The lead guitarist for Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet now heads up a band called Atomic 7. Check 'em out. I'm also partial to a Canadian group by the name of Huevos Rancheros...
Actually, most of the names in the last day or so have been mentioned. I think a lot of us are getting lazy in our collective old age and not reading all the posts. Hell, I'll admit that this was the second time I had read this thread since it was first started, so about halfway through it resorted to using the FIND feature. I did a search for surf music not too long ago and came up with this thread an one other that had a bunch of bands listed and here is the most complete list of names that were on all the threads. I'm sure there were some left off but it's a good start. I am now carrying that list so when go to places like Best Buy or other places where I can buy CDs, I can look for all the 'right' bands so I can really build a solid library. You might wanna fasten your seatbelt for this one... 3 Bad Jacks 3 Blue Teardrops 7 Shot Screamers Agent Orange Amazing Royal Crowns Angry Johnny & The Killbillies Aqua Velvets ****n Roulette Austronauts Big Joe Turner Billy Lee Riley Blind Pharaohs Blue Demons Blue Hawaiians Bob's Country Bunker Boss Martians Buddy Knox Cash'd Out (one of the most kick*** Johnny Cash cover bands in the country) Chantys Charlie Feathers Cigar Store Indians (early stuff) Curse Of The Surf Trio Deadbolt Death Valley Deke ****erson Demented Are Go Dexter Romweber & Crash Laresh **** Dale & The Deltones Downshifters Eddie and The Showmen Eddie Cochran Eight Ball Grifter Elvis Hitler(the Older Stuff) Fifty Foot Combo Five Chinese Brothers Friends Of Dean Martinez Full Blown Cherry Gary Hoey Godless Wicked Creeps Groovie Ghoulies Gwil Owen Hazil Adkins! Hell On Heels Helldriver Hellvis Heptanes Hick'ry Hawkins Hillbilly Hellcats Impala Jerry King & Rivertown Ramblers Joe Buck Junior Brown Laika & The Cosmonauts Link Wray And The Wraymen Lords of the Highway Los Plantronics Los Straitjackets Mac Curtis Mad Caddies Mad Hatters Man or Astroman? Mark Mothersbaugh ( Devo ) Project Called Wipeouters Men They Couldn't Hang Mermen Nebulas Nine Pound Hammer Omar and the Stringpoppers Phenomonauts Plan9 Quakes Red Elvises Rezurex Rip Carson & The Twilight Trio Rocket 350 Rounders Roy Orbison Rumblers Satan's Pilgrims Satans Teardrops Screamin Jay Hawkins Screamin Lord Sutch Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet Slacktone Slim Cessnas Auto Club Southern Culture on the Skids Staright 8's Stray Cats Sun-Rays Super****ers Surfarias Surfcoasters Teisco Del Rey (a.k.a. Dan Forte) The Astronauts The Bambi Molesters The Bomboras The Buzzbombs The Centurions The Challengers The Chop Tops The Crossfires The El Caminos The Electrolux Combo The Fathoms The Finks The Ghastly Ones The Hammerdowns The Huntington Cads The Impalas The Insect Surfers The Kings of Nuthin' The Lively Ones The Mummies The Penetrators The Phantom Surfers The Preston Wayne Four The Quakes The Reluctant Aquanauts The Reverend Horton Heat The Sandblasters The Space Cossacks The Surfites The Thunderchiefs The Torquays The Trashman The Treble Spankers The Ventures The Volcanics The Volcanos The Woodies The Ziggens Three Bad Jacks Tiger! Tiger! Vince Taylor and His *******s Wanda Jackson Warren Smith Wayne Han**** Compilation Albums: Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar Vols. 1-4 Surf War Big Surf Vol. 1 And 2 Surf Legends And Rumors More Surf Legends And Rumors Wild Surf Surf Monsters Legends Of Guitar Vol. 5 Surf The Surf Creature Vance
Woa...thats a big list. I would also recommend a few of my personal surf rock favorites: The Hypnomen, Friends of Dennis Wilson, The Amino Acids and a good band I recently stumbled upon, The Treblemakers.
I'll continue to add the newcommers to my list. I'm trying stick bands that have larger followings. Smaller local bands that aren't from this area are tough to buy in our local stores and I really prefer to buy music in stores. I'm kinda traditional like that. I'm lucky that Dayton, OH has several music stores, (Gem City, ***********'s and a couple others) that are know to carry/order odd music. Vance
you forgot the atomic mosquitos............check them out on myspace...............there cool........................rooster
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