Sean Bonniwell, lead singer of The Music Machine was 71

The Music Machine got a regular gig at Hollywood Legion Lanes bowling alley and in 1966 scored their only chart hit, "Talk Talk." The band with Bonniwell at the front is regarded by some as the quintessential proto-punk band to come out of Los Angeles before the punk era. Bonniwell died of lung cancer in Visalia on December 20, the L.A. Times obit says.