1. How and why did “The Sonics” start?

We started because it was an exciting time in music and we all wanted to play 

rock and roll music.  The two Parypa brothers were in a small local band called 

The Sonics and the three of us were in a small local band called The Imperials. 

We got together from that.

2. “The Sonics”, what does the name of the band mean and how did it turn out? 

I'm actually not real sure!  It has been said that it had to do with loud airplane 

sounds, and if that's the case, it's probably an appropriate name.

3. How easy was the reunion? How come anyway?

The re-union took about 18 months of hard work before we ever thought we 

might be ready to play publicly.

4. What you remember from the 60’s?

Popular music was very blase and uninteresting in the 60s and then suddenly 

the pop music scene exploded because of all the American bands that were 

playing great music, followed by the British Invasion which took the music 

explosion even higher.

5. How would you describe the sound of the band?

Our sound is powerful, emotional hard rock and roll music.

6. Do you consider your sound as mainstream or underground?

Don't mean to hedge the question, but probably a little of both.  We're an 

honest hard rock band that's a lot of fun to listen to, so in that regard 

I guess we're somewhat mainstream, but there's also a lot of mainstream 

music that's pretty uninteresting.  One thing The Sonics will never be is 

uninteresting, I guarantee you!
 
7. Which musicians or bands ‘changed’ your life?

Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones. 

8. What is on your turntables these days?

Like most musicians I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.  I even 

like hard rock country, but I also like Delbert McClinton, The Street Dogs, 

my friends The Hives.  I listen to oldies like Little Richard and Fats Domino 

and groups like Green Day and a lot of the Ramones music. Pretty eclectic.

9. Which was the best and the worst moment of the band during the first years?

Best moment was learning that The Witch, our first record, was being played on 

all the radio stations. Can't think of a bad moment.

10. What kind of people usually came to your live performances?

All kinds of people. Older people who loved our music in the 60s and now 

big crowds of younger people who, in the last couple years have discovered 

us and decided that they like us as well.

11. Can you share with us your future plans?

We have finished our first CD and will probably do another one this coming 

summer. We plan to keep touring and having as much fun as is barely legal. 

The Cave will be the first venue in the world to hear the debut of some of 

the songs from this CD.
 

12. You’ll play for the first time in Greece. What do you expect from the Greek audience?

We're very excited about coming to Greece and playing.  We expect that 

the crowd will have a great time; that they will yell and holler, sing along 

with us and have as much fun as we're going to have playing there. 

It's never a job for us.  We always have a great time and a lot of fun.

13. What should the Greek audience expect from The Sonics in the autumn gig at Belle Vue’s “Athenaeum Cave” in Athens?

The crowd should expect loud, hard rock and roll music played with 

a tremendous amount of passion and drive.  At the end of our set we'll be 

soaking wet and probably unable to talk much because we don't hold 

anything back.  We'll give you all we've got.  Probably will get to meet 

the crowd after the show and sign some autographs if that's allowed.