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This movement is credited with founding Seattle's music scene which survives to the present.[citation needed]\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe songs that the band played were a mixture of garage rock standards (\"Louie, Louie\", \"Have Love, Will Travel\"), early rock and roll (\"Jenny, Jenny\", \"Skinny Minnie\") and original compositions such as \"Strychnine\", \"Psycho\", and \"The Witch\", all based upon simple chord sequences, played hard and fast.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lyrics of The Sonics' original material dealt with early '60s teenage culture: cars, guitars, surfing, and girls (in songs like \"The Hustler\", \"Boss Hoss\" and \"Maintaining My Cool\") alongside darker subject matter such as drinking strychnine for kicks, witches, psychopaths, and Satan (in the songs \"Strychnine\", \"The Witch\", \"Psycho\", and \"He's Waitin'\", respectively).\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/The+Sonics","playStationPath":"/stations/113523763/play","stationId":113523763,"bioPath":"/music/The+Sonics/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Del+Shannon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fb0/fb08d14b5addd075d311b2e5ce7fef71_md.jpg","artistName":"Del Shannon","artistId":6725,"station_id":113268257},{"musicPath":"/music/Jefferson+Airplane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/208/2086bc2ff77e72390b01c78f6dd2d3c0_md.jpg","artistName":"Jefferson Airplane","artistId":1397,"station_id":113273354},{"musicPath":"/music/Strawberry+Alarm+Clock","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/525/5252451d47e3ca988e615096bdef3d77_md.jpg","artistName":"Strawberry Alarm Clock","artistId":5424,"station_id":113276305},{"musicPath":"/music/Thee+Oh+Sees","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9cd/9cd52f77a3f3e63125aab8936fc804b9_md.jpg","artistName":"Thee Oh Sees","artistId":55250,"station_id":259374501},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Five+Americans","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c75/c75249d023f7807ea3e8c00cfe48b68b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Five Americans","artistId":5430,"station_id":113688432},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Turtles","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/60f/60f0828e2449a15fa1648f4a2e630411_md.jpg","artistName":"The Turtles","artistId":5440,"station_id":113293790},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Greenhornes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2fc/2fc99c67f2d2ec8fa3c2f40941342788_md.jpg","artistName":"The Greenhornes","artistId":12258,"station_id":114845881},{"musicPath":"/music/Donovan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/638/6383e4c005b11071d9ffe0381a558d01_md.jpg","artistName":"Donovan","artistId":1019,"station_id":113270902},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Hives","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7c9/7c9471b3e27f7310895ffd7ab43e7222_md.jpg","artistName":"The Hives","artistId":742,"station_id":113313613},{"musicPath":"/music/Moby+Grape","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/411/411107dae85b83f6f9e478eda86315d4_md.jpg","artistName":"Moby Grape","artistId":11321,"station_id":113479174},{"musicPath":"/music/Ty+Segall","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f37/f375a78ffb9ba6792287fea42283c181_md.jpg","artistName":"Ty Segall","artistId":71497,"station_id":264818128},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Animals","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/728/7286802466f34372455a66d4ca1390ab_md.jpg","artistName":"The Animals","artistId":713,"station_id":113277239},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Searchers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5fd/5fd93309e5b48ce04f50d91e7fe2d3a4_md.jpg","artistName":"The Searchers","artistId":4481,"station_id":113407431},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Cale","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d67/d6768ed02a9b137dfe520e89c6e501e9_md.jpg","artistName":"John Cale","artistId":5934,"station_id":113392125},{"musicPath":"/music/Dead+Moon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/001/0017850d42bc130f894e06f722cce759_md.jpg","artistName":"Dead Moon","artistId":87280,"station_id":270209438},{"musicPath":"/music/Roky+Erickson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/21e/21e1fc25600428b7300a8add5d50e2a6_md.jpg","artistName":"Roky Erickson","artistId":111758,"station_id":282359943},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Zombies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0a1/0a105f7b10e0ebd5d2c298f21c7422b2_md.jpg","artistName":"The Zombies","artistId":6283,"station_id":113267355},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Bobby+Fuller+Four","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b94/b94f61f93653fb4e2a5166ccc3451286_md.jpg","artistName":"The Bobby Fuller Four","artistId":6236,"station_id":114396120}]}