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Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 649 Leesburg, VA 
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 09:36 PM
I've been listening a lot to the Lively Ones lately and I'm totally digging on the sax sound. I know this subject has been somewhat discussed before, but the posts in the past have never quite sufficiently addressed this question: what modern surf bands have a saxaphone player in the band? Not just for a song here or there, but a full-time saxaphonist. Can we get posts just on band names as opposed to the merits of including a sax, which has apparently already been covered? —Sean |
Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 47 
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 09:48 PM
The Centurions |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25591 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 10:18 PM
ha ha ha who knew the Centurions were a modern band? The Eliminators, off the top of my head. —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 10:23 PM
saxophone |
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Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 649 Leesburg, VA
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 10:27 PM
saxophonist Boy, everybody is busting balls today. Sean |
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Posted on Oct 29 2008 10:39 PM
haha...i skipped right over modern when i read it...Just thought saxophone i want to hear some centurions. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 12:06 AM
Great thread. Please do list the modern bands with full-time sax. It would be a huge help to me. |
Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 419 n.y.c. 
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 06:30 AM
man that a hard one:the only one that come to mind are the elliminators and the fathoms these days i think poeple miss the whole point with the sax it use be more of a dance hall band thing and these days people don't know how to do those fun dances any more now they just stand around with there arm folded. —Facebook pages theSupertones |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 08:47 AM
The surf beat just doesn't get people moving anymore these days. It's quite amazing there has only been one dance craze of my generation. That would be the macarena of course. Which was retarded. And probably put people off of doing predetermined dances forever. And back to people not dancing to surf. Compared to the 60s, surf is relatively tame compared to music people dance to these days. The beats today or more complex and consist of inorganic sounds that people seem to like more. Although I am hardly a dance I definitely get into some 'modern' music more than surf. Lots of people will hate this. But I get into it. I hated it at first myself. Took me several years to come around to it. I was going to post something a little more dancy but this song has sax. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0mtSjQvk3o&feature=related Last edited: Oct 30, 2008 10:27:50 |
Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 1570 New York
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 09:14 AM
Radiohead is great. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 11:11 AM
Here is a great example of what The Eliminators do. This is Bill Swanson on sax. |
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Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 419 n.y.c.
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 11:28 AM
yea that was great: kinda surfy in a odd way, neat old school effects and keyboards very cool,but can you imagine if they had a sax and what that would add to their sound —Facebook pages theSupertones |
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Posted on Oct 30 2008 05:21 PM
I saw a lot of people pogo-ing and moshing at the Trashwomen/Thee Cormans/etc. gig at Mr. T's Bowl in Los Angeles. Wish it was more of an actual dancing routine, but it was still cool to feel so much excitement on the floor. Folded arms not allowed that night. |
Joined: Jul 08, 2006 Posts: 460 NorCal |
Posted on Nov 02 2008 04:45 PM
I got kind of put off of sax by the likes of Michael Bolton and others |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25591 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Nov 03 2008 12:30 PM
is that a cover of Firewater that the Astronauts did? —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: May 30, 2006 Posts: 746 Cool, CA
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Posted on Nov 03 2008 12:45 PM
Not a modern band, but The Sentinals used a gritty sax sound pretty effectively. —Don |
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 135 Alameda, CA/Las Vegas, NV |
Posted on Nov 03 2008 01:23 PM
I wish more modern surf bands used a saxophone. I feel that it makes the music seem a little less pretentious, and a little more accessible - I don't know why. |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728
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Posted on Nov 03 2008 01:35 PM
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25591 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Nov 03 2008 01:44 PM
I thought about Impala, but wasnt sure if the sax member was full time, or just on some songs. —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: May 30, 2007 Posts: 39 AZ |
Posted on Nov 03 2008 04:53 PM
Kind of Pre Surf but the Revels had a smoking sax player. I agree with everyone that 80s "smooth jazz" sax solos almost killed it for me. Dave Scholl of the Fathoms is the greatest |
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and I play sax myself. I guess it was the overproduced jazz lite aspect. But I do still love the raunchy old school style. A good example is the Premiers "Firewater". Not exactly surf but in the instro category for sure.