Surf Rock! Dick Dale/The Ventures

[Alcyon]

Anybody a big fan of this genre? I've been learning songs for the last couple of weeks and I'd love to start a band. Ron Eglit, Nokie Edwards/Bob Bogle, man these guys knew what a groove was.

y/n?

[lorenk]

yes ventures rock.

because surf rock lead to garage rock and garage rock lead to punk rock. and punk rock rocks.

[lunarpollen]

I definitely enjoy a lot of surf music.

[perogato02]

Yep, very enjoyable ... And I would like to drop the name 'Man or Astro-Man'

[Oric]

Surf rock is pretty amazing. I would suggest the Bambi Molesters- they're a good modern surf rock band.

[sarcastro83]

They hated the "surf rock" label, but check out Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. I recomend their "Savy Show Stoppers" record. Then pour out some of your beer for their dearly departed bass player. Those dudes freaking ruled.

[AnalogPackrat]

Instrumental Surf is one of my favorite genres. Shadowy Men were great, indeed. There's a lot of good "new" stuff out there: Pollo Del Mar, The Penetrators, The Surfcoasters (Japanese), Insect Surfers, Slacktone (incredible stuff), The Mermen (wild--must see live), etc.

I saw Dick Dale back in 2002 or so. Unbelievable show.

A P

p.s. Check archive.org's totally legal music section for a ton of Mermen live shows. Allen Whitman plays several different basses all through an SVT and fridge (w/extra 1x15 at times). Their live shows get pretty dang loud.

[lunarpollen]

Laika and the Cosmonauts are a great Finnish band

[jumbosilverette]

Los Straitjackets get my vote.

[sbassface]

dick dale rocks! seen him a couple times in the mid-90's.

[DeanT]

Surf music rules. The Ventures are true pioneers in instrumental and rock music.

While the bass players were adept at holding down the groove with simple lines, they unfortunately were overshadowed by some great guitar players like Dick Dale and Duane Eddy.

By the way, to illustrate what a nut I am for Surf Music, I spent years (literally) looking for a book called "Surf City: The California Sound" by Jack Wood (who by the way is a bass player). It was published in 1995 and had a page or two on all the California Surf bands and a partial discography. It came with a CD of the bands' music too. It had these really gnarly photos throughout.

It doesn't have a cover price on it, but it probably sold for maybe $9.95 new with the CD. I think I paid something like $25 on eBay for it. That's how desperate I was to own it. 72 pages worth of cool Surf Rock!

[4Mal]

Yep surf can be a lot of fun. Check out 'The Red Elvises'. I've done a couple of shows in front of those guy's. Big fun... They aren't strictly a surf band in the Dick Dale/Ventures sense but they prey on the same audience. They are a really fun band live.

Find a song called 'The Herse' maybe from The Water Dogs ? That's a nice under played surf tune.

[Surly]

Agent Orange if you like surfpunk.

[Infernal Affair]

While not entirely surf, Link Wray should definitely be mentioned, and not just because he "invented" the power chord. A lot of his songs can be considered surf rock tunes.