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Yes, that's a factor too - there are definitely more bands today
playing surf/instro music than any time before. At the same time, the
number of people listening to it is lower now than in the 90's or
60's, so you've got more bands trying to get a piece of a smaller pie.
I think this has to do with the internet (a lot of people think you
can still make it big through exposure on the internet) and the fact
that it's cheaper to produce CD's these days (about $1/CD, not
including recording and artwork costs). I'd never tell a band not to
do a self-released CD, and many of them are great, but the fact that
there's more surf/instro CD's out there lowers the sales for releases
that come from labels, plus there's a greater chance of people getting
burned on a poor surf CD and giving up on the genre entirely. As for
covers, yes, there are definitely some that just don't need to be
covered anymore, but at the same time, there are bands that can still
manage to breathe new life into these old chestnuts.
Sean
Double Crown Records
www.dblcrown.com
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@...> wrote:
>
> Another thing about the 90s, I've noticed is some bands would cover
> songs that NO ONE would touch these days, because they are SO over
> done. Squad Car is on the Finks album and a SPs album. Now that song
> seems kinda like an untouchable when it comes to covering for an
> album. People at our shows who aren't surf nazis enjoy Squad Car, but
> we would have never thought of including it on our first CD(check for
> our limited edition which does tho haha).
>
> I think the market has just been flooded with surf bands. There are
> more surf bands today then ever before.
>
> Bill
>
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