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Back in the early 1990's Halifax was being hailed the Seattle of
the North with Sub Pop records checking out all the bands. I was
getting very tired of that sound, and the whole rock band thing. My
wife picked up Dick Dale's greatest Hits (Rhino) which brought me
back to the days I first started to learn to play guitar. Some of the
first songs I leared were "Pipeline", "Rebel Rouser", and "Wipe Out".
I talked a couple of friends (jazz drummer, and funk bassisit)
into playing surf (lots of covers and a few originals). One of them
said they'd love to play, then asked "What's surf?". Despite their
backgrounds they kept their playing styles authentic. We booked our
first show at a university bar in 1995, not knowing if anyone would
listen to a band with no singer. Six years later were still playing
out here on the East Coast of Canada, with only a couple of line up
changes, and only ever coming across one club that wouldn't book us
because we have no singer.
(Being out here in Halifax, we didn't know if we were the only
band playing surf or not...until I got the internet and saw that
there are a lot of great bands playing surf)
Mike/ Urban Surf Kings
