Sonny Vincent




Sonny Vincent is a survivor of the '77 New York punk scene, the scorching guitarist/singer/songwriter from bands like Testors, Rocket From The Crypt and Model Prisoners.  He has fronted three punk/indie all-star groups: Spite (with members of The Damned, Sex Pistols, The Stooges), Shotgun Rationale (Dead Boys, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü) and Sonny Vincent and His Rat Race Choir (The Stooges, Dead Boys, The Damned).  Sonny also spent 9 years in the studio and on the road with The Velvet Underground's Maureen Tucker, and is a successful solo artist in his own right.


photograph by Tiger Lily