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Favorite surf show ever
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25578 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. 
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Posted on Jun 11 2007 09:33 PM
Ok I know this may be hard for some. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 328 central Pennsylvania |
Posted on Jun 11 2007 10:00 PM
Heh. . . I can't honestly say I've ever been to a surf show. I can tell Well, I've seen both The Reverend Horton Heat and Southern Culture Vincent Is this something you can share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?!? |
Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 91 Florianopolis SC Brazil |
Posted on Jun 12 2007 09:20 AM
Missed the Cramps with Starcrunch-era MoAM? as the opening act in Boston in 95. http://www.myspace.com/cochabambas |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 492 Austin Texas
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 09:46 AM
Laika and the Cosmonauts at the Hole in the Wall Austin Texas 1990. 20 people in the place. un-freakin- believable show! — |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1898 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 10:25 AM
I haven't been to that many shows, but the one that did it for me was in '99 I think - it was the D.D. show at the Bluebird Theatre in Denver - D.D. was great, but what blew me away that night was the local (from Boulder anyway) band "The Beloved Invaders" Up until that night, I didn't think that a surf band could play in Denver. They came out and played everything I had been listening to for the last 2 years. It was like they raided my cd collection and played all my favorite tunes! They dressed period perfect, and sounded extremely traditional - I made it a habit to see them whenever I could. That show is why I'm in a surf band. Chris —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1568 Brighton UK
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 11:40 AM
In no particular order and not including my own bands (or Link Wray or Davie Allen, who don't really count): The Bambi Molesters |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2683 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 11:45 AM
This is much tougher than first show. In my case they are the same. Seeing and hearing Slacktone for the first time left quite an impression. The Mercury Lounge in Goleta is similar in size and decor to the Lava Lounge so it was an intimate show with probably 30 people. I'd never heard so many different flavors of surf before and I couldn't believe the chords and melodies I was hearing, not to mention Dusty. As a guitar geek I didn't know who to watch. |
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 11:55 AM
Eight or ten years ago at the Galaxie in Santa Ana a full day of surf bands. DD finished up the night but the show stopper was Jon and the Nightriders. Also there was Mike Palm (Agent Orange) Davie Allen and the Arrows and the Troquays (The Torquays were loud, best I've ever heard them) —Is that too much reverb? |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25578 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 12:19 PM
I was at that show. My first Big surf show. was Jan or Feb of 97. It was called the Bennifit for Ted. who was DD's old roadie, and had hurt his back real bad, and was to help raise money for his med. bills. It started at 11 am or noon, but I got there around 3ish. also Gary Hoey played with DD at end of the night. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 01:02 PM
Thats the one. The Reventlos rocked, I went right out and bought their CD. —Is that too much reverb? |
Joined: May 23, 2006 Posts: 209 Costa Mesa
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 04:06 PM
That was a fun day, and our first chance to meet some real legends. Three shows stick out in my mind: Steve Soest called me in '95 or so and said to get my ass down to the Doll Hut to see some band from Finland. On borrowed equipment in front of maybe fifteen people, they just blew the doors off the dump---as good a band as you will ever see or hear. Second was a show we did many years ago opening for arguably the best line-up of Los Straightjackets. Huge fun. More recently was last years' Halibuts reunion. Never got to see them the first time around, and they really delivered---a fantastic show. As BTD said at the time, "now THAT'S a surf band!" |
Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2054
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 05:17 PM
I would say seeing the Torquays play in Irvine in 2001 (I think) across the street from my apartment complex. Changed everything for me. — |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11054 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 05:46 PM
Toss up between Satan's Pilgrims/Ghastly Ones earlier this year or last year's Guitar Player Mag. showcase of Dave Wronski and Slacktone at the Boom Boom Room in SF - a 2.5 hour set - unbelievable. Then again there was the Phil Dirt retirement party...hmm... I just can't decide, I loved them all. —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 |
Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 958 Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 06:52 PM
Well.......i'm "old school" and my favorite surf show is a toss up between The Beach Boys, The Kingsmen and David Marks and the Marksmen at the Sacramento Civic Auditorium in 1964 and Dick Dale and The Del-Tones and The Impacts in '64-'65 not sure but...at The Rose Garden Ballroom in Pismo Beach California. The Beach Boys show was really exciting and my cousin David and i got seats in the 6th row center from his dad (my uncle).... there was one overhead mic on the drums....NO monitors for vocals....all vintage Fender gear....i remember thinking "hey David Marks is in the Beach Boys isn't he?" i'm still confused about that....anybody know the story? I also remember the Wilson brothers' dad Murray was handing out b&w 8x10's and hawking other stuff out in front. After the show the BB's all came out thru different doors to try an escape the screaming girls and my cousin and i were at the door that Dennis came out of and we reached in and got to touch him as he ran for the limo.Seems silly now, but then it was a big deal to us groms!! The DD/Impacts show was in a small ballroom packed with surfers and wanna be surfers and was really intense and hi energy instrumental surf music even tho the Impacts also sang a few numbers. I also saw The Challengers and The Sentinals and The Trashmen and The Chantays and all kinds of great music there in Pismo. The benifits of living in a small coastal town in Cali in the 60's. OK, so you all know i'm 125 years old now....shoots, i don't care. The TakeOffs |
Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 225 PacNW (Portland)
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 07:04 PM
Aside from Jan & Dean at the Placer County Fair ('84 & '85... I think) it all happened for me when a friend from work told me about a band he thought I would like who were playing a litle dive in Portland... 1995-ish. I went into EJs and was blown away by Satan's Pilgrims. Capes. Great tunes. Exceptional musicianship! AMAZING! Steve |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5306 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 08:42 PM
it's a toss-up between slacktone with the atomic mosquitos in DC and satans' pilgrims' with the nebulas at asbury lanes in NJ. — |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25578 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 12 2007 08:50 PM
Matt, Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco
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Posted on Jun 13 2007 02:08 AM
Man, what a question... I'd put in a few from my experience: Satan's Pilgrims/Ghastly Ones (both shows) I am drawing a blank right now, but there have been so many over the years, I know there are a ton that I've forgotten. ~B~ |
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