"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 38 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Sonics is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. The Sonics concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intense, fierce, and authentic.
The Sonics are a garage rock band formed 1960 in Tacoma, Washington, United States, the band's original members were Gerry Roslie (vocals, piano, organ), Larry Parypa (guitar), Andy Parypa (bass), Rob Lind (saxophone) and Bob Bennett (drums).
With the release of 2015’s 'This Is The Sonics' – their first album in almost four decades – the Washington-based garage-punk visionaries are treating Australian audiences to a series of headline shows throughout September and October.
Always a tough undertaking, particularly in this instance, when the many in attendance tonight will indeed have heard and seen most of it before, and will likely spot any attempt to masquerade as purveyors of authentic rock.
But the release of a critically acclaimed new record this year signaled their rebirth as a proper working band; with enough original members to make the whole thing convincing.
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