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The Five are pleased to announce the release of their debut/farewell EP!

Brandonio from the Rock is Dead RIP blog has just reviewed an advance copy of the EP, and wrote: "Taking parts of the traditional surf/instro realm along side 60's fuzz guitar a la Davie Allan and the Arrows/ Link Wray you get a melting aural assault that few bands as of late truly capture.... My first thought when hearing The Five was that they really must admire Huevos Rancheros,and Ramblin' Ambassadors or maybe even The Blue Stingrays [You know that band that consisted of  Tom Petty's Heartbreakers] Yes folks this EP is that good."

We have set up a page on our website (www.thefive.com.au) where you can pre-order a copy of what we believe to be the first 5-sided EP in music history!

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Sides 1 + 2 - are 5 tracks on 7" vinyl
Side 3 - is 10 tracks (including the 5 from the 7") on CD
Side 4 - is sheet music for the unrecorded track 'Murders & Burgers" PLAY IT YOURSELF!
Side 5 - is a selection of mp3 extras for your iPod available via download

All this for an all-up price (incl shipping) of AU$15 if you live in Australia or AU$17.50 if you don't!

If you would like to try-before-yo-buy, just head over to www.myspace.com/thefivebrisbane to stream the 5 tracks from the vinyl EP.

We should be ready to ship within 2 weeks.

Nor. Cal. favorites come down to spread their word in So. Cal. This is an amazing band. Plus, George Tomsco of the 50's and 60's legends the Fireballs, playing with 3 Balls of Fire from New Mexico.

Please come check them out on Friday, Jan. 15 at Don The Beachcomber.
(Read more to see the flyer).

Well look what popped up on YouTube! There are 3 new videos of The Bambi Molesters playing on what looks like TV. Check out this video of their moody new tune "As The Dark Wave Swells".

Edit (April 2016) This video has been removed. Rats.

Other videos from the same show:

• Siboney
• Malaguena
• Theme From Slaying Beauty
• Point Of No Return

Hey everyone, head on over to Archive.org to check out the SG101 2009 MP3 Compilation! You can download all the songs separately, together, or even stream them with their player.

Thanks everyone for participating! We had a record number of entries. Check out the forums as we will likely have an IRC listening party.

Hi!

Got a new band here in Cali! Korey Kingston is my new drummer. He has recorded and played with Tim Armstrong, the Aggrolites and is touring with Hepcat.
He has recruited the rest of the band, Dave-O on bass and Jeff Bennett on sax. We have been working on some new material and will be playing it at our next show.
We are playing at Slim Jim Phantom's place in West Hollywood, CA. Friday December 11th.

Ok, Thanks!

-LD

My name is Robert J. Dalley, I am the author of 'Surfin' Guitars' Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties.  The first edition was in 1988 self-publish.  2nd edition was published by Popular Culture Ink in Hardback.   I am currently working on the 3rd edition which will include more bands, updates/corrections and color.  I am reaching out to all the bands who appeared in the first two edition to contact me so I can catch up on any additional information, discographies and of course color photos, handbills, fliers, record labels, business cards etc.   Some of the new bands I am looking at are the Trademarks, New Dimensions, Surf Teens, Rhythm Kings, Teenbeats, Velvetones, Manuel & the Renegades, Fender IV, Dave & the Customs and more.  I have seen some of the threads here about my book and appreciate the comments.   I think now is a good time to get it out again as there are a lot of people who would like to have it without paying through the nose to get it.  Any help appreciate, suggestions appreciated etc.     Please give me a jingle. 
Surf's UP!

We are a bit late with this story, but I only found out about this today. Thanks to member Jagshark for linking us to this story about a Zorba and The Greeks reunion that took place in August 2007! Zorba and The Greeks are best known in the surf music world for the late first wave (1966!) classic "Shockwave". Shockwave showed up on a few obscure compilations over the years until finally Sundazed Records put it on their Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Volume 4 release in 2005.

Of particular interest to me is that keyboard player Chris Johnson was cited as being an ophthalmologist and instructor at the University of Iowa, very close to where I live!

We've got some great shows coming up folks!  We'll be with Igor & Red Elvises on Nov 27th and 28th and with DICK DALE on Dec 19th.  Also scheduled are a Chili Cook-off, a radio show, and a live TV appearance!

Check out this public access TV clip from 1991! The Boardwalkers play The (Original) Surfaris Surfari and Davie Allan's The Angry Breed.

From the YouTube page:

One of the best of the 3rd wave instrumental Surf Bands. Without question not only the best but earliest footage of them. Recorded in 1991 for 'It's Happening' a public access TV show hosted and produced by Domenic Priore and Audrey Moorehead.

Surfari was originally recorded by the Original Surfaris. released on Del-Fi in Aug. 63 The Angry Breed originally recorded by Davie Allan and the Arrows for the '68 film of the same name.

Dan Valentie - Guitar, Forrest Bivens - Bass, Scot Forer - drums

Halloween 2009 Podcast

Happy Halloween Surf Comrades, SurfGuitar101.com presents our own spooky surf podcast for your enjoyment. This episode features many songs chosen by our resident spookologist - Norm Cabrera aka Baron Shimmy Shivers from The Ghastly Ones. The Baron is also the subject of our interview this episode, the first of two parts. 

Head on over to our podcast page to download it now, or look for it in iTunes shortly. The podcast is in .m4a format. PC users can use the piece-of-junk Quicktime player, or the super awesome VLC media player, to listen. An .mp3 version will be available soon. Enjoy!

A big thank you to Lady Reverb, Danny Snyder, Warren Binder, and Baron Shivers!

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