The Sonics - The Witch (Live on KEXP)

[@mykaelharvey3102]

its hard to think that this came out in 1965

[@davidhigginbotham5451]

...not really. You were either not born, or lived out side the Pacific N.W.

[@aaronmiles8286]

That’s what she said 🤪

[@thing12games44]

This song crushes harder than most modern rock.

[@wiltree6504]

The drummer has it going on!

[@solarbabies9682]

I love seeing old rockers perform and still destroy. It's like muscle memory. They just get up there and it all comes out whether they like it or not.

[@lotwizzard1748]

godfathers of punkrock

[@borneojimmy1431]

Wow, they still sound great!

[@DrGodinho]

they sound better than ever!

[@malecaucasian]

Yeah, that was badass.

[@ThaiThom]

That guy singing and playing the bass is absolutely the real deal.

[@dunmorul]

Rawer than in the 60s. Impressive.

[@godseed2214]

This was the hardest rocking song in the entire country when it came out. This song is why I am a hard rock fan. This song is about a gal from Banbridge Island.

[@crystalship9900]

Seriously?? I grew up in the 60's in Seattle and saw these guys perform more than once! I think it was Sherman Hills roller rink in Bellevue. Went there every weekend when I was in high school. Saw Van Morrison and Them there before they hit it big. Gawd, they’re still kicking ass. I love it!

[@solarbabies9682]

She's going to make you itch. Definitely sounds STD related.

[@christianhatim6170]

watching these guys play this song is like watching a fist fight! brilliant

[@godseed2214]

@@christianhatim6170 They where too animal for the era as opposed to more tame rock they was being played in the Northwest.

[@maxgrymonprez77]

Still got it! what a band...

[@DrGodinho]

these guys were probably like the Cannibal Corpse of 1965

[@oddeagle1968]

That is brilliant! 😂

[@TrupimOkiemTV]

best comment I've read in months

[@momatomic]

Perfect analogy! I was in jr high when The Witch by the Sonics came out- we went nuts over those wild screams! I played the 45 rpm over and over. Still have it. I know Cannibal Corpse, too. Lol, A Metal Shop favorite. Both bands drove parents crazy. Love it!

[@fink94]

Hahahaha

[@voulga77]

Hahhahahaha

[@kami3000]

60 years after release this song still slaps hard af!

[@multicromo]

how can I like this 110x times?

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

Perfect example of how saxophone "works" in a hard rock/punk/metal setting

[@pymandres]

i always thought it made sense in that 60s garage sound, since it was already just really wild loud r&b

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

@@pymandresyup. Most garage rock songs of the 60s were either soul / r&b covers or rewrites of soul / R&B lyrics but with teenage angst

[@charlesebel8348]

Hell yes they still rock

[@Thomas.harding]

Drummer fuckin shreds

[@MattthaKat]

Dusty Watson as played with many different bands and is one of the best drummers alive.

[@Dexter6662]

The good discover of my Sunday, thank you very much The Sonics and KEXP for posting those videos.

[@emmanuelcamachoestuamigo]

Dexter6662 seriously? Discover?

[@Dexter6662]

I didn't know this band yes, ^^

[@laurelbernard6033]

One of my favorites!!

[@HY34HU]

They sound just as great now as they did then..from the seattle area.

[@davidhigginbotham5451]

they were from Tacoma.

[@DrFishGut]

T-Town all the way! Summer dances Friday nights at the UPS Fieldhouse. She's Just a Walkin' the Dog. @@davidhigginbotham5451

[@Milewskige]

Still sounds great after all of these years!

[@lubiedobre.9966]

sweet jesus, they are fabulous! love them then and now :) greetings from Poland

[@drew9719]

This would have melted my brains if i was back then, without knowledge of metal or harsh noise

[@plague_doctor666]

Proper old skool. :)

[@Wetcamerainc]

Sick song for the 60s

[@toddkray391]

They are killin’ it!!!

[@CarrieMilburn]

hell yeah, guys still sound awesome!

[@thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994]

The Godfathers of Hardrock!

[@vlitglobvae-victis5383]

BadAss! !!

[@KyOte13]

REAL ROCK AND ROLL!!!

[@simpsonelli]

this rules! They still kill it

[@NorthDallasForty.]

Foooooking brilliant

[@bnhintz]

CARALHO! FUCKING AWESOME!

[@jeffgolden2308]

This is unbelievable for a live performance, and it isn't even most of the original band members.

[@sanchopanzam8]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@philippemortel-laurent2196]

The Rob Lind's New Sonics still sound great

[@YellowstoneCountryFlyFishing]

GOALS

[@David_Downs]

Though at this time this is not The Sonics, apart from Rob Lind, this line up still knocks it out of the park. Sounds good for a band with one 1 original member.

[@janr4143]

Love🎶🤘🤘

[@verifiedbotaccount]

Such a trip hearing this played at the Olympics.

[@BiitchPoutineBlammm]

Listening to this, my fuck it's awesome! ♡

[@arthurleino]

Opening for I don't remember in Portland around 65 . Might have been Herman's Hermits.

[@DrFishGut]

Paul Revere and the Raiders!

[@arthurleino]

@DrFishGut my Brother Ron took me to Paul Revere and the Raiders in Portland . Good Concert too.

[@alejandrocampero6080]

See you soon in Mexico, guys. 🔥🤛🏾

[@freyjafirefly9201]

fucking love this song

[@sugarpuddin]

The beginning of Punk right there

[@evananderson9489]

With Chris Benoit on Guitar

[@AmiGuitar]

these guys were wayyy to ahead of their time for 1965/6

[@VademecumExInferis]

Attitude!

[@Rotten900]

first hardcore

[@lucastarg]

this is fucking sick oh my god i feel like vomiting over how cool this sounds for 1965

[@SD_Marc]

Is that Aaron Roeder on drums?

[@candrew14]

Coulda seen Cobain covering this song if he lived long enough to divorce Courtney Love.

[@playitstrange129]

he hated the Sonics... called them "stupid" in his interview with Nardwuar...

[@killval849]

@@playitstrange129 nah he definitely didn't hate them lol he was just trolling. He even claimed that their drum sound is the best he ever heard, so he definitely respected them. Whomever is a fan of Kurt's catalogue of interests know very much he was into the cheap, underground, garage, punk rock stuff, so of course he loved the Sonics.

[@marcfedak]

Lucky Reykjavik!

[@rubenalvarezvinas7948]

ya le gustaria a Mick Jagger estar asi de hermoso...

[@peterheuer5319]

Is that Dwight schrute

[@michaelmckinlay9674]

Not the real sonics. Guy does a good job on Roslies vocals. I know because I played with Jerry. Biggest voice I ever heard .

[@diegonarvaez4166]

1965

[@takgray]

L7 brought me here

[@frankmeier4599]

The ugliest musicians that I have ever seen make very good music!

[@lumix1640]

Can't believe they still exist...with the same energy!