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"The exciting sounds of model road racing" is one of my favorite
c.d's, brings back memories of dunken, drug induced insomnia, now
clean,sober and broke, I get most of my stuff on-line- Personal favs:
(Some are still together, others are not) Los Mel-tones, Soda Pop
Spys, the Dead Barons, Man Or Astroman?, the Bomboras, the Mermen,
Los Straitjackets, Aqua Velvets, Halibuts, Laika and the Cosmonauts,
Bambi Molestors,the Fathoms, Golden-Tones.
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Phantom Surfers are kind of the clown princes of Surf Music.
Their stuff
> is very lo-fi and basically sounds like it was produced on a boom
box. If
> you like wacky humor and your surf with tongue firmly in cheek,
then I
> recommend "The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing" (its a slot
car racing
> concept album!) and "The Great Surf Crash of '97". They also put
out an
> album featuring the Legendary Davie Allan (King Fuzz)
called "Skaterhater"
> which is quite good (if you like fuzzed out guitar thanks to Davie)
but not
> totally representative of The Phantom Surfers. Their stuff will
crack you up
> and its a lot of fun. Your jaw won't be on the floor like it would
be for
> Slacktone or The Space Cossacks, but never the less I find them
enjoyable.
> Avoid their "XXX Party" CD, unless you like X rated comedy albums
(not a
> whole lot of music on that one). I have to give them props for
having the
> coolest guitar I have ever seen. Its a double neck guitar....Jaguar
AND
> Jazzmaster!!!!
>
> I only have one Boss Martians, and I didn't care too much for it.
The
> instrumentals are quite fine, but more than half of it is frat
rock/hot rod
> style vocals. But I don't usually go for that style anyway. Your
mileage may
> vary. I think they have moved away from surf/hot rod music recently.
>
> Never heard of Jodie Foster Army...what are they like?
>
> There is lots of great "new stuff" to try out: Jon & The
Nightriders, The
> Bambi Molesters, The Space Cossacks, Slacktone, The Nebulas, The
> Penetrators, The Treblemakers, The Bomboras, Los Straitjackets,
Satan's
> Pilgrims, and many many more. Don't forget Splashback and The
Varatones.
>
> Of all the newer stuff I have gotten lately, The Nebulas are really
kicking
> my ass. Thats a damn fine album. Keep your eyes peeled for a new
live
> Slacktone disc too.
>
> Here is an idea if you haven't tried it yet. Go to Phil Dirt's
Reverb
> Central and browse his reviews. An incredible resource...I usually
agree
> with Mr. Dirt, although he hates The Phantom Surfers.
>
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> BN
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Hawes [mailto:errant_jedi@y...]
> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:57 PM
> > To: SurfGuitar101@y...
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] All the surf bands you can think of...
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, I thought I could call myself a surf fan
> > before...but I realized after hanging around this
> > board and a few other places online that I'm only
> > touching the tip of the iceberg. There are a few
> > other bands I want to check out, mostly newer ones
> > like Phantom Surfers and Boss Martians, Jodie Foster
> > Army...the list is so long, and I've actually started
> > saving mail from this list to keep up with it. If I
> > were to buy one release from each of these bands, or
> > any other bands (except for the old stuff, I'm pretty
> > well versed unless it's just real obscure) which ones
> > would you recommend? Surf fan on a budget and all...I
> > want to hear what you guys think and your
> > recommendations.
> > ~R
