Ghost Coast (New Orleans-Louisiana, USA)

http://www.stormsurgeofreverb.com/content/ghost-coast-brand-new-new-orleans-surf-band

Last edited: May 11, 2019 18:36:58

Kon Tiki

I thought I post a update here, If I posted about your band and it only has a few links etc (That's all I could find so far) Will update later if any new info emerges. Many of the last few bands posted here were extremely hard to find anything. Many earlier posts need to be expanded being I didn't start the 4 video and multiple link thing to much later.

Have 947 bands on my World Surf Bands - Home page - Video Links list at home. so about 247 bands still to list here. Many recent posts are bands I could not find much on them before and still hard to find. I saved them for last in case any new content showed up etc...Still hard to find,

List of things that makes it hard to find your band.

1.) Bands with the same name.
2.) Hometown not listed or even Country their from.
3.) Bands with famous song names.
4.) Band names too similar to other bands.
5.) Youtube search tags not good enough (some videos only had like 50 views after many years being on Youtube.

Most bands with multiple sites and videos were the easiest to find so far. I guess that works pretty good overall. Bands on Bandcamp or some other music site seems to work well to me as well. It appears that bands that live or play a lot in big cities are easier to find, not sure the connection there or why that works, it could be just more people search for the band being more people live in those locations, Dunno

It does appear that bands that spent a lot of time making videos and developing their sites helped out a lot as far as searching on the net, Not sure if that translates into fans at the door or not but I would think it would.

Promoting a band is increadibly hard and can take years to develope any kind traction or momentum, so many factors come into play it can be a lot of luck but it looks like spending time working on a bands facebook or whatever link on the net pays off long term to me.

Looks like I will have a list of bands I can;t find and will post them here someday in the future so maybe people in that band or know about them can give us info on them here.

I still think Youtube is a major keyto geting your band out there, posting as many live videos as you can has to be a major promotional device or even just having your fans make and post them helps as well.

Los Malignos (Ubeda, Spain)

https://myspace.com/malignos

Mantawrays (Bristol, United Kingdom)

https://www.facebook.com/Mantawrays-337548426365801/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARC3d2j-WKhOQwLzNju3i71vo5rO1h2q3sc2RTEAYlJdhMdC2HKIL_LkkifR1QK4_XAi1QqU8gJV2Q8q

Radistae (Recife, Brazil)

https://www.facebook.com/canalradistae/

Los Tiros (Guatemala)

https://www.facebook.com/sebuscanlostiros

https://lostiros.bandcamp.com/

Biography (From Facebook Page) Translated from Spanish)

At the end of 2011, four shots: Alonso, González, González and González form this band of Western Surf and instrumental rock in Guatemala City. In 2012, they rode in Central America, having several presentations at important festivals in the region. Then launch their first studio album Your Nightmare returned, welcome to Hell, a record that has 13 songs that transport the listener to an adventure of the Old West. This material is the first video clip of the band Casino.
In March 2014 the band rides for the first time to Mexican lands. This tour culminates with the presentation at the Festival Vive Latino, completely filling the intolerant carp. The excellent reception of the Mexican public leads them to repeat their tours in Mexico.
In October 2015 visit Mexico for the fourth time and take advantage to launch their second studio album titled Experts in, which also has 13 memorable melodies full of energy, surfing and a lot of punk rock. From this material the simple ones are detached: abusive sergeant, Duchess of Silver and Lament of the Pacific.
In 2017, the shots decide to dabble in the world of comic videos and sketches, which can be found on the Youtube channel.
In the 2018 they return with new music and new image. They present the EP Golden Fever, which has 4 new themes and the stellar inclusion of the new member of the band: Jiménez, taking over the bass.

Los Kosmos (Moscow, Russia)

https://www.facebook.com/LosKosmosBand/

https://loskosmos.bandcamp.com/

https://loskosmos.bandcamp.com/album/zombie-catchers-halloween-twist

https://loskosmos.bandcamp.com/album/los-kosmos

Biography (From Facebook Page)

Moscow band "Los Kosmos," perform the modern version of the surf-music of the 60's with a large admixture of late styles such New Wave, Punk and Heavy Metal. The group rarely have gigs, since all participants are continuously busy in different Moscow pop, rock, rapcore and punk bands. However "Los Kosmos" are fairly productive authors of music for movies, cartoons an TV. One of the most important work of the band is soundtrack of the first full-length Russian 3D cartoon "Especial", animated series "Klara, Dora. Crazy Grandmothers", the animated series "Funny Bears", the movie "Hello, we are your roof!" and much more!

Last edited: May 11, 2019 21:22:21

Los Protones (Lima, Peru)

https://www.facebook.com/losprotones

http://losprotones.com/?fbclid=IwAR35fXvHNYXYPYCK5jZ0tU7giQgMd3XVe5FJa_ieS5ooZYBg3tSIVFAzfww

https://myspace.com/losprotonesperu

Biography (From Facebook Page)

Los Protones are an instrumental rock band formed in Lima, Peru, in 2007, with a style that combines surf rock and psychedelia. During these 10 years they have released three studio albums in Peru and a compilation CD in Europe, in addition to playing on stages all over Peru and in five international tours in Europe and Latin America. The current line-up is: Tito (drums), Gonzaleo (guitar), Jimi (keyboard), Andrés (bass) and Rodrigo (percussion). They are currently preparing their fourth studio album to release in the second half of 2017.

Mustard Allegro (Bristol, United Kingdom)

https://www.facebook.com/MustardAllegroMusic/

Biography (From Facebook Page)

Finally, after ten years playing the sleaziest bars in Las Vegas, New York and Intercourse (no really, look it up) Bristol's 11th best surf band are back in the dis-United Kingdom. With fond memories of cockroach infested motels and the Amish surf scene they have discarded their pants and proudly donned their trousers in order to chase the dream of becoming Bristol's 10th best surf band.

Formed in January 2006 after Mark E Smith from the Fall failed to arrive at a gig and an impromptu surf set prevented a violent riot from destroying Slough despite the best efforts of ringleader John Betjeman. This triumph promised glory for the future and Mustard Allegro stepped boldly into the blinding light of progress.

Inspired by a whole host of musicians that you've never heard of and with an injection of Afro-beat that has outraged UKIP, the band are delighted to be back in the UK after their release from Guantanamo Bay.