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Re: Surf Music and Horror/Monster/The Supernatural

inkfink20147 - 19 Oct 2005 15:32:26

Speaking of the Ghouls, MP3s from "Dracula's Duece" can be had here:
johndetrich.com
--- In , "Jacob Dobner"
<jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
>
> Something I have always been curious about is the obvious sub-genre of
> surf music that is the so-called horror music. How did all of this
> start? There are the Portland band's who are really into the whole
> thing and then there are the Ghastly One's. And all the way back we
> have the Ghouls. There are many more modern bands that have this sound
> as well. How did this whole idea start and evolve?
>
> And do we think of the horror sound because of the image of the band
> or do we associate the actual melodies with creepy music we have heard
> in our youth.
>
> Are the Ghouls really the start of it all? In other words were they a
> popular enough band to influence the bands that came.
>

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