I was thinking of naming my band 'SurfQuake!' but Im not sure if its taken. Ive googled it and all that comes up is The Tornados album or song called surfquake and I think DeadMansCurve does a song called surfquake.
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Joined: Oct 27, 2006 Posts: 8 virginia beach |
Posted on Oct 27 2006 08:57 PM
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19195 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Oct 27 2006 10:09 PM
The Volcanos from Detroit have a CD called Surf Quake. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Oct 30 2006 10:45 AM
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Joined: Oct 27, 2006 Posts: 8 virginia beach |
Posted on Oct 31 2006 12:14 PM
OK Maybe I wont use the name Surfquake!; I thought it would be cool because the band members would be 'Magnitude'(Lead Guitar), 'Epicenter'(Drums), 'Hypocenter'(Bass) and 'Aftershock'(Rythm Guitar) Im thinking now of calling it 'Triple Overhead' |
Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 852 Connersville, Indiana, USA 
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Posted on Nov 12 2006 09:34 PM
Don't know if I'm too late to weigh in here, or not, but I'd think the bands that have a song/album called SurfQuake would appreciate the homage in it becoming a band name. And your band wouldn't be the first to do so (although examples are escaping me, as I type this). As for any "worry" about naming a band Triple Overhead 'cause it's a car term, there's really no worry there, as car/hot rod/drag racing happens fall within the realm of surf because it's typically surf bands that name songs and albums as such. The Volcanos, mentioned by Brian, have an album called Finish Line Fever. When I start recording as a one-man-band, my "band" name will be an allusion to both a Grateful Dead song, and a Syd Barrett song. I don't know, when/if I actually form a band, if future perspective bandmates would go for simply appending my "band" name with an S, to pluralize it, but I'll worry about that when I get there. Matt —Fast Cars & Loud Guitars! |
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Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 140 Los Angeles, California |
Posted on Nov 20 2006 01:32 AM
Our band is called The Flowmasters, a hotrod-ish name but we are a surf band. The name came from the exhaust of my still beautiful 1968 Camaro convertible, but what could be more "california surf" than such a car? I must say I'm always blown away by the coolness and originality of most surf bands names, especially all the permutations with the word "tone" and "surfers", etc. I think that this invetiveness is a signature of surf music; a sense of humor and camaraderie, a witt and self image that is serene as it is energetic and wild. Compared to the stagnant museum-like conservatism of my 'ol rockabilly scene, surf bands (vis-a-vis their names) are charismatic and evocative of free spirits, like they are all comfortable with themselves. Damn straight. My only gripe is that most of us don't actually surf. Well, I do windsurf (and well) but I doubt that qualifies |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 12:48 PM
"The Torquays" named themselves after the song "Torquay". —CousinBarney |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 12:59 PM
a woody? —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. |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 01:11 PM
When El Ray named themselves after one of our songs and recorded it, we were quite honored. And as you've seen, it's somewhat of a surf/instrumental tradition even going back to the Fireballs taking their name from Great Balls of Fire in pre-surf up to the Bomboras and Torquays as mentioned. —http://www.satanspilgrims.com |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 01:17 PM
Or a Nomad, Willys or even a GTO. Anyone going by The Edsels? |
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Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 260 Oceanside, CA
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 01:28 PM
Aside from Flowmaster being a auto part. It could be used to describe someone who surf with a zen like fluidness or with a soulful style. Like Gerry Lopez at Pipeline in the late 70's and early 80's. Mickey Dora in the 60's or Joel Tudor of the modern day longboard set. Tom Curren, Kelly Slater and the list goes on in the world of surfing. So, Flowmasters is still a very surf-like term. _RT |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 06:51 PM
Anyone called - The RipCurls The Wedge's (or 'The Wedgies') ouch Shoreline The ShoreBreaks
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 06:57 PM
Wonder what I could do with something like Falcon or Pinto? My Falcon is a 1966 Ford Falcon Club Wagon van (Ford fancyfied their Econolines, from 1961 - 1967), and my Pinto is a 1980 Ford Pinto wagon. The van will get a rockabilly/surf/tiki treatment, when I get around to starting a restification on it, and somewhere along the line I may look into replacing the plain Jane Pinto wagon with a Pinto Cruisin' Wagon (with the round porthole quarter windows). A Pinto Cruisin' Wagon would be a better "palette" for a surf treatment, than the regular wagon. Matt —Fast Cars & Loud Guitars! |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 07:51 PM
I think there was a rip curls but not positive. There was a Wedge from the 80's on some of the Rhino records comps and records. They were kinda rock meets surf. There is a Euro Instro sounding band from Canada called the Falcons. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 09:05 PM
I still think "Dude!" would be a great band name because it can mean a thousand different things...or in your case (Jeff) you can be Big Tiki and the Dudes. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25315 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Aug 21 2007 11:37 PM
Steve,
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Posted on Aug 22 2007 02:53 AM
call your selves "The Is this band name taken?s" and you can be absolutly sure the answer is no. not much surfvibe though I admit —Rules to live by #314: |
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Posted on Aug 22 2007 05:35 AM
Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong —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. |
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Posted on Aug 22 2007 07:41 AM
The Quakers? Quake Surf? |
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Posted on Aug 22 2007 07:30 PM
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