Slingerland61
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
Posts: 225
PacNW (Portland)
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Posted on May 09 2007 12:02 PM
Well, itâs pretty obvious, but everyone knows that Verbtones is Senot Brev spelled backwards. And after a busy day performing surf music for teeming hoards of screaming teens hereâs nothing thatâll quench that honest thirst like a tall glass of Senot Brev. Mmmmm⦠smooth, tasty and oh so wet!
(sorry, Iâm still surprised at how cool that Lava Rats story was!)
Iâm sure Kyle will weigh in on the official Verbtones naming saga, as I am the 2nd drummer for the band. But I'm sure it has something to do with a verb being an ACTION word!  (And besides, it's better than The Corn Stools!!!  )
— Steve
The Apollo Four 2012-present
https://www.facebook.com/ApolloFour/
The Verbtones 2002-2012
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estreet
Joined: Mar 17, 2007
Posts: 839
United Kingdom
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Posted on May 09 2007 12:22 PM
I'm a big Brian Wilson fan. The Original name of the Beach Boys was Carl and the Passions. My Name is Carl .... hence the Pashuns - mispelt for a bit of individuality and to Google well...
— http://www.myspace.com/thepashuns
Youth and enthusiasm are no match for age and treachery.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25488
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 09 2007 04:33 PM
Slingerland61
Well, itâs pretty obvious, but everyone knows that Verbtones is Senot Brev spelled backwards. And after a busy day performing surf music for teeming hoards of screaming teens hereâs nothing thatâll quench that honest thirst like a tall glass of Senot Brev. Mmmmm⦠smooth, tasty and oh so wet!
(sorry, Iâm still surprised at how cool that Lava Rats story was!)
Iâm sure Kyle will weigh in on the official Verbtones naming saga, as I am the 2nd drummer for the band. But I'm sure it has something to do with a verb being an ACTION word! (And besides, it's better than The Corn Stools!!! )
And here I thought Senot Brev was some french guy.
Good thing it wasn't
Jeff(bigtikidude)
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Overhead_Ted
Joined: Aug 09, 2006
Posts: 245
Long Beach, CA
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Posted on May 09 2007 04:51 PM
"No, we don't surf, we are chicken of the sea..." from Ferenc
Also, Pollo Del Mar was the name of the Santa Barbara spa that Steve Martin goes to with a young hot Sarah Jessica Parker in LA Story...classic.
This is embarrassing but we got our name the following way:
Looking for names, I liked "The Indicators" which is a surf spot in Palos Verdes. Billy was looking around the practice room and spotted an old laminated backstage pass to a RATT tour when they were promoting the Detonator album. Billy was a friend of the band and got the pass while hanging out with them on them back in the day when the Detonator album came out. Poof, he had an idea for the name of the band. So after a band vote, The Detonators won out. Rawk on.
Cheers,
Ted
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on May 09 2007 08:09 PM
OverheadTed_
Billy was looking around the practice room and spotted an old laminated backstage pass to a RATT tour when they were promoting the Detonator album. Billy was a friend of the band and got the pass while hanging out with them on them back in the day when the Detonator album came out. Poof, he had an idea for the name of the band. So after a band vote, The Detonators won out. Rawk on
Oh man, first a Kip Winger bass, and now this? That's classic. You guys aren't planning on adding any Dokken to the set, are you?
-Warren
— That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.
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MisterNeutron
Joined: Oct 02, 2006
Posts: 69
New Jersey
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Posted on May 10 2007 07:16 AM
monty python sketch from '74
— MISTER NEUTRON
http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/
www.myspace.com/misterneutron
www.myspace.com/damianfanelli
http://cdbaby.com/all/dfanelli
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Overhead_Ted
Joined: Aug 09, 2006
Posts: 245
Long Beach, CA
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Posted on May 10 2007 11:05 AM
CaptainSpringfield
OverheadTed_
Billy was looking around the practice room and spotted an old laminated backstage pass to a RATT tour when they were promoting the Detonator album. Billy was a friend of the band and got the pass while hanging out with them on them back in the day when the Detonator album came out. Poof, he had an idea for the name of the band. So after a band vote, The Detonators won out. Rawk on
Oh man, first a Kip Winger bass, and now this? That's classic. You guys aren't planning on adding any Dokken to the set, are you?
-Warren
Man, I thought you forgot about the Kip Winger bass. Now you bring up Dokken. Back in the day, Billy was a plumber in his previous life and installed Don Dokken's fountain in his front yard. He was so proud, he still has a copy of the check that Dokken paid with on the wall of the practice studio, next to the Detonator laminated pass and some shots of Billy in zebra-striped spandex, rokken like dokken!
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skeeter
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 2063
Virginia, USA
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Posted on May 10 2007 01:05 PM
I wanted to name us after the band "The Mosquitoes" on Gilligan's Island (Bingo, Bongo, Bango and Irving) but there were too many damn bands already using that name. So when in doubt, just add "Atomic" on there and make it your own.
Notice that our logo is somewhat similar to the Gilligan logo?
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— Paul
Atomic Mosquitos
Bug music for bug people is here!
Killers from Space
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19250
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on May 10 2007 01:11 PM
Teddy Salad?
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MisterNeutron
Joined: Oct 02, 2006
Posts: 69
New Jersey
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Posted on May 11 2007 07:59 AM
Teddy Salad -- yep, that's the one. "Mrs. S, I have won a Kellogg's Corn Flakes contest ..."
— MISTER NEUTRON
http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/
www.myspace.com/misterneutron
www.myspace.com/damianfanelli
http://cdbaby.com/all/dfanelli
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Matt22
Joined: Feb 15, 2007
Posts: 2825
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on May 11 2007 08:52 AM
The Del-Vamps because our original drummer wanted something with "Del" in it...lol. We were on a monster theme back then, so we all decided it would be cool to be vampires, but Del-Vampires sounded lame. So, we went with the shortened version and it stuck. Pretty lame, I know. No exciting or interesting story about it. However, the drummer's alternate name, which he was set on, was the Dinky Ghouls...no kidding!
Matt tha Kat
— Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-2020
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on May 11 2007 01:54 PM
Matt22
The Del-Vamps because our original drummer wanted something with "Del" in it...lol. We were on a monster theme back then, so we all decided it would be cool to be vampires, but Del-Vampires sounded lame. So, we went with the shortened version and it stuck. Pretty lame, I know. No exciting or interesting story about it. However, the drummer's alternate name, which he was set on, was the Dinky Ghouls...no kidding!
Matt tha Kat
Are you guys the same Del-Vamps from Arizona circa 97 with Benny from The Volcanics?
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Matt22
Joined: Feb 15, 2007
Posts: 2825
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on May 11 2007 01:59 PM
Yes, we are the same. Benny was the drummer right before he moved back to Las Vegas and then out to L.A. We formed in 1993 in Tempe and just reformed about 4 months ago after splitting up in 1999.
— Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-2020
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html
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sidewalksurf
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 243
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Posted on May 11 2007 02:09 PM
This was the inspiration for the Sir Finks -
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Redd_Tyde
Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 260
Oceanside, CA
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Posted on May 11 2007 05:45 PM
I came up with the name for Zombie Surf Camp mainly out of geographical location and the love for B movies.
Being from southern California and currently living in north San Diego, we are within a stones throw of San Onofre Nuclear Power plant. In the mid to late 80's is when all the protesting was going on at Diablo Nuclear power plant. Which at that time I was living in Los Osos. Basically spitting distant to the plant while going to school in Morro Bay. What really set things up for the ZSC name was that back then Surfer magazine had a comic strip called Maynard and The Rat and every now and then they parody the surf spots close to these facility with mutants surfing and talking about the good ol' days before the toxic sessions began.
Focusing it on Zombies was almost a given, plus with the flood of Zombie films hitting the independent market with such force. I figured it was a smart move to tap this market.
So, I guess a lot of the thought going into the name was from my past with all nuclear issues always being present and the other just watching the way B-movie culture was moving. Much to my surprise, many people take the zombie culture thing as serious as the Star Trek Trekkies do.
_RT
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pointbreakspy
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 204
Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on May 11 2007 09:53 PM
my solo project Pointbreak Spy... comes from "Spybreak" (The Propeller Heads techno spy tune in the Matrix movie) and a tonque in cheek nod to "Pointbreak" (the movie about a gang of surfers who robbbed banks in masks). So both movies star Keanu Reeves, I must be a one man tribute to the guy!! 
adam
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stratofuzz
Joined: Nov 24, 2006
Posts: 24
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Posted on May 12 2007 01:56 AM
Matt22
Yes, we are the same. Benny was the drummer right before he moved back to Las Vegas and then out to L.A. We formed in 1993 in Tempe and just reformed about 4 months ago after splitting up in 1999.
I played bass shortly with Benny in a band called "Benny and the Goons". Benny played guitar and dressed up as Dracula while the drummer and I wore skeleton outfits. Does anyone know where Benny is now?
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ToneBoy
Joined: Feb 17, 2007
Posts: 281
Murfreesboro, TN
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Posted on May 12 2007 11:07 AM
Woody said: "We were originally The Jaguars for a short time, but never performed using that name. "
Actually, The Mariners did perform once as The Jaguars and that was for a Talent Contest in our home town in the early '60's. We performed with our girl drummer "Donna" which was a real cool deal at the time. Very soon afterwards, we changed our band name to The Mariners and have stuck with it since.
Oh btw, we won that talent contest and kicked the backside of the band that was the cat's meow in the area during that time. Remember WoodyJ??
— Ron (ToneBoy)
The Mariners (1964 to Present) www.myspace.com/themarinersfirstwave
Lonzo & Oscar (1999 to Present) www.lonzoandoscar.net
www.myspace.com/lonzoandoscarcomedy
Billy Henson & Summerstorm (2001 to Present)
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Retroactive_Taj
Joined: Feb 24, 2007
Posts: 69
Lincoln City, Oregon
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Posted on May 12 2007 11:54 AM
ReddTyde_
I came up with the name for Zombie Surf Camp mainly out of geographical location and the love for B movies.
_RT
This is one of the best band names I've ever heard of!
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Retroactive_Taj
Joined: Feb 24, 2007
Posts: 69
Lincoln City, Oregon
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Posted on May 12 2007 11:59 AM
The guitar player and myself have been playing surf music on and off since 2000 with a number of different band names and drummers. When we got together with our current drummer I had the idea of using Retro as a part of our band name. Sometimes I'll grab a dictionary and open it up and see what words pop up...one day I opened it up to gamma ray and the surf bands name fell into play...Retroactive Gamma Rays.
— <img></a>
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