November 2018
When
most people think of the sixties from a musical perspective, there’s
a number of bands that keep popping up ubiquitously. There were
thousands of bands that may have had a regional hit or two, but had
little impact at any further level. Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets release in
the early 70s made an attempt to anthologise a number of the garage
bands, and there have been many more that have done fine work to
bring some great, but forgotten music from this era to music fans’
attention.
Film
director Jordan Albertsen has taken it one step further.
Welcome
to episode 58 of See Hear Podcast.
Bernard
and Maurice invited Jordan to discuss his 2018 documentary about a
band that put frenzy into sixties rock and roll, The Sonics. They
were originally out of Tacoma in Washington. They had regional hits
with The Witch, Psycho and Strychnine, but were largely unknown
outside of Washington. The documentary not only brings their history
into focus, but also reveals why they had an unknown (to them)
fanbase in Europe, the modern musicians who are huge fans (and
adopted their style in their own work), and the reunion of the late
noughts.
Jordan
talks about the band, parental connections, grunge, the power of
music, and the issues of an independent film-maker making a passion
project. We are so grateful for his time and recommend you search out
the film, currently at a film festival near you, or keep an eye out
for its distribution to a streaming platform in 2019.
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