The Sonics

[withahip]

My love, and subsequent fear of lost love for rock, for Taken By Tears has been put in place by the Sonics.

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The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. The band also have a clearly marked influence on American punk bands such as The Dead Boys in their brash, masculine style and posturing, a...nd on the nineties grunge bands (who originated in the same area), especially Mudhoney,
who adopted some of the darker themes from Sonics music, and a lot of
their techniques on over-driving and distorting electric guitars. Their
reach stretched beyond the US; influential Manchester post-punk group, The Fall, covered "Strychnine" during a session for the late John Peel's programme in 1993 and they repeatedly performed the song live around this time.

[Lancashire Fusileer]

A truly Great band, in the alternative pantheon.
However, I raise you



Another band covered by the Fall-ah

[withahip]

The monks have a very interesting back story.

All the members were American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties. When they got out they focused on beats instead of melodies. Early drone music?

[Lancashire Fusileer]

For sure.
I love the Monks they are off their fucking heads. Think Gary Burger died recently, did he not?

Cope credits them with being the Lost Link in Krautrocksampler.

I love weird 60s psych stuff. You should all get the International Vicious Society compilation LPs.