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-Ivan, and others,
Local Band The Detenators, do a killer instro version of "The One
I Love" By REM. Kinda like the Instro Version of "Wicked Game" by
Chris Issak, just replace Vocal line with Reverb Guitar and wala,
Ventures Revisited. Wish they would do some killer interpretations
like they used to.-
Jeff(bigtikidude)
- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> Athens is where Man Or Astroman? got its start. Besides REM, B-52s
> also hail from there, and they had a big surf music connection,
> Mosrite guitar and twangy riffs and all. And there's a surf
> connection even with REM - Peter Buck, the founding member, and
> another guy that's been playing keyboards for them for a few years
> were guests on the Bambi Molesters most recent record, and they
even
> mastered (maybe even mixed) it in their own studio in Seattle or
> something. The Bambis opened for them in Slovenia, and apparently
> REM guys were in the pit going nuts over them. So, cut REM a break.
>
> All of this, of course, isn't going to help you in finding other
surf-
> music interested people, but I'm sure they're there. Larry "Moon
> Dawg" White lived in Athens until about two years ago, and we (the
> Space Cossacks) stayed with him on a couple of occasions; he also
was
> very close to MoAM in their early days, as well as being a great
> supporter of the Penetrators, who aren't too far in Atlanta. His
> email is reverb2000@y... - you should ask him if he can refer to
> you to somebody. There is a record shop where the employees were
> into surf music, but I can't remember the name of it now....
>
>
> --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
> > I play bass and just started playing guitar a little
> > while ago. And yeah, Athens is ground zero for REM,
> > something this town is still riding...there's an
> > unspoken rule around here; if you see Michael Stipe
> > around town, you don't talk to him. Not that I would
> > have anyway, but it just seems kind of silly. I've
> > noticed a bunch of different types of bands here, but
> > sadly no surf bands and surprisingly few punk bands.
> > I'm hoping that by placing an ad in the Flagpole
> > magazine I can generate some intereste for something.
> > ~R
Another band that does some instro surf and rockabilly and a little
alt. country as well is "The Flat Duo Jets". I don't know if they're
still around or not, but if nothing else, it's further proof that
surf and beyond still exists down south.
~Bill~
> > --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
> > > I play bass and just started playing guitar a little
> > > while ago. And yeah, Athens is ground zero for REM,
> > > something this town is still riding...there's an
> > > unspoken rule around here; if you see Michael Stipe
> > > around town, you don't talk to him. Not that I would
> > > have anyway, but it just seems kind of silly. I've
> > > noticed a bunch of different types of bands here, but
> > > sadly no surf bands and surprisingly few punk bands.
> > > I'm hoping that by placing an ad in the Flagpole
> > > magazine I can generate some intereste for something.
> > > ~R
The only decent band of that ilk that had any surf chops or style, was The
Smithereens. They had a nice groove in most of their better songs...and
their first radio hit, "Behind the wall of sleep" had some era-ish subject
matter. Although, I cant imagine finding anything to lust for in a girl that
stands like Bill Wyman....
Robb
-I haven't heard them, but I heard that the Smithereens did a couple
of surf songs as B-sides to some of their 45's. I wonder how they
are. They are one of the few colledge rock bands that I like.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Robb Lowe" <robblowe@h...> wrote:
> The only decent band of that ilk that had any surf chops or style,
was The
> Smithereens. They had a nice groove in most of their better
songs...and
> their first radio hit, "Behind the wall of sleep" had some era-ish
subject
> matter. Although, I cant imagine finding anything to lust for in a
girl that
> stands like Bill Wyman....
>
> Robb
