The Sonics and Early Pacific Northwest Garage Rock

Before punk rock, there was proto punk. And today we're looking at one of the earliest proto punk bands, The Sonics out of the Pacific Northwest. We'll explore the origins of garage rock, The Sonics' 1965 debut album Here Are The Sonics!!!, and now the band went on to influence not just punk rock, but other rock genres like grunge in the 1980s. 💡 Subscribe For More: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 🎟️ Become A Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4QtQABJZqqXI3ddQhzeBA/join 🔖 Join the FensePost Substack: https://fensepost.substack.com WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Stooges: https://youtu.be/ScjgsWlsljI ✓ CBGB's: https://youtu.be/GxkZ8dQp51E ✓ The Velvet Underground: https://youtu.be/gUAqUcSQNho ✓ Pixies: https://youtu.be/RqHVyf084Mc 🎥 More From the Poetic Wax Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWW9lI-SrU4IgSctCqMEOMdx GET THE GOODS: 🔥 Here Are The Sonics (Vinyl): https://amzn.to/4e4JfOd 🔥 Sonics Boom (Vinyl): https://amzn.to/3Zbg2MJ 🤷‍♂️ I earn from qualified Amazon purchases. ========== CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Overlap of Garage Rock and Punk 2:11 The Birth of Punk Rock 4:43 The Pacific Northwest 7:11 The Sonics Boom 9:55 Pioneers of Punk FensePost Vinyl Channel is run by Andrew (Andy) Fenstermaker. CONNECT WITH ANDY & FENSEPOST: 🎧 Poetic Wax Podcast: https://poetic-wax.podbean.com/ 🔖 FensePost Substack: https://fensepost.substack.com 👍 FensePost on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FensePost.Blog/ 📸 FensePost on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fensepost 📸 Andy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fense #thesonics #herearethesonics #thesonicsboom #protopunk #punkrock #originsofpunk #earlypunk #garagerock #60spunk #1960spunk #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #fensepost #vinylchannel #albumstory #albumhistory #albumdocumentary #musicstory #musichistory #musicdocumentary #behindthealbum #behindthemusic #poeticwax #musicvideoessay