.
. >>
. >> BEFORE GRUNGE, HEAVY ROCK OR
PUNK THERE WAS A BAND FROM
PIERCE COUNTY THAT DEFIED
LABELS AND AUTHORITY TO CRANK
OUT THEIR OWN BRAND OF MUSIC.
THAT WAS THE SONICS AND THEY
ENDED UP INFLUENCING A WHO'S
WHO OF PUNK AND ROCK HISTORY,
GROUP LIKE PEARL JAM, BUT HONEY
EVEN THE SEX PISTOLS.
A NEW DOCUMENTARY, BOOM!,
DELVES INTO THEIR NORTHWEST
ROOTS AND A LEGACY THAT IS STILL
GOING STRONG.
GOING STRONG. TURNING NOW IS JORDAN
ALBERTSTEN, AND FREDDIE DENNIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THIS GOES WAY BACK NOT JUST THE
FILM ITSELF YOUR LOVE OF THE
SONICS.
SONICS.
SONICS. YOU WERE A YOUNG TEENAGER WHEN
YOU FIRST DISCOVERED THE MUSIC?
>> I WAS A KID.
MY DAD INTRODUCED ME TO THE
BAND WHEN I WAS 13-14.
HE HEARD ME LISTENING TO PUNK
ROCK MUSIC AND SAID YOU SHOULD
HEAR THE SONICS.
WHEN YOUR DAD DID YOU LISTEN TO
AMANDRE YOU LIKE YEAH.
>> MY FIRST IMPRESSION
EVERYTHING MY DAD LISTENED TO
WAS LANE THE WAY HE LISTENED
ANYTHING COOL I HEARD THE
SONICS IT WAS THE COOLEST THING
I'VE EVER HEARD.
GAVE ME A NEW PER RESPECT -- A
NEW RESPECT FOR SURE.
>> WHEN DID YOU START WORK ON
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> TEN YEARS AGO ALMOST TO THE
DAY WHEN THE SONICS PLAYED
THEIR FIRST SEATTLE REUNION SHOW
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. AFTER THE
SHOW I SAID I AM GOING TO MAKE
A MOVIE ABOUT THIS BAND.
THAT WAS WHEN IT STARTED.
>> HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO
STRUCTURE A? WHO WERE THE
PEOPLE YOU WANTED TO BE
SPEAKING ABOUT THEM IN THIS
MOVIE AND HOW DID YOU WANT TO
TELL THAT STORY?
>> AT FIRST I WANTED TO TELL
JUST THE STORY OF THE BAND FROM
THE 60s.
THE 60s.
THE 60s. MY INTENTION WAS TO HAVE THIS
SORT OF BIG, CINEMATIC
RETELLING OF THEIR HISTORY.
BUT, FINANCING JUST NEVER, EVER
APPEARED.
APPEARED.
APPEARED. THE FILM KIND OF EVOLVED AND
BECAME MORE PERSONAL, MORE ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THEY BROKE
UP AND HOW THAT MUSIC KIND I'VE
GOT AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT
THEM KNOWING ABOUT IT. IT JUST
CONTINUED TO EVOLVE UNTIL ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO.
>> WHEN YOU FINALLY FINISHED
IT.
IT.
IT. WHY
IT. WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT A
QUICK CLIP FROM THE MOVIE.
>> ♪ ♪ SPIN WE KNOW THE
MUSIC IS TERRIFIC. WHAT ELSE
DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE BAND
THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW PRIOR TO
AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
YOURSELF IN THE CONTEXT?
>> AS FAR AS THE BAND I DIDN'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BAND
OTHER THAN THEY WERE FROM THE
TACOMA AREA AND I LOVE THEM AND
THAT WAS IT. I DIDN'T KNOW
THEIR PERSONALITIES, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHO THEY WERE, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHEN THE BAND BROKE UP
THEY ALL JUST SORT OF WENT ON
WITH NORMAL LIVES. MOST GOT OUT
OF MUSIC ENTIRELY.
THE THING I THOUGHT WAS SO
INTERESTING, AS THEY KIND OF
BECAME NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS
STARTED FAMILIES, THEIR MUSIC
WAS INFLUENCING THIS OTHER
GENERATION OF MUSICIANS AND
THEY WERE REALLY AWARE OF THAT
THAT WAS, I THINK WAS MOST
INTERESTING TO ME WAS
DISCOVERING THAT KIND OF
SECRET.
SECRET.
SECRET. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER CLIP I THINK
SPEAKS TO THAT.
>> WE WILL FIND A GROUP THAT
WILL BLOW YOU AWAY.
>> HE PLAYED SOLO -- SO LOUD
AND SO AGGRESSIVELY WE ALL
STARTED DOING THAT.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER ANY DRUMMERS
PLAYING AS LOUD AS I DID.
>> ♪.
>> ♪.
>> ♪. >>
>> ♪. >> WE WANTED TO PLAY LITTLE
RICHARD, WE WANTED TO PLAY
ANYTHING THAT ROCKED.
>> NEXT THING WE KNEW .
>> RAMON's SUPPOSED TO BE THE
FIRST PUNK BAND. NO.
WE GOT THEM BEACH.
AND THE SEX PISTOLS.
NO.
NO.
NO. WE
NO. WE GOT THEM BEAT.
>> FREDDIE, YOU HAVE SUCH AN
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE
YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE SONICS
FOR ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AMOUNT
OF TIME HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FILM.
THIS FILM. YOU ARE THE LEAD VOCALIST AND
BASS PLAYER BUT YOU HAD A RICH
HISTORY AND MUSIC PRIOR TO
JOINING THE SONICS?
>> I GREW UP IN SPOKANE A
NUMBER OF BANDS THERE. THE BAND
THE COMPANY OUT OF SPOKANE's
MOVE FOR APPROVAL FIVE.
FROM THERE I WENT TO CALIFORNIA
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT
BROUGHT ME BACK TO SEATTLE.
THE KINGSTON, THE SONICS, I
KNEW ALL ABOUT THE BANDS.
IT JUST BECAME EVIDENT I WAS
GOING TO BE PLAYING IN THIS
BAND BECAUSE I KNEW ALL THE
OTHER PEOPLE SINGING IN THE AREA
. JR. CADILLAC AND ALL THOSE
DIFFERENT BANDS MAKE IT WAS
DESTINED TO DO A LOT OF THE
MEMBER BANDS WOULD GO YOU'VE
GOT TO BE IN THE SONICS.
SO I FINALLY GOT TO KNOW THOSE
GUYS, SAYING WITH THEM, IT IS
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. >> AND STILL RELEVANT TO THIS
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. OR
DAY. OR DO YOU THINK THIS MUSIC IS
SO RELEVANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE
AND WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST?
>> IT IS ROCK 'N' ROLL. THEY
WERE A REAL ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND,
PERIOD.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. THAT IS THE MAGIC.
THEY HAVE THAT ENERGY.
IT WAS NOT SLOW SONGS IT WAS
RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. AND I LOVE
THAT STUFF.
THAT STUFF. I GREW UP WITH LITTLE RICHARD,
HE IS MY FAVORITE AND IT GOES
FROM THERE.
FROM THERE. HOW CAN YOU -- THAT IS WHERE
YOU WANT TO GO TO.
THAT IS ROCK 'N' ROLL.
>> AND ROCK 'N' ROLL THAT WAS
AHEAD OF ITS TIME.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE AUDIENCES -- I
KNOW YOU ARE STILL DIGESTING
THE FACT THAT THE MOVIE IS DONE
AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT WHAT
IS YOUR HOPE AUDIENCES WILL
WALK OUT OF THE THEATER AND BE
THINKING ABOUT AFTER SEEING THE
SONG.
SONG.
SONG. >>
SONG. >> THE HOPE IS TO SHINE A LIGHT
ON THIS KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT
PART OF HISTORY OF NORTHWEST
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
MUSIC. LIKE FREDDIE WAS SAYING IS NOT
JUST A SONG SONG, THERE SO MANY
AMAZING BANDS THAT HAVE COME OUT
WITH THE NORTHWEST NOT JUST
PEARL JAM, NIRVANA,
SOUNDGARDEN, HEART, MY HOPE IS
PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THE SONICS
IN MY EYES FOR THE FIRST BAND
TO HIT YOU IN THE FACE.
>> LET IT BE A LESSON TO US
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY RECOMMEND
MUSIC TO US WE SHOULD JUST
LISTEN TO OUR DAD.
THEY MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING,
YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THE
CLOSING NIGHT OF THE TACOMA
FILM FESTIVAL.
FILM FESTIVAL. SEVERAL SHOWINGS TONIGHT
BEGINNING AT 7:00 AND