Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World [http://www.mistersuave.com], have I got a treat for you (and you thought Halloween was over and there were no more treats!). Actually two treats: a couple of live tracks I bagged last week at The Sonics appearance at the Paramount in Seattle on Halloween night. Known as the boom heard 'round the world, the band was booming all right.
It was the legendary garage rockers first show in their native Northwest in 35 years. Still, they didn't miss a beat pounding out 90 minutes of original, blistering, garage punk.
This past summer the band tuned up their garage chops at venues about Europe, and it helped. They tore the lid off the house with a pretty great show. Little Steven Van Zandt was there and introduced the band, and a slew of Seattle music celebs were on hand from Mark Arn of Mudhoney to the Ventures to Krist Novoselic. Of course, Seattle bands that don't pay homage to The Sonics in some way shape or form don't last long.
The rest of the show does pay homage -- with lots of Sonics influenced, ballsy, sixties sounding, trash punk. Another Northwest garage group, Girltrouble, opened the show, so of course I've got them in this show as well -- and on the modcast homepage [http://www.mistersuave.com] I've got their fantastic tribute video to Tacoma -- My Hometown. These guys (and girl) have been playing for 25 years and in these parts are nearly as legendary as The Sonics themselves. The rest of this show is loud and fast with the likes of the Standells, Mooney Suzuki, The Fuzztones and more. So turn up your computer speakers, your iPod, your stereo or whatever and enjoy.
Head over to the modcast homepage [http://www.mistersvuave.com] for a complete track listing, bonus videos from Girl Trouble and Naz Nomad, and more.
Questions? Requests? Are you in a mod band? Were you in a band a way back when? Spread the love and send me some MP3s and I'll work them into a future show. E-mail me at mailto:rob@mistersauve.com [mailto:rob@mistersauve.com].
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