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This certainly was the Surf drummer's reference song. I vaguely recall
that drummers were auditioned back then and throughout the '60's on
their ability to play the Wipeout solo. True?
I recall alot of tapping on school desks by kids trying to show they
could handle the Wipeout solo without an instrument :-)
BWD
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Wipeout seems to be much maligned among the surf
regulars for its simplicity. It is a standard though.
Richard
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Wipeout is maligned because it was so popular, it's been played to death by just
about every garage band that ever was.
Chris, our bass player, was in Top-40 cover bands since the late 1960's. He
says that every time, at a band rehearsal, he'd suggest playing Wipeout, to warm
up, the other players would moan and groan, but when they played the song,
everyone seemed to enjoy the hell out of it!
When we play out, if the audience is not a bunch of hard-core surf-fans, who've
heard the standards thousands of times already, we almost always play Wipeout.
When played to general "street-fair" and "car show" type crowds, it never fails
to get the most enthusiastic audience response of anything we play.
Wipeout went Top 10 TWICE, four years after the first time! How many times in
Pop Music history, before or since, has that happened? For such a simple song,
such a powerful Rock/Instro/Surf Anthem! Even the King of Surf Guitar was never
able to match that feat!
Bruce D
Richard <> wrote:
Wipeout seems to be much maligned among the surf
regulars for its simplicity. It is a standard though.
Richard
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Speaking of "Wipeout", I'm currently involved in an instructional
DVD, "How to Play Surf Drums", produced by Bob Colwell, the drummer
for the original Dave Myers and the Surftones. It features Bob, the
incomparable Dusty, Tracy Longstreth from the Rhythm Rockers, and Lee
from the Reventlos, along with some fabulous talent on the other
instruments. Any surf drum video has to feature "Wipeout", I
suppose, and I happened to be in the studio the day it was recorded
and somehow ended up playing lead on it (backed up by Paul Johnson(!)-
--can you imagine? Huge thrill!). I certainly don't pretend to be
the greatest surf cover guy around, but I pretty much nailed it and
sounded just like the record. Jim Pash, who I'd never met, was in
the control room waiting to overdub some timbales. First thing out
of his mouth was "you played it wrong". I was momentarily crushed,
but he showed me the error of my ways on the turnaround and all was
forgiven. (Heard that Jim has been under the weather lately--feel
better soon!) BTW, there will be one, perhaps two live concerts
featuring an all-star band and all the drummers from the DVD, if
Dusty can get off the road long enough. Stay tuned.
Matt/Reventlos
Word was that every drummer that ever auditioned for a
band in the sixties was tested with Wipe Out. It's a
deceptively simple thing, but there are lots and lots
of nuances. No one ever came close to Ron Wilson's
drumming. I used to wonder why, but once I saw him
play, I realized what was up. He was like Jell-O on
the drum kit, up on his feet, dancing around the kit
while playing, arms like rubber, grinning all the
time. Not one serious bone in his body. He was loose
in a very personable way, his style very human.
The worst Wipe Out I ever heard was a Grateful Dead
jam on Wipe Out circa 1969 (found it on a search).
Horrible!
Phil
--- Dave Becker <> wrote:
This certainly was the Surf drummer's reference song.
I vaguely recall
that drummers were auditioned back then and throughout
the '60's on
their ability to play the Wipeout solo. True?
I recall alot of tapping on school desks by kids
trying to show they
could handle the Wipeout solo without an instrument
:-)
BWD
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