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The Sonics

Garage rock
Garage rock

The Sonics is a Garage rock act. Their sound grew out of Louie Louie, Barrett Strong, Little Richard, Richard Berry and The Wailers. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sonics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Stooges, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Gories, The Troggs and Flamin' Groovies, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Stooges, Nirvana, The Hives, Screaming Trees and The Cramps, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Sonics, reaching back through Louie Louie and forward to The Stooges. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The SonicsLouie LouieBarrett StrongLittle RichardRichard BerryThe WailersThe StoogesNirvanaThe HivesScreaming TreesThe CrampsThe Gun Club22-PistepirkkoJapandroidsThe StoogesPaul Revere & The Ra…The GoriesThe TroggsFlamin' GrooviesNew York DollsRichard Hell and the…The Yardbirds

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The Sonics connections

The Sonics grew out of Louie Louie, Barrett Strong, Little Richard and Richard Berry, shares an orbit with The Stooges, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Gories and The Troggs, went on to shape The Stooges, Nirvana, The Hives and Screaming Trees. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Sonics

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped The Sonics.

Artists similar to The Sonics

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Sonics.

Bands The Sonics shaped

Legacy18

Where the influence of The Sonics travelled next.

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