new or old doesn't matter. whatever you got just throw it at me
Well, ti be honest, when it comes to the "original wave" of surf, I don't know if it comes much harder than the mighty Dick Dale. I mean, to me Miserlou is pretty effin heavy for its time. Most people don't know it, but Leo Fender worked very closely with Dale on his amps. He'd build one, give it to Dick to try out, he'd blow it into melted hunks at a gig, and Leo went back and back and back to the drawing board until he put together something that could withstand Dale's onslaught, and this resulted directly in the creation of a few of Fender's most famous amps, including the Dual Showman and the Bassman.
With surf, it's a genre where there were a million bands, but most only had one or two standout tunes, like Bullwinkle Pt 2 by The Centurions, or Pipeline.
Also, surf was meant primarily as dance music, and a lot of it is slow and dreamy...I don't equate most surf from any era as heavy.
The band Lawndale were pretty cool and sometimes heavy. Released 2 albums in the 80s on SST. From the 60s I always dug The Atlantics from Australia. Not a lot of heavy though.
I'm a lot less help than I thought I might be. Sorry.
The mermen are awesome, but I wouldn't call it heavy.
Gotta agree...they do have passages where they build up to pretty heavy crescendos, but overall, yep.
@CL400Peavey --so sorry to hear. I've lost a few friends the same way over the years. What a terrible, stupid drug.
