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Saturday, January 20, 2018
Listen Up: Rob Lind of The Sonics Tells 'Local Vibes' How His Band Invented Punk
Episode 26
Posted By Mark Kemp and Ryan Pitkin on Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 8:00 AM
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.](https://media.fdncms-media.com/charlotte/imager/u/blog/8041583/roblind.webp?cb=1734153739)
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