Sonny Kay is a legend is some circles, he almost single handedly defined the sound, community and aesthetic of an entire era in "extreme" music with his bands Savalas, Angel Hair, The VSS, Subpoena the Past, Year Future and Optional Body. Sonny's influence went well beyond the music he released with his own bands as the label he started GSL(Gold Standard Laboratories) was not only home to some of my personal favorite artists ever but also some of the most unforgettable including The Locust, The Mars Volta, !!!, Arab on Radar, Get Hustle, JR Ewing, Le Shok, Melt Banana, Mohinder, The Faint, The Rapture, Chromatics and many many more. Sonny's influence on punk rock would be ever present in the 90's and on with his unique twisted vocal delivery and the heavy use of keyboards in a genre that otherwise has shunned the instrument entirely. Sonny's music and art is still as frightening, invigorating and original as it was 15 years ago and for this reason and more I have chosen him to be my first entry in a segment I hope will become a regular feature.
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