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Instrumental surf band from Belgium!
Home page for the lead guitarist of The Treble Spankers and The Phantom Four.
One of the best 60's surf bands! Surf Rider, Goofy Foot, High Tide, need I say more?
Chicago's Instrumental Surf Trio.
The Madeira began in 2004 in Indianapolis, IN. The band features Ivan Pongracic on lead guitar, the founder of the 1990s surf music icons the Space Cossacks; Patrick O'Connor on rhythm guitar, the founder of the Indy space-surf mavens Destination: Earth!; Dane Carter on drums; and Todd Fortier on bass. The Madeira have released four CDs: “Sandstorm” (2005), “Ruins” EP (2006), “Carpe Noctem” (2008) and “Tribal Fires” (2012). They've played all around the US, including three California tours as well as shows on the East Coast and in the South, though they primarily play in the Indiana/Illinois/Ohio/Michigan area. They headlined the third night of the 2009 Surfer Joe Festival in Livorno, Italy, followed by a 10-day Italian tour. UK's Pipeline magazine, the leading surf/instrumental-rock fanzine in the world, selected “Carpe Noctem” Album of the Year in 2008 and “Sandstorm” and “Tribal Fires” as runners-up for the Album of the Year in 2006 and 2012 respectively.
reverberated instro guitar music ... from Tilburg, The Netherlands.
From Canada, with music featured on Sponge Bob!
Excellent Surf Band - features Tom Stanton (Crossfires) on lead guitar.
One of the greatest instrumental surf groups did not even hail from America. The Atlantics, despite their name, were an Australian combo who not only emulated the sound of California surf music, but ranked among its very best practitioners. Featuring a reverb-heavy, extremely "wet" sound, The Atlantics attacked original material, standards, and movie themes with a nervy blend of precision and over-the-top intensity. As in Dick Dale's music, touches of Middle Eastern influences can be detected in the rhythms of melodies (some members of the group claimed Greek and Egyptian heritage). Their second single, "Bombora," went to the top of the Australian charts in 1963, and the follow-up, "The Crusher," was also a big hit. But Beatlemania spelled commercial death for The Atlantics, as it did for U.S. surf combos, in 1964 and 1965. After several albums and a few more equally fine instrumental singles, The Atlantics became a vocal group in the last half of the '60s, but are most renowned for their instrumental recordings.
Portland, Oregon surf at its finest.
