. . . "1969Z"^^ . "1960Z"^^ . . "group_or_band" . "The Sonics"@en . . . . . . . "The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating in the early 1960s. Among the Sonics' contemporaries were the Kingsmen, the Wailers, the Dynamics, the Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders."@en . .