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Younger people are diggin the surf music I guess, I dunno I don't
think there is any huge upsurge but it's weird to have 16 y/o girls
compliment your band. When I was in highschool in the late 90s I
remember getting teased for some of the bands CDs like the
Treblemakers, Dick Dale, etc, that I had in my first car, and
finding musicians who were into surf at that time around my age was
IMPOSSIBLE. Look at rockabilly 10-15 years ago, it wasn't as big as
it is now it's more recognized EVERY city has a few rockabilly
bands, with a lot of younger members. There's no huge wave of
rockabilly going on either, but it's there, and I think it's there
to stay. Hopefully surf will be like this(exspecially in the mid-
west, I can't speak for the westcoast).
Just as a side not, I found a band on myspace today that is a few
counties away from me and they are playing surf, all the members are
16 years old. I think kids just want to play guitars again.
Bill Aqua
www.myspace.com/reluctantaquanauts
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
>
> I dunno, you got the Surf Coasters touring America, getting
everyone
> excited about surf, Satan's Pilgrims is releasing new material and
> playing live again, The Ghastly Ones have a show coming up; we
still
> got bands like The Nebulas and The Infrareds; The Madiera show
> up....all these young guys are playing in surf bands (looking in
> Bill's direction...but there is also The Volcanics, Jacob & The
Verb,
> etc), Slacktone just had their 10 year anniversary....I'm kind of
> cautiously optimistic about how things are going. It's not another
> wave of surf, but it's comforting to know surf seems to be here to
> stay...sustaining itself.
>
> What's next? Will The Bomboras reform? Will that next Fathoms album
> reappear? Will The Bambi Molesters tour America? I would have said
> hell no a year ago, but now...you never know...!
>
> Thoughts?
> BN
