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The Sonics: Explosives (BuckShot Records)

Review by Mark Shipper, Phonograph Record, June 1973

SUPPOSE I TOLD you there actually existed a band at one time (say around 1965) who sounded like (but better than) the Kinks on 'All ...

The Sonics: Have Love, Will Travel: In Praise of the Sonics

Retrospective by Metal Mike Saunders, Gulcher, July 1975

IT ALL STARTS with Richard Berry. He never received a Nobel Prize for writing 'Louie Louie', but to this day it beats me why – ...

Amboy Dukes, The, Cannibal & The Headhunters, Chocolate Watch Band, The, Bobby Fuller Four, The , Good Rats, The, Remains, The, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Seeds, The, Shadows Of Knight, The, Standells, The, 13th Floor Elevators, ? and the Mysterians, Knickerbockers, The, Electric Prunes, The: The A-Z of Punk

Overview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 17 July 1976

THE ORIGINAL idea behind this A-Z was to try and provide a guide to 'punk' as it's now generally understood, i.e. as much a question ...

Angry Samoans, Vom: The Metal Mike Saunders Interview

Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Big Star, Spring 1978

In the early '70s, Mike Saunders was one of the leading and best writers around, especially when he was writing about the topics most near ...

Chocolate Watchband, The, Remains, The, Seeds, The, Bob Seger, Shadows Of Knight, The, Standells, The, Troggs, The, Leaves, The, Litter, The, Count Five, Terry Knight & the Pack, Rationals, The, Barbarians, The, Syndicate of Sound, The, Music Machine, The, Fugitives, The, Pleasure Seekers, The, New Colony Six, The, Rockin' Ramrods, The, Lost, The, Uniques, The, Swingin' Medallions, The, Hombres, The, Gentrys, The, Floyd Dakil Combo, The, Gants, The: That's Cool That's Trash: A History of the First Punk Era, Part 2

Retrospective by Robot A. Hull, Creem, July 1979

THE STANDELLS story convolutes through a media maze. Russ Tamblyn's brother, Larry Tamblyn, had already recorded on an East L.A. Mex-punk label when he founded ...

The White Stripes: London Loves Us: The White Stripes

Report and Interview by Robin Bresnark, Detroit Metro Times, 8 August 2001

DETROIT, YOU HAVE a secret admirer. Admittedly, we're not terribly local, not all of us are single, and you certainly wouldn't want to come round ...

Nomads, The: The Nomads: The Garage, London

Review by Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, 24 November 2001

Scandinavian garage rock legends make rare UK assault Saturday, November 3 Support: The X-Rays ...

Dictators, The: The Dictators: live at El Sol, Madrid 24th November

Live Review by Lindsay Hutton, Rock's Backpages, 15 December 2001

HEY ANDY SHERNOFF! You tell us that your generation ain't the salvation of this R'n'R beastie but I beg to differ. ...

Dirtbombs, The: The Dirtbombs: Highbury Garage, London

Live Review by Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, 15 December 2001

Motor City demons show a whole lotta soul. ...

BellRays, The: The BellRays: Maximum Rock 'N' Roll

Profile and Interview by Stevie Chick, Kerrang!, 11 May 2002

Praying for gasoline-fuelled garage punk fired-up with Truth and Attitude? The Bellrays might just be here to save you... ...

The Hives: Stronger Than Dirt: The Secret History Of Garage Punk

Overview by Joss Hutton, Sonic Reducer, 2003

Joss Hutton recalls nearly 40-years of ramalama greatness, from 'Louie Louie' to 'Main Offender' ...

Rationals, The: The Rationals: Detroit blue-eyed soulsters go psychedelic but end up playing shopping malls

Retrospective and Interview by Don Waller, MOJO, November 2003

"SOME FOLKS talkin' 'bout burnin' down/I ain't talkin' 'bout burnin' down/Said I'm just talkin' 'bout gettin' down/Come on!" screams the Rationals' frontman Scott Morgan, pushing ...

Flamin' Groovies, The, Roy Loney: Roy Loney

Interview by Jason Gross, Perfect Sound Forever, April 2005

Funny story... Though I had spoken to Flamin' Groovies founder in 1998, I held the article all this time hoping to speak to Cyril A. ...

Sonic's Rendezvous Band: Sonic's Rendezvous Band

Review by Paul Trynka, MOJO, November 2006

Box set from Detroit supergroup led by ex-MC5 guitarist (and Patti Smith hubby) Fred Smith. ...

Sonics, The: The Sonics: Forum, London

Live Review by Ian Watson, Yahoo! Music, March 2008

CALL IT DENIAL if you like, but sometimes you have nothing to gain and a hell of a lot to lose if a band you've ...

Thee Hypnotics' Come down heavy: a dispatch from the rock'n'roll frontline

Sleeve notes by Julian Marszalek, Beggars Banquet, April 2018

EVEN BY THEIR own admission, the coruscating rock'n'roll explosion that was Thee Hypnotics was never built to last. ...