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Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO 
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 09:33 PM
I always get this confused with South Beach ... OK, this is probably in the top ten dumb questions on SG101, but I didn't turn up anything easily with the search tool, so ... Would somebody like to point me at some standard discussions of what defines "the South Bay style," or maybe just tell me outright? Obviously locality and band lineages, right, but what musically? I know about no reverb or less reverb, but I'm not sure that covers it. Last edited: Apr 28, 2009 19:58:16 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3782 tn 
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 09:41 PM
This is off the top of my head: http://www.satanspilgrims.com Last edited: Apr 27, 2009 21:51:54 |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 09:46 PM
The South Bay Sound was a type of instrumental rock played by bands like the Belairs around 1960-1961 in the south bay communities around Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles County California. So the legend goes, surfer Lance Carson (who was later in 1964's Endless Summer movie) heard the Belairs one night & commented that it sounded like Surf Music. http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc212.html The first true surf band is generally considered to be The Bel Airs. Paul Johnson and Eddie Bertrand met in 1960 and formed the nucleus of the band. They idolized The Storms, Duane Eddy, Link Wray, The Fireballs, The Ventures, and Johnny & The Hurricanes. The Bel Airs formed when Richard Delvy on drums, Chas Stuart on sax and Jim Roberts on piano (sometimes) joined with Johnson and Bertrand. In May of 1961, The Bel Airs recorded "Mr. Moto", a mutual composition by Paul Johnson and Richard Delvy, along with several other tunes. Arvee Records released the single that summer, making "Mr. Moto" the first surf tune recorded by a surf band. Paul Johnson went on to write a number of classic surf tunes, including "Squad Car", "Scouse", and "Chifflado". Johnson's distinctive style became known as the "South Bay Sound," spawning and inspiring many other bands in the region including The Challengers and Thom Starr & The Galaxies. Down the road in Orange County there was this guy. |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1899 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 09:57 PM
Do The Chantays fit into the South Bay sound? —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:00 PM
Don't forget Pennywise, brah! Seriously, the Descendents. And oh yeah, those surf bands, too. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:01 PM
I think it was Surf Music by the time they released Pipeline. The Chantays were from Santa Ana High School in the OC so they were not south bay guys. Here is a good article. |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19305 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:06 PM
Geographically speaking, where is the "South Bay"? —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:16 PM
That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3782 tn
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:19 PM
It's a peninsula that juts out on the south end of LA, northwest of Borange County. It includes Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, but not our little Pilgrim enclave in Pedro. —http://www.satanspilgrims.com Last edited: Apr 27, 2009 22:28:12 |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 10:21 PM
Ted: 1, OC: 0 I forgot Redd Kross earlier. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1070 Ventura County, Calif.
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Posted on Apr 27 2009 11:06 PM
You've been there Brian. It's where last year's SG101 gig was at Suzys in Hermosa Beach. Be careful following the masses. Sometimes the "M" is silent........................... |
Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1277 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 08:32 AM
spskins wrote:> It's a peninsula that juts out on the south end of LA, northwest of Borange County. It includes Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, but not our little Pilgrim enclave in Pedro. If we're not South Bay, then that makes us "Harbor Area" (Harbor City, Wilmington, Lomita) - say it ain't so! —Bill S._______ |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1277 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 08:36 AM
Captain Springfield said:
Bill S._______ |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1062 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 10:00 AM
The Chantays I consider the Orange County sound and what abut The Challengers? Theyre a well known South Bay band. —The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2684 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 10:56 AM
Don't forget Ambrosia. Dave Pack went to my High School, Torrance High which was seen as West Beverly Hills High in 90210, Sunnyvale High in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and also in Zoey 101 (?). The drummer of Survivor (Eye of the Tiger), Marc Droubay went to Bishop Montgomery High where Eddie and Paul went. Also, Charles Thompson (AKA Black Francis, Franck Black) is from Torrance. One more and perhaps the biggest, Danny Gans, Entertainer of the Year every year in Las Vegas went to my elementary and high school. |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 10:56 AM
I think the impact of the 'South Bay Sound" is often under estimated. In his book "The Lost Beach Boy" David Marks credits Paul Johnson and Eddie Bertrand for being one of the larger motivating forces for he and Carl Wilson to learn how to play guitar. |
Joined: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 245 Long Beach, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 11:27 AM
Don't forget Don Dokken and Vince Neil from the Crue . |
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Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2684 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 11:42 AM
Actually, I was trying to forget about Vince Neil, it isn't all sunshine in the South Bay. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3782 tn
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 12:10 PM
So is Pedro considered South Bay or not? —http://www.satanspilgrims.com |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25600 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 28 2009 12:18 PM
I'm not 100% sure as I'm a OC boy. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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