For Record Store Day 2014, Tacoma’s most famed back-from-the-grave garage band, the Sonics, released a new single side, “Bad Betty.” The song was on a split single with another popular local garage band, Mudhoney. Well, here is the new version, the soon-to-be-released ALBUM version.
This Is the Sonics, the band’s first new full-length since 1980, is due out March 31 on their own label, Revox. The current, and recording, lineup is original members Jerry Roslie, Larry Parypa, and Rob Lind, plus the Kingsmen‘s Freddie Dennis and Dusty Watson on drums. Also, they have a short tour with Barrence Whitfield & the Savages sorted to follow the album’s release!!!
I’m excited! “Bad Betty” is a jam—I can’t WAIT to hear the rest of the record!