Hailing from London, England. They sound punk. They sound garage. SONIC BOOM BOYS are influenced by Johnny Thunders, Dead Boys, Social Distortion and Hanoi Rocks etc. to name a few. The band was known as one of the loudest rock 'n' roll bands on the UK and European underground scenes.

This super sonic Lo-Fi re-recorded version is kicking to the max! "Ain't Gonna Bring Us Down" was originally released on their debut album Generation 3 in 2001. Side B "Another State Of Mind" is a cover of legendary californian punk band Social Distortion's classic song.

This single is pressed on purple transparent wax and hand numbered, limited to 500 copies.

This is the band' last release as sadly the singer Geoff Starr passed away in June 2005. The songs were recorded in The Hague, Holland where they did 10 tours between 1997 and 2001.

Ox-Fanzine #50 (Written in German)
Wer "Another state of mind" von SOCIAL DISTORTION covert, setzt damit ein klares Zeichen für seinen eigenen Sound, würde ich sagen, und das steht den SONIC BOOM BOYS aus London eigentlich ganz gut. Auf der A-Seite ihrer Single auf Jet 13 (www.jet13records.com) findet sich ein Song vom Debüt-Album, was die Sache zwar nicht zum Superdeal macht, aber sympathisch ist. Cooler Rock'n'Roll-Punk, was will man mehr ?
Joachim Hiller (6)

3rd Generation Nation #25 (Written in German)
Zu dieser limitierten 500er-Single im schonstem lila Farbton hat mir ihr Gitarrist Jet noch ein paar handgeschriebene Zeilen zukommen lassen, die ich euch nicht vorenthalten mochte, im O-Ton belasse und jetzt eintippe: "You might think > What The Hell is That ? <, when you listened to this record. But we actually made and played like this on purpose. All the Amp levels were Volume 10 and pedal levels were maximum, too. We did play like we normally do gigs or rehearsals." Schnitt. Mich erinnert der daraus resultierende Sound und ganz speziell die Stimme ihres Sängers Geoff an etwas härtere DEMOLITION 23, was beim Titeitrack ziemlich gut zum Tragen kommt. Die B-Seite gehört dem SxDx-Cover "Another State Of Mind". Mal was anderes, oder ?
Ralf Real Shock (4/5)

Long Gone Loser #8
Long running UK band that I have heard the name of a million times before but have never had the chance to hear them until now. Purple vinyl two tracker with a lo-fi garage rocker on the A-side that reminds me of early 80's punk rock while on the flip we have a cover of Social Distortion's "Another State Of Mind". I can definitely hear the FEAR, Dead Kennedys, 45 Grave, The Damned etc. influences on this disc so if that's what you dig then you're gonna need this. Definitely keen to hear more.

Sleazegrinder
I first heard London, UK based garage glam slam punk n' rollers The Sonic Boom Boys back in the long hot Summer of 2001. The SBB's had just recorded their debut album "Generation 3" but their bass player had left and my pal (and now bassist/singer for The Eruptors) Jeff Pepsii: Reich Fuhrer of Rock, got the gig.
The album was a short sharp shock of sleazy rock n' roll to the London music scene, and the adrenaline-fueled gigs were even more frantic, sealing the SBB's reputation as one of the loudest and fastest cheap and nasty rock n' roll bands this side of Scandinavia. Visually, Sonic Boom Boys gigs kind of resembled the cover from the Hanoi Rocks album "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes", generally rocking out and throwing shapes in a blizzard of oversized shades, cool threads, and rock star haircuts. The lead guitarist was called Jet Storm and the front man was called Geoff Starr, we all thought that was pretty cool.
After a few treks around Europe rocking out and inciting mayhem, Jeff Pepsii (bass) and Jonty (drums) left. They were replaced by Aku (bass) and Sasu (drums), and this new SBB's line up decided to go to Holland and re-record the song "Ain't Gonna Bring Us Down" from the album, plus a cover version of Social Distortion's "Another State Of Mind", for release as a strictly limited 7" single on coloured vinyl. The new skuzzed up and fuzzed up mega up low-fi version of "Ain't Gonna Bring Us Down" is closer to the speed and aggression of the Sonic Boom Boys live experience than was achieved on the original album version. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it virtually jumped off the turntable, took a flick knife to my speakers, and threw a cement mixer through the front window. Or at least that's how it sounded. Apparently they recorded these songs with all the amp settings and pedals turned up to the max. Because of that, you really need to turn this up to a ridiculous volume to get through the feed back and distortion drenched production, but then again, what sort of volume do you expect to play obnoxiously distorted sleaze punk at ?!
I think that this is a pretty cool single. Anyway don't just take my word for it because I hear that you can check it out for yourself. Just don't forget to crank it up to 13!
Alex Eruptor