Boom – THE SONICS**

Cinderella/Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark/Skinny Minny/Let The Good Times Roll/Don’t You Just Know It/Jenny Jenny/He’s Waitin’/Louie Louie/Since I Fell For You/Hitch Hike/Its Alright/Shot Down

Boom was the follow up album from the American garage rock band The Sonics. A mixture of covers and originals performed in a raw primitive style typical of this short lived genre.

“The Sonics second album from 1966 features gut-wrenching songs like Cinderella, He's Waitin’, and their slaughtering take on Louie Louie which is way better than the original. The sound of the music is mean and dirty, lead singer Gerry Roslie sounds as if he is going to shred his vocal cords. What's a shame though is the fact that The Sonics did not write enough original material for the album. Their original songs were great, but the covers simply do not hold up very well.”

“The Sonics were playing and recording some of the wildest music in the history of rock. This is some of the most primitive, raucous music that you can imagine. Not every song is essential. But the highpoints on this album are so overwhelming that no true fan of garage rock would want to do without this disc.”

“The weakest link in this album is the covers. For one thing, there are too many of them, and they are standard stuff, nothing overtly creative about any of them in their selection or their performance. The meat of The Sonics is in their original material.”

“The second album by The Sonics continues their tradition of fast and furious from the first album; however this one doesn't have quite the same effect. It is still really good though. Check out my favourite tracks, He's Waitin’ and Shot Down which sound incredibly ahead of their time.”

“The Sonics were not a great band, but they were sure fun. Boom is their second album, and is almost as good as their first, but it trails slightly, mainly because of The Witch, Psycho and Boss Hoss. All of the original songs are extremely good; the covers are okay."

“The playing here is not pretty. Its attack style with no intention of finesse.”

“This isn't the classic but it's still damn good rock 'n' roll. At first I was disappointed that the insane energy is taken down a bit, but really they just changed a little bit.”