Live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney. A band that needs almost no introduction to aficionados of ‘garage rock’, it was The Sonics from Tacoma, Washington, back in 1963, who paved the path with their first single ‘The Witch’. The group’s persistence and passion led to the release of even more fiery tracks including ‘Cinderella’, ‘Shot Down’ and fan-favourite ‘Psycho’. While calling it quits five years later, reuniting briefly in 1972 and again in 1980, this allowed the rock revolution to take hold. Artists ranging from Nirvana to Mudhoney (already here on Moshcam!), The Hives (also here!) and The White Stripes cited them as an influence. Captured here in 2012, when they joined the Hoodoo Gurus ‘invitational’ Dig It Up, the band showed why they’re still held in such high regard. Age has definitely not wearied them! As band member Robert Lind told us a few years later (on a subsequent tour of Australia): “We’re not mechanical, we play hard and with everything that we have. Our understanding now (and always has been) is that those people are paying thirty to forty dollars to come see us and all we have to do is play one set for an hour. We’ll go out there and give them everything we’ve got.” Say no more!