Tag Archives: Larry Parypa
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Photos and videos: The Sonics at The Fillmore – May 8
The Sonics perform at the Fillmore on May 8, 2015. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I count myself lucky that I can still be surprised by a live performance. The Sonics truly blew me away. To think I was worried for a few hours prior to the show because so few fans…
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The procrastinators: Seminal act The Sonics return with new album after 50 years away
The Sonics, Courtesy. The band often credited for creating garage rock, influencing punk and inducing grunge has spent the better part of the last five decades as an insurance adjuster, a schoolteacher, a paver, an airline pilot and a car salesman/bartender. The Sonics, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages 8…
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Q&A: Reigniting The Sonics
The Sonics, Courtesy. Do you know The Sonics? How about Nirvana? The Cramps? Pearl Jam? The White Stripes? All of those other artists know the Sonics and would likely not exist if it were not for their influence. The seminal, and possibly first, garage band has returned from a…