good wedding band.
I've never heard of this band. Why is it here? It's a very amateurish sounding production and most of the songs are covers. Why in the world would I give this a 5/5? It's just fun to listen to. That's it. No boring ballads, no failed experimental stuff, just rough around the edges straight-forward rock & roll. Like the Beatles started, they mimic Little Richard's scream and Chuck Berry's guitar playing. It all works for me, but I understand if it's too sloppy for others to enjoy.
Goes harder than expected, but also mostly just covers. Wish there was more original material (The Witch slaps)
First band I straight up have never heard of. Neat! Awesome energy right off the bat and throughout. Some of these tracks sound like they could’ve been recorded decades later. Having just listened to The Beach Boys before this, the lack of harmonizing really stands out. Add more harmonies and you get something sounding like a lot of early Beatles tracks. Of course, since this came out in ‘65, the Beatles were already doing that. Lots of covers that I recognize too—makes me wonder how many covers I’m not recognizing and how many are actually original tracks. All in all glad these dudes are on my radar
-oo this is cool! I love the 50s and 60s Elvis-adjacent hard rock sound -apparently this is classified as “proto-punk” which is very interesting as a concept to me -very consistent in quality and I respect the influence the Sonics had on later artists. definitive 3.5 -Favorites are The Witch, Have Love Will Travel, and Strychnine
Straight ahead no nonsense balls to the walk rock music. Whats not to like?
I don't understand why the reviews for this album are so mixed - it's just some fellas having a blast playing music in their garage. Did they reinvent music and change history forever? Probably not, but it's short and sweet, and full of character and energy
Honestly, I was so confused why I knew half the songs until I realised most of the album is covers. The audio quality isn't great but I think they did a good job of giving enthusiasm (wAAAAAAAAOOOOOooooHHHH). Not sure if I can give them any higher considering ive heard the better versions of songs already from original artists.
Hell yeah the raw Seattle sound, rippin out the throats of pretenders, mainlining straight into souls of Mudhoney and Tad and Nirvana and Soundgarden, this shit is awesome and LOUD
Whaaaaoooow! WHaaaaa!! Whaaaaooooow! Lots of classic songs on here, good example of what is I guess classic '60s rock and roll. Enjoyed the one about strychnine
Maybe I am a snob but I really dislike when albums are just full of covers. This singer sure likes screaming huh? Wonder if there was a guy in the studio who's only job was to drop an anvil on his foot every 30 seconds
!!!This must have RIPPED in 1965!!! Favourite Track: The Witch, Strychnine Least Fav Track: Boss Hoss
I love it when I can listen to an album and it fills in a gap in the lines drawn between genres and decades. It's mostly covers of rock standards, but heavier, faster and wilder. I can see where grunge, punk and garage rock got a lot of inspiration from this, and I can see where it's getting its inspirations from. It's fun and raw and unpolished and I can imagine parents taking this record away from their children.
I mean, I like the aesthetics of this. The screamed vocals, overdriven guitars and rhythms we will later call punk. It’s just that the songs aren’t all that good, I mean it’s either pretty bad covers of Chuck Berry or pretty bad original songs. I’m sure it inspired a lot of bands I like, but I don’t like the album as is. This only belongs on such a list for historical significance I guess. Right after this one Spotify gave me The Chocolate Watchband, this really drove the one star home. The Chocolate Watchband were an amazing example of how good garage rock can be, and The Sonics are not such an example.
Quite ferocious for its time. I think some individual of the album are enjoyable, but when you listen to it as a whole, a lot of it is pretty similar to one another. Lots of covers of old 12 bar blues songs. First song was the most interesting. But it was good enough for a 3.
As punk as 50's style music can be. Some of the lyrics and imagery are surprisingly dark too lol.
im not even sure how Subversive this is or whatever, ive heard the monks, That was subversive. this is closer to just cranking the contemporary state of rock and roll to its highest extremes yet reached...the essence always feels entirely preserved and unironic, its just overclocked and caught on fire. maybe one of the most purely fun records of the entire decade!! societal and sonic tolerances for rock music have been raised immensely since its inception when it was the most gut-level exciting sound yet made by man but that excitement is still there if ur looking for it , and if ur having trouble this might be a great place to look since its just reveling and emphasizing things that were already there
Mid 60s white boy frat party
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Correcto
Their covers are not that good
Tacoma band!
A true sonic ranch.
Nah bruh
Super raw and lo-fi. If you're going to cover classics you need to add your own twist or improve it in some fashion. Not just do a worse version of it.
I like the Lo-Fi garage rock sound and DIY spirit - amping up the fuzz, shredding the vocal chords, direct raw performance, and pushing the recording into the red - but they have literally 0 ideas. They're even derivative in who they're ripping off! I'm sure this was a fun band to be in and to see live at the sock hop in 1966, but my god the mid 60s are the most over-represented era. It's as if the world would end if every micro step in the evolution of white guys learning how to play Chuck Berry and Little Richard songs wasn't represented in excruciating detail. Can't we just have the Nuggets compilation instead of all these mediocre 'proto-something interesting' albums with one ok song?
Didn’t love
Garages all across America were newfound bases for shelf and door rattling once the British Invasion dug its claws deep in the minds of the wonderfully afflicted. One of those wonderfully afflicted groups of kids, The Sonics, let their hearts and voices go wild in this all-killer, no-filler collection of covers and scattered originals that best showcased who they were and how they were to be immortalized. The kicker? They hail from Seattle, surely not the kind of place that would herald any revolution of a musical sort in later years... anyway, The Sonics, here they are!!!
3.5
7/10
I found this band to be completely relatable in the sense that I can’t play an instrument, either.
The garage band sound quality doesn’t hold up well. This is a 3.5 that might be a 4 if re-recorded with today’s equipment.
The music was pretty good and this might have been a 4, but I got exhausted from all the "woahs".
This album was a pleasant surprise. 3.5* rounding up due to the early time period for this level of rock. Probably one of those influential bands that most non-musicians didn't really know about.
Great garage rock with covers of r&b classics. The Witch kicks ass
This must have been so subversive in the mid 1960s.
While not a perfect album, the songs that stood out are "Whooaaoo"
I like this album. The band comes together and the good times flow. Lots of memorable instrumental. Lead vocal hits the extremities without losing control. I read about their influence - including on the Stooges - and thought about imitations being better or worse than originals. There are lots of covers here that have been done better but this hard edged style is pretty cool to me. For instance Do You Live Me is a good old favourite as I step - rarely - onto the dance floor, and the version I hear is softer but with the same emotion as this version. Also scratched the surface of British Invasion music and how many songs were being re recorded by lots of bands in a short space of years - like Roll Over Beethoven. All said the most memorable songs belong to other writers and so that makes this rating on style over substance.
This was decent for the sound and style they were going for, nice nod to the originals in the case of the covers.
A fun listen. I can appreciate the basic two-track recording technique used, and can definitely see how this band has been cited as influencing bands like the White Stripes. But in the end the other guys are just better: gimme The Dave Clark Five, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and The Beatles over these lads.
Really liked this, the first track grabbed me by the B’s and the rest of the record didn’t let go. Obviously some tracks here that others had more success with, but I really loved the raw energy on this.
3.75 Love me some raw garage rock and liked this more the more I listened. Can def hear the influence of bands that came after.
I think the most common take on this album is… Beatles did it better. And I agree. Totally fine, but not great. AHWAAAAAHHHHH 2.75/5
I was hoping for this to be about hedgehogs rather than Boss Hoss, but this is a nice take on a bunch of good songs. The singer sounds slightly unhinged at points which earns it an extra star.
Pretty dull, but I guess the whole point of this album is just party music to do the 60s dances.
I thought this was pretty cool - particularly liked the original songs on it, which had a great proto-punk feel to them. The covers weren't nearly as interesting though. Strong 3.
Nothing stands out here, it’s not a hard listen but not one I expect to visit often
3.5/5
Overall: 7/10 This is great! It's some of the earliest proto-punk I've heard and it's incredible knowing this is from 1965. The energy and passionate vocals (he sounds like a maniac at times) make this standout from most of the other music being made at this time. The instruments sound like weapons, as if the drums and guitars were replaced with AK-47s. If I had any major complaints it would be that there are too many covers (which was actually common at the time) and the songs start to lost steam by the end. Still, it's pretty great and I recommend it to anyone who gets sick of the old school rock n roll being made at the time. Fav Song: Psycho Least Fav Song: Roll Over Beethoven
Knew more than I expected, fun to listen to
How did that sound not break through to greater mainstream success? I can totally hear The Stooges and MC5. I can hear the Hives and the White Stripes, too. It’s massively impressive to have 60yrs worth of influence. And yet I had never heard them until this list.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW this album sucks.
Terrible production, lots of covers of rock and roll songs, lots of screaming, most of it unnecessary. The screaming is probably what killed it for me, it made my throat feel sore, and the singer seemed to be suffering too, as he sounded a bit hoarse. I didn't loathe it, but it's not getting more than 2 stars.
The highlights are incredible, including “Have Love Will Travel” and “The Witch”, but a lot of the covers/album tracks drag it down a bit. Still a fun listen. 3.5/5
Total waste of time. Their obscurity is utterly justified. And wardrobe really should've done a better job for the album cover photo shoot.
Son brutales.
Forgettable
S'okay, not much love for this one. Decent instrumentals and okay vocals. 'Money' was my fave.
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this album is awesome and fun. Kinda sounds like the Black Keys at times.
Yea...it's an influential album. The sound quality is bad, but lets excuse that due to the era it was recorded in. The album is not specifically bad, but it's not anything I'd go back to. Very much what you'd expect from 50s-60s rock and roll when it comes to instrumentation, lyrics, and vocal style.
More enjoyable than I had hoped. Not too samey which I’ve found can happen with a lot of these, some nice stand outs.
Love me some good garage rock
60s rock, rock ’n roll. Do you love me. Very classic. Roll over Beethoven. Garage rock, very hard for the time. Much less polished than contemporaries. That’s kind of cool. Recorded cheaply on purpose so sound has a lot more grit. Punk long before punk according to White Stripes. Classics but a bit dirtier and sexier.
60's garage rock. This is basically an album of covers from the rock n roll and R&B genres, with a few originals mixed in. Kinda similar to The Stooges or The Kinks. Favourite songs: Strychnine, Good Golly Miss Molly, Do You Love Me, Night Time is the Right Time, Walkin' The Dog, Money, Roll Over Beethoven, Boss Hoss, Psycho Least favourite songs: Dirty Robber 4/5
Not too bad, surprised I hadn’t heard of them before. First track hits, the rest, mostly covers, were done better by others.
Decent
Sort of like the sound, sort of early Beatles rock n roll with a better singer. Seems like the stooges might have listened to these. Mostly covers though, which doesn't seem essential to me. That whole era where people would record a few originals and wack on a load of covers must have been tiring. Not sure I'd listen again but I'd prefer more of these over another kinks record.
Didn't mind the cover of Do You Love Me, but I'd argue the inclusion of this album is more for legacy than actual standard of the album - it isn't anything special and is mostly covers.
Didn't think I was going to enjoy this, judging by the cover and the release date, but it surprised me! It's very energetic, lots of \"woooooooowwsss\" which I don't mind. It's also pretty short so didn't lose interest. I can kinda hear the early punk influence.... However, my main issue is that most of the songs are covers! I had to check to make sure, but yeah there's way too many covers. They weren't bad covers, but still, don't think this many covers should be here. I'm still going to say 3 though as it surprised me
This is ace - like The Hives with the raw energy. Favourite tracks: The Witch, Do You Love Me, Roll Over Beethoven, Have Love Will Travel, Money.
Pretty enjoyable as a historical document and has some great moments. As a whole, I'm not sure if I'll revisit. 3.5
!!! HATERS OF THE 1-4-5 CHORD PROGRESSION BEWARE !!! but in all seriousness, i do love this album. this era of garage rock is near and dear to my heart and this is a classic of the genre. looking through the reviews here though, you wouldn't know it! contextless, there's not a lot here. there's harder and more interesting music on this list and in general. but in 1965, this was pretty damn aggressive. and to me, what's important about this album is not the covers, but the originals. between 'the witch,' 'psycho,' and 'strychnine,' this is sort of rock music's first baby steps into a darker sort of vibe - taking the goofy paranormal vibe of 'love potion number nine' and taking it a little darker. there are some pretty decent, even good covers on here, but they are definitely not what is notable about this album.
If they scream “Wow” one more time I’ll go crazy
This album grew on me. I like their takes on some oldies. The Sonics know how to make a racket.
This sounds like it was recorded in a closet full of straw, but it is entertaining, and you can even hear the clear influence the band had on future hard rock bands with tracks like "Have Love Will Travel", "Walkin' the Dog", and "Strychnine." These (and other) forays away from 50s rock'n'roll staples are also the strong points on the album. With a little more originality this could be five stars, but ends up at 3.5 for me.
Don’t be deterred by the fact that most of this album consists of 50s rock & roll/rockabilly covers. You’ve never heard them played like this before. ‘Here Are The Sonics’ is full of no fucks given attitude, and the Sonics play with raw, reckless abandon as lead singer Gerry Roslie snarls, screams and belts his way through the setlist (including four originals). This is rock & roll on steroids, aggressive and full of primal energy. Add to the mix the deliberately primitive production and the end result is something unexpectedly special.
That mid 60s mix/audio fidelity. A surprisingly fun record with a ton of energy. Mostly covers but 2 of the 4 originals on the album I really enjoyed (The Witch and Psycho). Boss Hoss is what I imagine every classic car obsessive has playing at home on repeat.
3.5
4.5
I'm actually going to go high 4 on this the... every time I think about this album I mainly think of the originals which are off the hook good and them alone are a very high 4½. The covers are a mixed bag for me. The two that I've never heard the originals, The Wailers' "Dirty Robbers" and Richard Berry's "Have Love Will Travel", I freakin loved, but I have nothing else to skew my position. I do really dig their cover of Barrett Strong's "Money" and Nappy Brown's "Night Time is The Right Time", but there are more definitive versions of those songs. The rest of the covers I think work really well in context of the album, but on their own I probably would not seek them out. Overall this is still a very fun listen just a bit shy of a 4½...but one I will always love to play and play LOUD! (8.8) ★★★★
Nice garage rock sound, fun album! 4 stars
Cool garage rock. Too many covers hold it back a little. 4 stars.
2.5
Mid-60s proto punk/Nirvana record. Sounds a bit like Surfin Bird but with more screaming and leagues lower recording quality. Whereas early Kinks singles are mint examples of proto punk this is much more ridiculous and novelty and kinda rubbishy. Interesting in certain ways but I probably won’t be getting the 60th anniversary reissue when it comes out.
Fun! 4 stars.
This was actually kinda cute. Classic party band sound. Very fun.
Wow. Stooges' Raw Power now sounds like a total rip off of this album. Some great mid 60s thrash almost. The energy is sublime and chaotic. Wish there were more self penned tracks as the covers get slightly tiresome, given I've heard most of them 3-4 times from this list now. Sad to see Walking the Dog appear. 3.5*, rounding it up as this came out 59 years ago. Absolutely ridiculous. Someone who wasn't alive when this was released could be claiming their pension now for god's sake.
was not into it
Not bad, kinda fun for '65 and +1 for Tacoma Boys
Very low-fi (and actually old I get it) rock&roll. Enjoyable. Kinda aggressive for its time
When I was 17, I was obsessed with LCD Soundsystem. This meant a lot of “Losing My Edge,” whose freakout bridge features James Murphy just listing out his own musical influence in an effort to assert his coolness (and both failing and succeeding). The name that stood out most to me was his repeated use of “THE SONICS.” As a result, I found this album on Spotify and enjoyed it enough for it be one of the first vinyl records I ever purchased. To this day, “Strychnine,” “Money,” and “Have Love, Will Travel” are all time favorites for me. The rest of the album is also really good, but I’ll admit to some songs sounding overly familiar to each other. I’m a sucker for this rough garage sound, but your mileage may vary.
Love the dirty, fuzzy garage sounds
I never knew I knew anything by the Sonics.
This might be the most "blink and you miss it" album of the entire project. It doesn't help that a lot of the songs sound exactly the same, and the singers screaming on every track gets old really fast in my opinion. Still some good catchy songs, and I definitely see how this was an influential record to so many musicians. I'm just glad others have improved on this formula. Top tracks: Have Love Will Travel, Psycho, Strychnine
Made like a dark, fucked up version of the Beatles haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality. A full stare into my twisted perspective would make most simply go insane lmao Jokes aside, this actually sort of rocks in a weird way, and I say this as a person who kinda hates garage rock.
Meh, not my thing.
Starting out, I was like great another 1960s rock album after the same thing the previous two days. Then Do You Love Me played and I'm like yeah lets go! Roll Over Beethoven after that? Rock on! The rest of the album didn't keep the same energy as those two, but they were still solid rock songs. Ends on the great Good Golly Miss Molly. Love it. Best song: Roll Over Beethoven
3+
Of it's time
I liked this more than I expected. I get why it was influential to so many PNW bands later. Honestly, its a pretty good listen.
Enjoyed this one
Pretty cool. I won't be adding this to my library, but I won't be mad if YT Music's algorithm tossed it in to the super mix it rolls out for me.
Pleasingly brief and punchy songs. They all kind of sound the same and none are especially adventurous. Strange to think that just 4 years after this album the psychadelic revolution would be in full swing. But a bunch of nice 2-minute rock and roll songs, nothing wrong here.
Gee whiz, these mother fuckers can certainly play that rock -n-roll...4.5
Great 50’s rock sound
I'll be honest: I am a sucker for nice production and impressive musical craftsmanship. But I also love music that embraces life and which is truly full of energy. And it has been a really long time since I heard something as full of vitality as this album right here. Beautifully connecting rock n roll to punk, I don't understand why more people are not talking about this.
This one's okay. I don't love it, but it's not the worst thing I've ever heard. It is slightly above-average 60s rock and roll. I have problems with this album, as well as things that I like. I'll start with the positives. I think the style that these guys have is pretty unique for the time. It's fairly high-energy in a strong way. The album doesn't over stay its welcome. It lasts exactly as long as it needs too. Finally, the writing could've aged worse. I've heard worse writing in this kind of music. Now for the negatives. First of all, while I praised the writing somewhat, that isn't really a praise for The Sonics as they didn't write much of this album. There's a few songs they wrote, but as is to be expected with artists from around this time, most of their music is comprised of covers. Secondly, the sound quality isn't great. I know this is from 1965, but it kind of hurt to listen to at times, especially when the singer does those screams, which is something that happens quite a bit. Speaking of which, this album is fairly repetitive. There's more repetitive albums out there, but there's also a sense of originality that is a bit lacking in this album. Overall, while I do have problems with this album, I generally respect it for what it is. It is a solid early rock album that managed to be decently influential. It could definitely be worse. Low 3/5.
Chad
A worse version of early beatles
Non memorable 60s rock. Crap sound quality.
All covers
Really outdated and sounds like shit. It actually seemed to get worse as it went on, maybe from all the unnecessary screams into audio equipment that couldn't handle it
Creedence did better covers
I need to snort some strychnine
The Good: RnR The Bad: one too many WOAWWWW The Ugly: listening to this might cause confusion… I am trying to figure out what punk has to do with this? Most of the songs sounded like a bad impression of what Little Richard would do with a song. Guess that means that Little Richard is the grandfather of punk??!!?!??!??!! Reserving my stars for other albums… 2* because, though annoying, the album does not make you want to skip songs and at times even gives energy.
Great album, so many hits I don’t know came from them.
Strictly for what this album symbolises - the reclamation of popular music from the clasps of musical proficiency and industrial finance - it more than deserves its place on the list. As an album itself, it might not strike you as that revolutionary today, but this is effectively the template for the most revolutionary cultural movement of the 20th century in punk rock. The original material is pretty iconic, even if the covers aren't. It has more than withstood the test of time, and I simply love it.
Really cool I’m starting to hear what sets them and the Who apart from the others around this time. It’s one of those albums that is tough to believe it came out so early. Rating: 4.0
Strong start. It was fine, liked the vibe but overall a bit underwhelmed.
While I did like the lo-fi, garage band sound (and that you can hear the early punk influence), I didn’t like the fact that the album was mostly covers. I was on the fence between 2 and 3*, but I’m rounding down because of that.
So much shrieking
This was actually kinda cute. Classic party band sound. Very fun. It’s cute how they start off sounding like little Mormon boys doing covers, and by the end they’re screaming like rowdy garage punks. 4/5
Un assemblage de plusieurs standards et de pièces désormais classiques, avec une énergie et une âpreté qui préfigure effectivement le punk.
Good solid proto-punk and the actual songs written by the band are special - but the covers makes this a bit more generic. So great band, great songs - mediocre album.
Seems pretty unnecessary compared to its contemporaries. The covers are pretty weak, but the original songs have something pretty cool to them.
Good, old fashioned garage rock. 12 great pop songs in under 30 minutes. I really enjoyed this album. There are some great original songs like the witch and Strychnine and some classic rock and roll covers. This album is good fun. Favourite song: Have love will travel and money Least favourite: Walkin the dog Album artwork: Basic
Sim, as versões dos Beatles são melhores, mas encaixaram bem no disco deles.
Album full of covers that are worse than their original. I actuallt like their sounds-it is nice and raw- but the covers suck. Best thing about the album is its length.
2.5
Never heard of them, but not bad. A punk version of the Beatles.
I've heard of The Sonics before as a pioneering garage rock group. From this debut album, I had already heard singles "The Witch" and "Boss Hoss", along with their cover of Richard Berry's "Have Love, Will Travel." The rest of Here Are the Sonics is on par with the songs above. This is a collection of hard-rocking tunes and covers where grainy production is a feature. In particular, I want to highlight Gerry Roslie's vocals, as his conviction to belt and scream with such power won me over on most of these songs. Add to that, Gerry was also impeccable behind the piano, complimented by Rob Lind's prominent saxophone play. The only cover I didn't care for was Rufus Thomas's "Walking the Dog". Their rendition was played at a mid-tempo pace and sung by a different vocalist who did not have the same presence as Gerry did behind the mic. If you dig the later garage rock sound and style of acts like The Stooges and The White Stripes, you're in for a treat with these forebearers. Check them out.
This feels like one of the first albums to sound this "heavy". You can hear where some later bands like The Stooges got inspiration from this album.
I definitely enjoyed this one, it’s like an early version of Me First and The Gimme Gimmes.
Eh, it's garage rock alright. Not an album I'd come back to on its own. Prefer to hear the handful of singles in something like the Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 box set
A classic of early garage rock. A lot of covers on this album but fun to see harder takes of songs recently also covered by the Beatles. The originals are great too. Strychnine holds up among the best of the era.
There are classics here. but I have a hard time ranking this as a 5 since most of the albums are just really excellent cover songs.
No hate but why on list?
Album 541 of 1001 The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics (1965) Rating : 3.75 / 5 I really enjoyed this album. Reminded me of the first couple of Rolling Stones albums. Some great rock/blues covers. Like a very good garage band. Clocks in at 29 minutes so I listened twice.
Oldest album to date; the recording quality and style makes that clear. Some of the subject matter is wildly out of date, but the messages hold true to today. Has a sort of twangy sound coupled with a saxophone, interesting but not always my favourite. Cool album to listen to. I kept hearing "twist and shout" in the music style. Favs: Dirty Robber, Roll Over Beethoven, Do You Love Me
This album sounds like it was recorded in a sort of cramped space with only one, low-quality microphone. And I only assume it was a cramped space because I hafta assume the saxophone player was placed right next to the microphone the way it blasts over everything every time it appears. But, I'unno, it adds to the charm. This whole "garage proto-punk" thing they got. I mean, I feel like it tends to play out better when they're doing their few originals over the covers—which is a bit of a shame given that the album's 1:2 originals to covers. Like, even with their ramshackle recording, the covers just don't sound too terribly special to me? Honestly, in some parts it sounds like the parodies of garage rock Frank Zappa would have The Mothers do. And, yeah, it does feel like at least 25% of the words spoken on this album are just the lead singer going "WWWWWOOOOOAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!" But I still think I can nod at it as a good enough time to give it a 4. I can understand an argument for why it could go lower—that it's just noise that later bands would refine into less noise—but I'unno. Here are The Sonics, and here I am pretty satisfied.
Garage and proto punk just scratch this part of my brain in a good way, and this is certainly no exception. 4.5 bumped to 5.
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4 because I just admire the hell out of this. This is an extremely raw album for 1965 – it feels poorly recorded, poorly mixed, overtly loud, and doesn’t feel like it has as much professionalism as it’s trying to get across. I love every single thing about that – this is raw in a beautiful way, because it’s clearly made with a lot of love and respect to most of the songs they covered here, as well as their original ones. It’s not poorly recorded or poorly mixed – it’s recorded exactly how they want it to sound, because this is their style. It’s so deeply rooted in what would come to fruition roughly a decade later with harsher metal tones and punkier sounds – “The Witch” in particular feels like a damn Motorhead song, and this is 12 years before their debut album. Honestly, as much as I hated the loudness at the start of the album, in some kind of oddly charming way, it just grew on me – there are points where the screaming becomes too often and a bit obnoxious, but once this album settles in, what feels like ear-bleeding harshness tends to normalize itself and become kinda cool. The sax solo on Have Love Will Travel is a great example of this – it has a sort of scratchy effect because of how much the mic is being distorted, and it’s such a unique effect that I don’t really know if it can be replicated on modern day equipment. In that sense, this album is both desperately of its time and rather ahead of it. Does that mean it knocks it out of the park on every track? No, not really – there’s definitely a number of these tracks where the effects are still really overdone, and just makes me wish they had toned it down a little bit for a better listening experience. However, I think it gets it right on about 7 of the 12 tracks. There’s not really a bad track here. I think it’s a good album – I can see how people might give it a 1 or 2, but for my tastes, I admire the hell out of this for trying something so bold and loud. It’s probably closer to a 3, but I’m gonna go up to a 4. It’s worth listening to. Probably with loud-ass speakers in a garage somewhere, but it’s definitely worth it.
Lofi, fast and cheap. Further proof that good music (and albums) can be made on a budget with lots of filler. very few originals fill this album, but that's not what garage rock really is. The Sonics put together a tight and easy album that serves as a long lasting influence. 4/5
This album was hilarious. I have no idea the context for it which makes it funnier. Love the sax
The WITCH! So cool. Love their sound. Proper 4.5
I liked this, and had never heard it previously. I do question how that many covers results in placement on this list. But it was a great sound, and impressive for 1965.
This was a delight. I hadn't expected to hear so many familiar songs and to enjoy those I didn't know this much. A great bit of rock n roll.
Wonderful album - you can hear the influences to White Stripes and Black Keys etc. Totally new to me
No one has a voice like Gerry Roslie. Those screams are amazing and fit perfectly, especially at the end of Psycho. A brilliant album.