CommanderFo
Joined: Jul 10, 2008
Posts: 25
Cedar Hills, Utah
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Posted on Sep 02 2008 08:52 PM
surfbeatnik
The Torquays 1994-2008
I answered an ad in the local want ad rag called "The Recycler" for a drummer for a surf band that a guy named Jerry was putting together because he had sent a demo tape to a local venue called "The Coach House"...and they wanted him to have his band open for "Spirit" and "Arthur Lee and Love"...only problem was...he had no band! We rehearsed for a couple of months (all surf covers) and played the gig...wearing the matching red shirts that I had picked up at a local Target store earlier in the day. It was amazing to see and hear the reaction of the crowd when they saw us take the stage in our matching outfits. It was a good investment of $9.95 a piece (on sale)...we then went on to wear matching red jackets, play matching fender guitars through matching blonde fender amps!...
I picked up my first Torquays CD from Steve (I often had him set up my guitars). The drums were sooooooo good.
The band (and the great shows) will be missed...Thanks, Duff
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surfbeatnik
Joined: Apr 01, 2007
Posts: 347
Sea Country, CA, USA
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Posted on Sep 02 2008 09:00 PM
Commander Fo!
Were you in the Aquabats line-up when they opened for Man or Astroman?...in Hollywood at the Roxy, I think....awesome show!
...and thanks for the kind words!
—
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5306
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 06:03 AM
surfbeatnik
The Torquays 1994-2008.............and they wanted him to have his band open for "Spirit" and "Arthur Lee and Love"...
:drool:...anyone?
sounds like a great line-up. (i saw spirit back in the late 60's.....so, so good)
— www.surfintheeye.com
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CommanderFo
Joined: Jul 10, 2008
Posts: 25
Cedar Hills, Utah
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 12:35 PM
surfbeatnik
Commander Fo!
Were you in the Aquabats line-up when they opened for Man or Astroman?...in Hollywood at the Roxy, I think....awesome show!
...and thanks for the kind words!
I left the band earlier because I couldn't tour (left on a good note). So I was there, but didn't play.
MOAM puts on such great shows!
Ben
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Jon
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1076
Columbus, OH
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 06:11 PM
Commander Fo, What Aquabats albums did you play on?
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 06:35 PM
Klas
Daytonas 1989-1997
sniff nostalgia I loved the (Swedish) Daytonas, but was never able to find more than a couple songs by them, from various compilations. Apparently two - Go! and Surfer's Deal. I was thinking it was three for some reason.
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CommanderFo
Joined: Jul 10, 2008
Posts: 25
Cedar Hills, Utah
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 06:49 PM
Jon
Commander Fo, What Aquabats albums did you play on?
The first one..."The Return Of".
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kenposurf
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1650
Santa Rosa, CA
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Posted on Sep 03 2008 08:55 PM
First surf band (mid 60's) was Rip Curl..we played in the San Gabriel Valley, CA...our other guitarist Paul had a surf instro and Beach Boy vocal band about the same time in Chicago named The Surfbards
— www.northofmalibu.com
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Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 2293
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Sep 04 2008 10:13 AM
Tuck
Klas
Daytonas 1989-1997
sniff nostalgia I loved the (Swedish) Daytonas, but was never able to find more than a couple songs by them, from various compilations. Apparently two - Go! and Surfer's Deal. I was thinking it was three for some reason.
We had some additional songs on other comps as well. Check out the Instromania website for a pretty complete Daytonas discography:
http://www.instromania.net/D2/ART/ART_D/DAYTONAS%20The.php
— T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S
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surfraptor
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
Posts: 336
near Amsterdam
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Posted on Sep 04 2008 10:50 AM
funny!!
Just added one of the new tunes on MySpace page from the new album Klas
and talked to someone about the Daytonas, just 20 minutes ago... so me thinks why not check the surfguitar forum... been away for awhile ... see this!!
Love the new song Comets Tail!!!
you guys just have the right sound!!!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=145806886
will order!!
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 14 2014 07:54 PM
I have to admit, thinking back on it, this was my first band.
Noel, Matt, Brian, Steve, and Allan.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on Dec 16 2014 03:23 PM
They say you always remember your first...
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2776
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Dec 16 2014 06:37 PM
The Surge! was preceded in "surf" by The X-Rays. Here is a pix of the original lineup of the X-Rays plus one. We played our first show in the Spring of '97 as a four piece group with keyboards and no second guitarist.
As we were unloading the van in front of Twain's in Decatur for that first show, local area guitarist Chad Proctor,(who had played with Atlanta surf band "Fistful of Surfboards," the year before), just happened to be driving by Twain's and glanced over just at the point we were unloading the blonde amps. He jumped on the brakes and circled around to see what in-the-hell was going on a Twain's. (I had remembered him from a picture of his group playing a battle of the surf bands at Dotties during the Atlanta Summer Olympics in '96 with the Penetrators and I think, Thee Phantom 5ive) published in the Creative Loafing).
After a quick round of introductions we offered him the opportunity to join us and he jumped right in. This pix was made several weeks later at our second ever outing which was "back at Twain's by popular demand."
Left to right: Chad Proctor, Randy Wilt, Kevin Jolly, Nathan Fink, and Eddie Katcher.
This original line up didn't last the year out as I remember with a mass exodus of relatively uninspired X-Rays dudes. However it wasn't long before we were again hitting on all cylinders with new members Jack "WoodyJ" Booth, Ricky Lewis, Chris "Nick Zurn" Nicoll and Mike "Mitch" Mitchell. Ricky was ultimately superseded by current Surge! drummer Link Ladshaw who, like a lot of my buds has played in this band more often that not.
We have had a great time. 2015 marks the 18th year we have been fortunate enough to continue playing what we love, surf and instrumental rock. Lucky enough to perform from Orlando, FL to Indianapolis, IN, from Virginia Beach, VA to Huntington Beach, CA and lots of places in between. Who would have thunk it? I can't think of anything I would rather be doing.
Surf music is a great family.
ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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WoodyJ
Joined: Apr 05, 2006
Posts: 1544
Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Dec 16 2014 07:18 PM
Well, 50+ years later, I'm still in my first surf band, The Mariners.
We were high school friends in Murfreesboro (near Nashville) Tennessee who shared a passion for The Ventures and the surf music that managed to find it's way on the local airwaves. So in 1964 we started a band - an instrumental surf band, which was a rarity in Tennessee. The irony was that West Coast surf music was winding down about the same time when we got started.
I'll skip the history lesson, as it would be quite lengthy, but here is the Cliff Notes version: Three of us entered the military between 1968 and 1970 because of the Vietnam War. Then came jobs, family obligations and my relocation to Florida and then Georgia. We reconnected in 1996 and played quite a few live shows between then and 2003, at which time we decided to cease doing live shows and record when time and work pressures allowed.
2014 was the 50th anniversary of our formation and the plan was to release our third album. However, due to work conflicts and geographical logistics, we had to put that project on hold for the time being.
Here are some band pictures...1966 and 2003
— Jack Booth
(aka WoodyJ)
The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005)
The Hula Hounds (1996-current)
The X-Rays (1997-2004)
The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012)
Various non-surf bands that actually made money (1978-1990)
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dboomer
Joined: Jan 05, 2009
Posts: 262
Port Hueneme, CA
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Posted on Dec 17 2014 03:01 PM
Here's mine ... The Mustangs 1965. I remember we had two Princeton Reverbs and we were always told we were too loud. 
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2776
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Dec 17 2014 10:38 PM
da-boomer.....
Great pix! Did you guys get thrown out of that motel? From the looks of things, it must have been a college frat road trip party.
ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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jimmyjazz
Joined: Apr 20, 2007
Posts: 47
Twin Cities
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Posted on Dec 29 2014 12:52 AM
I met surfinjohnnyq at a dive bar in south Minneapolis at a Surf night back in 2008. We got another guitarist, practiced a few times and did a gig a couple months later. We met the drummer that night.
The other guitarist got hired the same night for a different band, Johnny ended up in a rockabilly band and I found a couple guys to play surf instrumentals in the Twin Cities.
— Looking for some jazz and a little libations - js
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on Dec 29 2014 06:56 AM
dboomer wrote:
Here's mine ... The Mustangs 1965. I remember we had two Princeton Reverbs and we were always told we were too loud.
What a great photo!
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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Duceditor
Joined: Mar 09, 2014
Posts: 83
The Monadnocks, NH
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Posted on Jan 05 2015 12:04 PM
My first surf "band," back in 1962, was actually just a duo -- me and my pal Al Karp -- billed as the Bi-Tones. Then we added first a drummer and a keyboardist, then later a bass. The names morphed along the way, first to the Twi-Lites then, in the Spring of 1964, when we started performing and recording original (non-surf) material, to the better known "Abstracts"
Here are a few very early (1962 and 1964), and one later (1966), photos...
— Still rockin' after all these years!
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stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
Posts: 2537
Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Jan 05 2015 04:15 PM
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January Birthdays 
