Listen Up: Rob Lind of The Sonics Tells ‘Local Vibes’ How His Band Invented Punk

Episode 26

Mark Kemp and Ryan PitkinJanuary 20, 2018August 4, 2024

Before heading to eastern Europe for a five-week tour, proto-punk and garage-rock pioneer Rob Lind of The Sonics came by the studio to talk about making music with his friends as a naive teen in the mid-’60s, with no idea of how iconic his band would become.

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[From left] Mark Kemp, Rob Lind and Ryan Pitkin.

This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2018.

Ryan Pitkin

Ryan Pitkin began his journalism career at Creative Loafing as an intern, later becoming the writer of CL's satirical column, The Blotter, and recently became the News Editor. Other publications he has... More by Ryan Pitkin

Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's former editor-in-chief, and the author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. He is currently the senior editor of Our State magazine.... More by Mark Kemp