''Boom'' is the second
studio album by the American
garage rock band
The Sonics
The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspirations to the White Str ...
, released in February 1966.
Release
''Boom'' was released in 1966 by record label Etiquette ET-ALBS-027.
It was re-released in 1999 by
Norton Records
Norton Records, is an independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller in 1986. The label concentrates on rock, rockabilly, primitive music, punk, garage rock and early rhythm and blues.[Cub Koda
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of
AllMusic
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called the album "every bit as explosive and influential as their debut outing". They rated it 4 1/2 stars.
Legacy
Like its predecessor ''
Here Are The Sonics'' (1965), ''Boom'' was influential on later
punk rock music (see
protopunk
Proto-punk (or protopunk) is rock music played mostly by garage bands from the 1960s to mid-1970s that foreshadowed the punk rock movement. The phrase is a retrospective label; the musicians involved were generally not originally associated wi ...
).
Track listing
Personnel
; The Sonics
* Gerry Roslie –
keyboard
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* Musi ...
, vocals
* Andy Parypa –
bass guitar
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, vocals
* Larry Parypa –
lead guitar
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, vocals
* Rob Lind –
saxophone
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, vocals
* Bob Bennett – drums
; Technical
* Kent Morrill –
Production
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* Buck Ormsby – Production
* Bill Wiley - Engineer
References
External links
*
1966 albums
The Sonics albums
Norton Records albums
Big Beat Records (Ace Records subsidiary) albums
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