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Since February 26, 2006, SurfGuitar101.com has been the premier home on the web for friends and fans of the world-wide phenomenon known as surf music! Created in Southern California in the early 1960's, surf music is very much alive today and has spread around the globe. Join us in our forums to discuss surf music, past and present. Meet new friends and discover new bands. Want to play surf music? We have lots of forums devoted to playing, performing, and writing surf music. We have lots of discussions on gear: guitars, amps, and drums. Check out our podcasts and hear some really great tunes! Finally, we feature news and articles on the surf scene, and you'll always know where you can catch some live surf music!
R.I.P. Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar. We wouldn't be here without him. Thank you for all the incredible music.
Join us in our forums for some lively discussions. Here are the forum topics with new posts.
For 2020, the Royal Aces band is excited to announce that we have once again been scheduled to play at every Golden Super Cruise Car Show, in Golden, Colorado. If any SG101 members are from Colorado, or just traveling through, feel free to stop by! The shows take place on the first Saturday of every month, from May through October, in the big King Sooper's parking lot on South Golden Road, from 3 to 6 pm.
A great way to get 2020 rollin. We have a great show coming at you February 7th at Fox & Goose in Sacramento, CA! It is sure to be a great night of tunes.
Equine surf legends Horse Rock are proud to present our new EP Pony M available right now on Spotify.
Featuring 2 originals, a Russian-themed surf-disco classic (Rasputin by Boney M) and a cover of our favourite German Surf band The Kilaueas.
The Agents are back with their 2nd cd and they're on a secret mission!!
To infiltrate your ears and mind into believing you have been taken to Dr. No's secret island of pleasure and mystery!! Will you return???
Dive into their repertoire and lose yourself as the agents come to your rescue. (with a cool martini in hand...)
Agent Octopus:
Bass & Guitars - Jim Colby (Viktor Martini, CIA)
Guitars, Keys and Bass - Art Svrjcek (Trey 'Shadowhawk' Montgomery, MI6)
Rhythm Guitar - Bill Bates (Sir Giles Latte, MI5)
Drums - Lew Bobbit (CDT Von Cleavage, GRU)
Additional Operatives:
Drums - Jeremy Carlson (Mako Dreadlock, Hawaiian Secret Police)
Guitars - Mark Prentice (Rod Dangerfeldt, FBI)
OK, it's not Impeachment talk or the World Series, but the Shamen are nonetheless pleased to announce that, weather and fires permitting, their music will be on KQBM, Blue Mountain Radio, 90.7 FM. A special shout out and big thanks to DJ James Fox. If the station doesn't burn down, the Lost Planet Shamen will be making a little surfy noise on Tuesday, November 5th, between 10-12 AM. You can also listen online - https://www.kqbm.org/. Not a major victory, but another step forward in the march to bring reverb to the people!
https://lostplanetshamen.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Lost-Planet-Shamen-366987463657230/
Orleone Records/Booking proudly presents :
CANNIBAL MOSQUITOS . Vroom Vroom Brasil Tour 2019
The amazing Cannibal Mosquitos, wild surf trio from Romans sur Isere/France, will cross the ocean on the way to South America for a sequence of 08 gigs in 10 days in Brazil.
The tour is organized by the Orleone Records/Booking; the shows will go through Guarulhos, Piracicaba, Americana, São Paulo (when the band will play at the INSTRUMENTAL SESC BRASIL, live broadcasting gig in one of the most importants stages of Latin America), Curitiba, Balneário Camboriú, Santos and Sumaré.
Also, the Sesc TV will do a small documentary about the band, just as they have done bands like The Bambi Molesters, Dirty Fuse, Los Protones, Lorenzo Surfer Joe, and many other bands that toured in Brazil through the Orleone Records/Mamute Productions.
Stay tuned for the dates!!!
Stay conected on monday, Nov 18th at 7pm (BR time) for saw the live broadcasting show at INSTRUMENTAL SESC BRASIL in São Paulo.
Surf's UP!!! É ROCHA!!!
info : sentaaporva@gmail.com
I am pleased to announce the SurfGuitar101 2019 MP3 Compilation! Our 15th one! Just like before, this is a way for members to share music, recording tips, and to just have fun. The main emphasis is fun, so please send in an entry no matter what your skill level is. Here are the rules:
Please use the comment thread for this news story to discuss the compilation and to get information on how to submit an mp3. Please also use that thread if you'd like to find a fellow member to work with on the project. With the magic of digital recording and the Internet, remote collaborations are possible. Make your own virtual surf band!
Please check out our prior compilations by using the links in the bottom left sidebar of the desktop version of our site.
Let the comp begin!
Enjoy a spooky Halloween with Blackball Bandits ! A collection of haunting surf/instrumental songs, full of reverberated guitars and ghostly vibes, released on Double Crown Records.
Includes a cover of the classic "Night of the Vampire" by the Moontrekkers, a brand new original ("Nightmare Frontier"), "Flyin' Pumpkin" and "Swingy Creepy" (previously released on sold out lathe cut vinyl), and "Undead Beauty Queen" (with vocals by wicked crooner SJ Salem).
CDs available from October 25 on Double Crown Records online store (https://www.doublecrownrecords.com/).
Also available digitally on Bandcamp (https://blackballbandits.bandcamp.com/), CDBaby, and streaming platforms.
!!! PRE-ORDER NOW !!! SRW059 King Ghidora “The Secret Origin Of An Unknown Planetary Destroyer” LP on cosmic black and translucent UFO green vinyl.
KING GHIDORA are a masked instrumental surf rock trio that blend elements of punk rock and 90's noise rock with the heavy instrumental sounds of sixties surf music creating a sound the band refers to as "SONIC SURF ROCK".
Originally from the Planet known as X King Ghidora now live in McMinnville, OR.
King Ghidora arrived on Planet Earth in 2010.
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