DEADHEAT: A 33/45 - Grotto of Miracles production at BOWERY ELECTRIC - 327 Bowery @ 2nd St. from 8-11 the first Thursday of every month. A garage nugget, 70s heavy boogie, art-punk krautrock free for all to wake up the third mind for some post-happy hour pre-late nite revelry. Check the mix for one corner of the musical map ... then stop by for booze rocknroll jams.Deadheat Vol. 157 min., 79M...
The origin of garage rock.Everythign from the Ramones to The Oblivions owe a debt to The Sonics.Known to punch holes in their speakers and rip the soundproofing off of studio walls "to get a liver sound".
For me the Sonics are the purest form of rock n roll. The Beatles were great, but everything comes at a cost. What was lost was a lot of local flava. And the flava of the pacific northwest was grinding three chord rocknroll, that surely inspired the whole punk movement.I can't tell you how many miles I've driven blasting the Sonics out my car windows. Yes, I'm a freak, and the Sonics were the s...