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Posted on Mar 30 2017 01:49 PM
The first surf-instrumental band I saw was The Invisible Surfers as a support band of The Cramps(Athens-Greece-1998).What a show!!! — |
Joined: Oct 28, 2018 Posts: 184 Quimper Peninsula, WA 
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Posted on May 05 2024 10:20 AM
Phantom Surfers in the early 90s... I was heavily into post-punk and what was becoming grunge, so they were off to the side of my normal interests but they played with Flat Duo Jets at a club I frequented and I was hooked. Their music all sounded so familiar, I guess it was ambient in my childhood somehow, and from that point on I had to know more. Crazy now to think that show is about mid-point between surf music being current and now. It seemed extremely retro even then. |
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Posted on May 05 2024 11:49 AM
That may sound strange but my first surf show was the one that I have played with my surf band) —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
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Posted on May 05 2024 11:58 AM
Samurai wrote:
That is a fantastic answer! |
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Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2230 Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on May 05 2024 02:15 PM
rfcii wrote:
We were probably the first surf band in the country so could not visit any surf shows before) —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
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Posted on May 05 2024 03:37 PM
The Insect Surfers in 1978 if that counts. Otherwise, probably the Raybeats in 1981. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25540 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 05 2024 05:20 PM
mbennet wrote:
That’s cool, mind was the Insect Surfets in Nov of 96 —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11046 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 05 2024 07:02 PM
The Mermen in 1992 (if you count them as a surf band ..Oh wait, I saw Dick Dale in'89 or '90 —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF Last edited: May 05, 2024 19:03:58 |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia
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Posted on May 05 2024 07:42 PM
Dick Dale in '99 in Athens, GA. A somewhat close second was another local surf band at the time called The Curl. —The Mystery Men? |
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Posted on May 06 2024 06:39 AM
Jon & The Night Riders in London, 1981. |
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Posted on May 06 2024 09:19 AM
Dick Dale in '95 in Noorderligt, Tilburg, together with the Krontjong Devils and The Apemen. TBH I can't recall ever having seen The Apemen, but they were there and so was I, so I must have seen them, I guess ;) —Surfin’ Europe – Surf gigs in Europe |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia
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Posted on May 06 2024 12:24 PM
I just realized how old this thread is and figured I'd probably answered it at some point in the past, but apparently I didn't. —The Mystery Men? |
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Posted on May 06 2024 12:32 PM
Saturday night at Otto's Shrunken Head in Manhattan NYC ;)
But seriously ... it was 6 October 2022. I saw Surfer Joe at The 5 Spot in Nashville. Locals The Crazy Eights (I think? Maybe Crazy Aces?) opened for him. I happened to be in town (ish, actually in Lebanon) for work and saw they were playing on Thursday night, so I ducked out. I got this cool song on video. —-- Last edited: May 07, 2024 12:25:01 |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2773 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on May 06 2024 03:48 PM
Dick Dale at The Point, November '96, and The Penetrators at the Star Bar, January 1997. Those two shows inspired me to start The X-Rays several months later in the Spring. Now, after lying dormant for about 15 years or so, The X-Rays have returned. Ya might say it's The X-Rays 2.0, or just "they're back..." Best Reverbs, Eddie K —Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps? |
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Posted on May 06 2024 09:30 PM
The Ventures at The Surf Club at Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA - I'm guessing '66 or so, plus or minus. I was really young, but there was no booze, so teenagers packed the place - you could hardly get into the room. Jan and Dean there also in that same general timeframe. For us, going to the beach meant going to Nantasket. Friends, family, whatever. We went there a lot. OK, some of you guys don't consider the Ventures surf. It was as close to surf as I think most anybody was likely to see in Boston in the mid-late 60s. This was not SoCal. I was certainly aware of Dick Dale back then, but never saw him until the mid 90s when he was touring pretty widely again. What, '95, 96, something like that. Surf/punk/trash/twang band opened up several times for Los Straitjackets when they were in the vicinity - late 90s to early 2000s. Central PA. Small clubs. First gig was the original lineup with Danny, Eddie, Jimmy, and Scott. Second one, Pete Curry replaced Scott on bass, so I guess those were in the '97/98 vicinity. Good guys, those were fun gigs. I was mostly playing my '55 Gretsch 6121 and a 62 RI Strat through a tweed Tremolux and '57 Magnatone 260 with of course a 6G15, in those days. Like the Ventures, maybe not a strict surf band, but they did a helluvalotta surf and I think they're as legit as anybody out there in the instrumental/surf bag. Jimmy set the drums out front like Mel Taylor. They kicked ass at all times. —The Delverados - surf, punk, trash, twang - Facebook Last edited: May 06, 2024 21:32:23 |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1400 Memphis, TN
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Posted on May 10 2024 10:32 PM
Dick Dale in KC, June 2007. It was loud as hell, I mean REALLY LOUD. It was an incredible show, I'll never forget it. I still have the picture I took with him that night. —MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Singles "Finish Line" and "Paradiso" on Bandcamp and website. |
Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on Jul 11 2024 08:43 AM
Dick Dale at the end of his 10-piece band days, 1989 at the Palomino in LA |
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Posted on Jul 12 2024 08:49 AM
Dick Dale either 94 or 95 in San Luis Obispo. Small venue. He was running two amps on both sides of the stage, he blew one out, walked over to it, turned it off then came back to the other, cranked it up and kept going! Absolute legend. —The Me Gustas |
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Posted on Jul 12 2024 10:20 AM
I think it was Messer Chups in 2018, Saint-Petersburg. Aloha Swamp with Oleg were opening. —Sovietwave surf band 'Volny Sovetov' Bandcamp: https://volnysovetov.bandcamp.com Legko na serdce ot pesni vesyoloi |
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