title: Here Are The Sonics
text: Here Are The Sonics (stylized as !!!Here Are The Sonics!!!) is the debut album by American garage rock band the Sonics, released in March 1965. The album features the original songs "The Witch" (a minor regional hit), "Psycho", "Boss Hoss" and "Strychnine", along with an assortment of rock and roll and R&B covers.
  
  Release 
  !!!Here Are The Sonics!!! was released in 1965 by record label Etiquette. It was re-released in 1999 in mono by Norton Records.
  
  Reception 
  
  Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote that the album "show[s] a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice", calling it "Another important chunk of Seattle rock and roll history."
  
  The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
  
  Track listing
  
  Personnel 
  The Sonics
  
   Gerry Roslie – organ, piano, lead vocals
   Andy Parypa – bass guitar
   Larry Parypa – lead guitar, vocals
   Rob Lind – saxophone, vocals, harmonica
   Bob Bennett – drums
  
  Technical
   Buck Ornsby – production
   Kent Morrill – production
   Kearney Barton – engineering
   John L. Vlahovich – sleeve design
   Pete Ciccone/Immaculate Concepts – sleeve layout
   Jini Dellaccio – cover photography
  
  References
  
  External links 
   
   Here Are The Sonics (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
  
  1965 debut albums
  The Sonics albums
  Norton Records albums
  Protopunk albums