THE SONICS "PSYCHO" . . . . TO THIS DAY, THE PRIMO DEFINITION OF A GARAGE BAND . . . . RAW, RAUCOUS AND RIPPIN IT UP RIGHTEOUSLY . . . . PIONEERING WASHINGTON STATE WHITE BOYS . . . . PUSH THE LOUD PEDAL INTO THE FLOORBOARDS !!!!

UNTIL THE EARLY EIGHTIES, I'D ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS SUNG BY 'SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS', HAD NO FUCKING IDEA THAT IT WAS SOME GEEKY WHITEBOY FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON . . . . THE GUYS LITERALLY INVENTED THE PROTOTYPE FOR WHAT WAS TO BE CALLED THE 'GARAGE SOUND', PRIMITIVE, BASIC, GRAUNCHING AND CRINDING, THE BAND'S EARLY STUFF WAS SONICALLY TWISTED WAY BEYOND THE NORM FOR THE TIME . . . .  

1965's "PSYCHO" IS THE EPITOME OF EVERYTHING THE SQUARES DIDN'T WANT LI'L JOHNNY AND JANEY TO BE INVOLVED WITH, JUST THE TITLE ALONE WOULD'VE BEEN ENOUGH TO SEAL MUM'S BEAVER FOR LIFE . . . . THE SONIC'S VERSION OF 'HAVE LOVE, WILL TRAVEL' IS AMONG A DANGEROUSLY DECENT CATALOGUE OF RIOTOUSLY ROWDY RECORDINGS THAT WOULD BE INFLUENTIAL ON CREW AS DIVERSE AS 'THE MC5' TO 'THE BLACK KEYS' . . . . FILE UNDER 'F' FOR "FUCKING WILD" !!!!