The Sonics—“Louie Louie” (Etiquette 1965, 2:57) The Kinks invented Power Chord Rock in 1964 in the UK, and lo, it was good. We Yanks (via Link Wray’s “Rumble” in 1958) had already provided the world with Distorted Dread Rock, but it remained for this Pacific Northwest teen dance combo to match The Kinks’ achievement Stateside. …
“Weren’t Young Fresh Fellows more important in the grand scheme of things than Nirvana? And wasn’t Popllama more significant than SubPop? – East Portland Blog Critic’s Roundtable, Part 1 (This conversation has four parts.) Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Through the 1980s a couple of different strains ran through …
By Tom Kipp “If I had to boil down for a Martian what “it” IS that made rock music the joy of my life, there could be no finer aural aid than this [The Sonics version of “Louie Louie” ] guitar/vocal Tandem Scream from the Id. They say Grunge was “raw”, but it may as …