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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.
Dark and mysterious hidden-camera video of T.N.G. as they tear it up late in the evening with their twisted take on "Comin' Home, Baby"
The premier surf band in Mexico, a Huevo!
The Madeira's page on Myspace
Formed in 1991, this Spanish surf band has 3 albums, a single, and a compilation CD.
Instrumental Surf Music from Belgium.
