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The Fin-Dicators: Surfin' Rock. Four guys and one big ocean of sound. After Cliff Woodbeach (guitarist) sustained a head injury during a bizzare surfing accident, he has been plagued with never ending surf rock melodies ringing in his ear. The only therapy which can drive out those melodic demons is to play a highly reverbed surf guitar. If you ever come out to see him and the rest of the Fin-Dicators "take in the cure" at a live gig, you too will have surf rock melodies ringing in your ears, for days.
Four guys in Atlanta, GA with a love for the reverberated instro surf-rock sounds of yore.
A current video of the new Atlantics doing Bombora
The Bitch Boys "Gotchya" video clip on YouTube.
1963 clip from Aussie TV. Amazing!
The Vara-Tones originated in the early sixties when The Fireballs, The Ventures, and Duane Eddy were some of the names on the charts and on the radio at that time, and Leo Fender and Dick Dale were beginning to experiment with the outboard reverb unit in conjunction with the Stratocaster and Showman amplifier. After putting in about a year of garage time, the Vara-tones gigged around Southern California during the height of the surfing craze ('63 - '65) and released a single, `Repeto' on the Kay label in 1964. The group disbanded in 1966. In 1997, all the original members who weren't dead got together for a reunion - jamming together just for fun. This ultimately resulted in their first album entitled "Jetty Subject To High Surf" which was followed by their current release "Headin' Out". Visit their website at www.varatones.com
Blazing new frontiers in Surf Music.
We have a huge inventory of original surf and rock instrumental 45's from the 50's onward and thousands of 45's and albums at set sale prices on our website. (We also publish auction lists about six times a year. Send us your email address if you would like to be added to the mailing list.)
Rock Instrumental guitarist living in Santa Clarita, California and mainly influenced by the Shadows and the 50's US instrumental and rock artists, but playing in his own way in different styles.
Mail-order specialized in Surf music. Links to almost every European surf band. Gig-list for Holland, Belgium and Germany.