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Many, many artists from different genres have tapped into surf rock for
inspiration. Can
everyone interested contribute to a thread that lists surf songs by non-surf
bands?
Commentary is welcome, and nobody says they have to be good. But, state your
opinions
about their relative merits, perhaps as a grade. Please state if the songs are
original to the
bands, if you know.
I know, for one, that Greenday has busted out a few surf-inspired songs
including
Espionage (for the Austin Powers soundtrack) and "Last Ride In" from Nimrod.
"Espionage
has has a nice, hooky riff and is startlingly simple instructure - the horns
really make it
work much more than the band's guitar work. "Last Ride In" is a credible surf
tune,
reminiscent of the Surf Coasters version of "Baja," although not as beatuifully
rendered.
The use of a wood zylophone is a really nice touch, however.
And of course, The Pixies had several surf-inspired songs, like the one I just
learned,
Cecilia Ann, which is of course a cover of the original.
So, to start the list:
Greenday - "Last Ride In," original, from Nimrod; "Espionage" original, from
Austin Powers
soundtrack. Grade: B-
Pixies - "Cecilia Ann," cover, Bosanova? Grade - B+
Chris Isaak does a surf tune on his album Speak of the Devil. I don't
remember the title. It is one of the few albums of his I don't own or
haven't listened to.
--- In , "Gavin Ehringer"
<gavinehringer@e...> wrote:
> Many, many artists from different genres have tapped into surf rock
for inspiration. Can
> everyone interested contribute to a thread that lists surf songs by
non-surf bands?
> Commentary is welcome, and nobody says they have to be good. But,
state your opinions
> about their relative merits, perhaps as a grade. Please state if the
songs are original to the
> bands, if you know.
>
> I know, for one, that Greenday has busted out a few surf-inspired
songs including
> Espionage (for the Austin Powers soundtrack) and "Last Ride In" from
Nimrod. "Espionage
> has has a nice, hooky riff and is startlingly simple instructure -
the horns really make it
> work much more than the band's guitar work. "Last Ride In" is a
credible surf tune,
> reminiscent of the Surf Coasters version of "Baja," although not as
beatuifully rendered.
> The use of a wood zylophone is a really nice touch, however.
>
> And of course, The Pixies had several surf-inspired songs, like the
one I just learned,
> Cecilia Ann, which is of course a cover of the original.
>
> So, to start the list:
> Greenday - "Last Ride In," original, from Nimrod; "Espionage"
original, from Austin Powers
> soundtrack. Grade: B-
>
> Pixies - "Cecilia Ann," cover, Bosanova? Grade - B+
jimmy thackery and the drivers cover 'apache', good on the recording
and great live
a short list extracted roughly from my database...
The A Bones
Afterimage
The Arousers
Les Black Carnations
Bad Manners
The Black Light Chameleons
Billy Joe Winghead
Junior Brown
The Edgar Broughton Band
The Breadmakers
Branko
The Bottletones
The Bottle Ups
The Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch)
The Boatrampmen
The Blue Moon Messiahs
The Bogues
The Big Guitars From Texas
Bev Bevan
The Cowlicks
The Contras
The Chocolate Watchband
Los Cadillaxe)
Call Me B'wana
The Dillengers
The Damned
The Dark
Robbie Dunbar and MOB
The Deadcats
Dave and the Customerz
Dutch and the Dynomos
The Dream Syndicate
Peter Dayton
Elvis Hitler
The Exploding White Mice
Fullblown
The Fuknotz
The Friggs
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
The Fetish
45 Grave
Los Fabulosos Cadillcs
Green Day
Grateful Dead
Go To Blazes
Gallon Drunk
The Go-Go's
Hot Boogie Chillun
The Hillbilly Hellcats
Los High Tops
Herman The German and Das Cowboy
Helvissa
The Humans
Jody Harris
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Isaaks
The Jackals
JFA (Jody Foster's Army)
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
The Jarons
The Jamming Arabs
Steve Khan
Omar Khorshid
Krypton 88
The Liabilities
The Leopards
Little Legends
The Living Daylights
The Muskrats
The Mongols
The Mockers
Jim Mankey
Elton Motello
Sandy Nelson
NRA
Not Moving
Neil Norman
The Ne'er Do Wells
Naked Raygun
Patrick O'Sullivan and Lena Jeong
John Otway
Roger Powell
Pylon
The Purple Things
Psychotic Youth
Psychedelic Guitar Circus
Psicotropicos Deluxe
The Prodigals
The Plimsouls
The Pixies
The Palominos
The Paladins
Papa Don
The Pandoras
The Pajama Slave Dancers
Al Perry and the Cattle
Problem
The Question Men
The Rattlesnakes
Ruthie and the Wranglers
The Rubinoos
The Romans
The Radio Alarm Clocks
The Rosebloods
Romeo Void
The Ribeye Brothers
Reverend Horton Heat
Hank Ray and the Executioneers
Robert and the Roboters
The Radiators
The Riviera Playboys
The Red Elvises
Herman Z German (Herman Rarebell - Scorpions)
The Reactions
Andrej Rudolf and his The Lucky Cupids
Suicidal Tendencies
The Stomach Mouths
Speedball Jr.
The Speed Devils
Southern Culture on the Skids
Sorry
The Social Club
The Smithereens
The Smarties
The Skeletons
The Sid Presley Experience
Shoutless
The Seebach Band
Secret Chiefs 3
The Scumbag Roads
Tres Gatos
The Tradesmen
To Damascus
Tempest
23 Skidoo
Iain Terry
The Tall Boys
Deniz Tek
The Unclaimed
The Uninvited
The Ubangis
The Untouchables
UFO (Us Forretas Ocultos)
Uranus
The Vandals
The Vultures (Joe Weed)
The Vodkanauts
The Ben Vaughn Combo
Vegomatic
The Wedding Present
The West Coast Rollers
Yeah Yeah Noh
Yeah Yeah
Zen
The Zakas
Z'Ev
Also Sha Na Na I believe
Phil Dirt <> wrote:a short list extracted roughly from
my database...
The A Bones
Afterimage
The Arousers
Les Black Carnations
Bad Manners
The Black Light Chameleons
Billy Joe Winghead
Junior Brown
The Edgar Broughton Band
The Breadmakers
Branko
The Bottletones
The Bottle Ups
The Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch)
The Boatrampmen
The Blue Moon Messiahs
The Bogues
The Big Guitars From Texas
Bev Bevan
The Cowlicks
The Contras
The Chocolate Watchband
Los Cadillaxe)
Call Me B'wana
The Dillengers
The Damned
The Dark
Robbie Dunbar and MOB
The Deadcats
Dave and the Customerz
Dutch and the Dynomos
The Dream Syndicate
Peter Dayton
Elvis Hitler
The Exploding White Mice
Fullblown
The Fuknotz
The Friggs
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
The Fetish
45 Grave
Los Fabulosos Cadillcs
Green Day
Grateful Dead
Go To Blazes
Gallon Drunk
The Go-Go's
Hot Boogie Chillun
The Hillbilly Hellcats
Los High Tops
Herman The German and Das Cowboy
Helvissa
The Humans
Jody Harris
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Isaaks
The Jackals
JFA (Jody Foster's Army)
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
The Jarons
The Jamming Arabs
Steve Khan
Omar Khorshid
Krypton 88
The Liabilities
The Leopards
Little Legends
The Living Daylights
The Muskrats
The Mongols
The Mockers
Jim Mankey
Elton Motello
Sandy Nelson
NRA
Not Moving
Neil Norman
The Ne'er Do Wells
Naked Raygun
Patrick O'Sullivan and Lena Jeong
John Otway
Roger Powell
Pylon
The Purple Things
Psychotic Youth
Psychedelic Guitar Circus
Psicotropicos Deluxe
The Prodigals
The Plimsouls
The Pixies
The Palominos
The Paladins
Papa Don
The Pandoras
The Pajama Slave Dancers
Al Perry and the Cattle
Problem
The Question Men
The Rattlesnakes
Ruthie and the Wranglers
The Rubinoos
The Romans
The Radio Alarm Clocks
The Rosebloods
Romeo Void
The Ribeye Brothers
Reverend Horton Heat
Hank Ray and the Executioneers
Robert and the Roboters
The Radiators
The Riviera Playboys
The Red Elvises
Herman Z German (Herman Rarebell - Scorpions)
The Reactions
Andrej Rudolf and his The Lucky Cupids
Suicidal Tendencies
The Stomach Mouths
Speedball Jr.
The Speed Devils
Southern Culture on the Skids
Sorry
The Social Club
The Smithereens
The Smarties
The Skeletons
The Sid Presley Experience
Shoutless
The Seebach Band
Secret Chiefs 3
The Scumbag Roads
Tres Gatos
The Tradesmen
To Damascus
Tempest
23 Skidoo
Iain Terry
The Tall Boys
Deniz Tek
The Unclaimed
The Uninvited
The Ubangis
The Untouchables
UFO (Us Forretas Ocultos)
Uranus
The Vandals
The Vultures (Joe Weed)
The Vodkanauts
The Ben Vaughn Combo
Vegomatic
The Wedding Present
The West Coast Rollers
Yeah Yeah Noh
Yeah Yeah
Zen
The Zakas
Z'Ev
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have done Diamondhead and Penetration
live.
--- In , bruce duncan <wetreverb@y...> wrote:
> Also Sha Na Na I believe
>
> Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:a short list extracted roughly from
my database...
>
> The A Bones
> Afterimage
> The Arousers
> Les Black Carnations
> Bad Manners
> The Black Light Chameleons
> Billy Joe Winghead
> Junior Brown
> The Edgar Broughton Band
> The Breadmakers
> Branko
> The Bottletones
> The Bottle Ups
> The Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch)
> The Boatrampmen
> The Blue Moon Messiahs
> The Bogues
> The Big Guitars From Texas
> Bev Bevan
> The Cowlicks
> The Contras
> The Chocolate Watchband
> Los Cadillaxe)
> Call Me B'wana
> The Dillengers
> The Damned
> The Dark
> Robbie Dunbar and MOB
> The Deadcats
> Dave and the Customerz
> Dutch and the Dynomos
> The Dream Syndicate
> Peter Dayton
> Elvis Hitler
> The Exploding White Mice
> Fullblown
> The Fuknotz
> The Friggs
> Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
> The Fetish
> 45 Grave
> Los Fabulosos Cadillcs
> Green Day
> Grateful Dead
> Go To Blazes
> Gallon Drunk
> The Go-Go's
> Hot Boogie Chillun
> The Hillbilly Hellcats
> Los High Tops
> Herman The German and Das Cowboy
> Helvissa
> The Humans
> Jody Harris
> Jimi Hendrix
> Chris Isaaks
> The Jackals
> JFA (Jody Foster's Army)
> Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
> The Jarons
> The Jamming Arabs
> Steve Khan
> Omar Khorshid
> Krypton 88
> The Liabilities
> The Leopards
> Little Legends
> The Living Daylights
> The Muskrats
> The Mongols
> The Mockers
> Jim Mankey
> Elton Motello
> Sandy Nelson
> NRA
> Not Moving
> Neil Norman
> The Ne'er Do Wells
> Naked Raygun
> Patrick O'Sullivan and Lena Jeong
> John Otway
> Roger Powell
> Pylon
> The Purple Things
> Psychotic Youth
> Psychedelic Guitar Circus
> Psicotropicos Deluxe
> The Prodigals
> The Plimsouls
> The Pixies
> The Palominos
> The Paladins
> Papa Don
> The Pandoras
> The Pajama Slave Dancers
> Al Perry and the Cattle
> Problem
> The Question Men
> The Rattlesnakes
> Ruthie and the Wranglers
> The Rubinoos
> The Romans
> The Radio Alarm Clocks
> The Rosebloods
> Romeo Void
> The Ribeye Brothers
> Reverend Horton Heat
> Hank Ray and the Executioneers
> Robert and the Roboters
> The Radiators
> The Riviera Playboys
> The Red Elvises
> Herman Z German (Herman Rarebell - Scorpions)
> The Reactions
> Andrej Rudolf and his The Lucky Cupids
> Suicidal Tendencies
> The Stomach Mouths
> Speedball Jr.
> The Speed Devils
> Southern Culture on the Skids
> Sorry
> The Social Club
> The Smithereens
> The Smarties
> The Skeletons
> The Sid Presley Experience
> Shoutless
> The Seebach Band
> Secret Chiefs 3
> The Scumbag Roads
> Tres Gatos
> The Tradesmen
> To Damascus
> Tempest
> 23 Skidoo
> Iain Terry
> The Tall Boys
> Deniz Tek
> The Unclaimed
> The Uninvited
> The Ubangis
> The Untouchables
> UFO (Us Forretas Ocultos)
> Uranus
> The Vandals
> The Vultures (Joe Weed)
> The Vodkanauts
> The Ben Vaughn Combo
> Vegomatic
> The Wedding Present
> The West Coast Rollers
> Yeah Yeah Noh
> Yeah Yeah
> Zen
> The Zakas
> Z'Ev
>
>
>
>
>
> .
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I just rediscovered a song called Squid Omelet on the
The Queers album "Grow Up." Cool little surf tune
(with distortion) and simple. Wish I could write 'em
like that.
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Bow Wow Wow, did a couple surfy/tribal drum songs
Adam and the Ants, same Drummer Bassist from BWW did a couple also I
heard, but have not heard them.
Not really surf. But Wall of VooDoo did a couple covers of
Morricone's Spaghetti Western songs. And a bad ass Psyched up
version of "Ring of Fire" has Vocals, but guitar makes the hair on my
arm and neck stand up.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In , Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:
> a short list extracted roughly from my database...
>
> The A Bones
> Afterimage
> The Arousers
> Les Black Carnations
> Bad Manners
> The Black Light Chameleons
> Billy Joe Winghead
> Junior Brown
> The Edgar Broughton Band
> The Breadmakers
> Branko
> The Bottletones
> The Bottle Ups
> The Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch)
> The Boatrampmen
> The Blue Moon Messiahs
> The Bogues
> The Big Guitars From Texas
> Bev Bevan
> The Cowlicks
> The Contras
> The Chocolate Watchband
> Los Cadillaxe)
> Call Me B'wana
> The Dillengers
> The Damned
> The Dark
> Robbie Dunbar and MOB
> The Deadcats
> Dave and the Customerz
> Dutch and the Dynomos
> The Dream Syndicate
> Peter Dayton
> Elvis Hitler
> The Exploding White Mice
> Fullblown
> The Fuknotz
> The Friggs
> Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
> The Fetish
> 45 Grave
> Los Fabulosos Cadillcs
> Green Day
> Grateful Dead
> Go To Blazes
> Gallon Drunk
> The Go-Go's
> Hot Boogie Chillun
> The Hillbilly Hellcats
> Los High Tops
> Herman The German and Das Cowboy
> Helvissa
> The Humans
> Jody Harris
> Jimi Hendrix
> Chris Isaaks
> The Jackals
> JFA (Jody Foster's Army)
> Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
> The Jarons
> The Jamming Arabs
> Steve Khan
> Omar Khorshid
> Krypton 88
> The Liabilities
> The Leopards
> Little Legends
> The Living Daylights
> The Muskrats
> The Mongols
> The Mockers
> Jim Mankey
> Elton Motello
> Sandy Nelson
> NRA
> Not Moving
> Neil Norman
> The Ne'er Do Wells
> Naked Raygun
> Patrick O'Sullivan and Lena Jeong
> John Otway
> Roger Powell
> Pylon
> The Purple Things
> Psychotic Youth
> Psychedelic Guitar Circus
> Psicotropicos Deluxe
> The Prodigals
> The Plimsouls
> The Pixies
> The Palominos
> The Paladins
> Papa Don
> The Pandoras
> The Pajama Slave Dancers
> Al Perry and the Cattle
> Problem
> The Question Men
> The Rattlesnakes
> Ruthie and the Wranglers
> The Rubinoos
> The Romans
> The Radio Alarm Clocks
> The Rosebloods
> Romeo Void
> The Ribeye Brothers
> Reverend Horton Heat
> Hank Ray and the Executioneers
> Robert and the Roboters
> The Radiators
> The Riviera Playboys
> The Red Elvises
> Herman Z German (Herman Rarebell - Scorpions)
> The Reactions
> Andrej Rudolf and his The Lucky Cupids
> Suicidal Tendencies
> The Stomach Mouths
> Speedball Jr.
> The Speed Devils
> Southern Culture on the Skids
> Sorry
> The Social Club
> The Smithereens
> The Smarties
> The Skeletons
> The Sid Presley Experience
> Shoutless
> The Seebach Band
> Secret Chiefs 3
> The Scumbag Roads
> Tres Gatos
> The Tradesmen
> To Damascus
> Tempest
> 23 Skidoo
> Iain Terry
> The Tall Boys
> Deniz Tek
> The Unclaimed
> The Uninvited
> The Ubangis
> The Untouchables
> UFO (Us Forretas Ocultos)
> Uranus
> The Vandals
> The Vultures (Joe Weed)
> The Vodkanauts
> The Ben Vaughn Combo
> Vegomatic
> The Wedding Present
> The West Coast Rollers
> Yeah Yeah Noh
> Yeah Yeah
> Zen
> The Zakas
> Z'Ev
Plus...
Flat Duo Jets
The Kaisers
Sprague Brothers
The Cramps
REM
Webb Wilder
The Sadies
-paul
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
> Bow Wow Wow, did a couple surfy/tribal drum songs
>
> Adam and the Ants, same Drummer Bassist from BWW did a couple also I
> heard, but have not heard them.
>
> Not really surf. But Wall of VooDoo did a couple covers of
> Morricone's Spaghetti Western songs. And a bad ass Psyched up
> version of "Ring of Fire" has Vocals, but guitar makes the hair on my
> arm and neck stand up.
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> -- In , Phil Dirt <phildirt@r...> wrote:
> > a short list extracted roughly from my database...
> >
> > The A Bones
> > Afterimage
> > The Arousers
> > Les Black Carnations
> > Bad Manners
> > The Black Light Chameleons
> > Billy Joe Winghead
> > Junior Brown
> > The Edgar Broughton Band
> > The Breadmakers
> > Branko
> > The Bottletones
> > The Bottle Ups
> > The Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch)
> > The Boatrampmen
> > The Blue Moon Messiahs
> > The Bogues
> > The Big Guitars From Texas
> > Bev Bevan
> > The Cowlicks
> > The Contras
> > The Chocolate Watchband
> > Los Cadillaxe)
> > Call Me B'wana
> > The Dillengers
> > The Damned
> > The Dark
> > Robbie Dunbar and MOB
> > The Deadcats
> > Dave and the Customerz
> > Dutch and the Dynomos
> > The Dream Syndicate
> > Peter Dayton
> > Elvis Hitler
> > The Exploding White Mice
> > Fullblown
> > The Fuknotz
> > The Friggs
> > Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids
> > The Fetish
> > 45 Grave
> > Los Fabulosos Cadillcs
> > Green Day
> > Grateful Dead
> > Go To Blazes
> > Gallon Drunk
> > The Go-Go's
> > Hot Boogie Chillun
> > The Hillbilly Hellcats
> > Los High Tops
> > Herman The German and Das Cowboy
> > Helvissa
> > The Humans
> > Jody Harris
> > Jimi Hendrix
> > Chris Isaaks
> > The Jackals
> > JFA (Jody Foster's Army)
> > Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
> > The Jarons
> > The Jamming Arabs
> > Steve Khan
> > Omar Khorshid
> > Krypton 88
> > The Liabilities
> > The Leopards
> > Little Legends
> > The Living Daylights
> > The Muskrats
> > The Mongols
> > The Mockers
> > Jim Mankey
> > Elton Motello
> > Sandy Nelson
> > NRA
> > Not Moving
> > Neil Norman
> > The Ne'er Do Wells
> > Naked Raygun
> > Patrick O'Sullivan and Lena Jeong
> > John Otway
> > Roger Powell
> > Pylon
> > The Purple Things
> > Psychotic Youth
> > Psychedelic Guitar Circus
> > Psicotropicos Deluxe
> > The Prodigals
> > The Plimsouls
> > The Pixies
> > The Palominos
> > The Paladins
> > Papa Don
> > The Pandoras
> > The Pajama Slave Dancers
> > Al Perry and the Cattle
> > Problem
> > The Question Men
> > The Rattlesnakes
> > Ruthie and the Wranglers
> > The Rubinoos
> > The Romans
> > The Radio Alarm Clocks
> > The Rosebloods
> > Romeo Void
> > The Ribeye Brothers
> > Reverend Horton Heat
> > Hank Ray and the Executioneers
> > Robert and the Roboters
> > The Radiators
> > The Riviera Playboys
> > The Red Elvises
> > Herman Z German (Herman Rarebell - Scorpions)
> > The Reactions
> > Andrej Rudolf and his The Lucky Cupids
> > Suicidal Tendencies
> > The Stomach Mouths
> > Speedball Jr.
> > The Speed Devils
> > Southern Culture on the Skids
> > Sorry
> > The Social Club
> > The Smithereens
> > The Smarties
> > The Skeletons
> > The Sid Presley Experience
> > Shoutless
> > The Seebach Band
> > Secret Chiefs 3
> > The Scumbag Roads
> > Tres Gatos
> > The Tradesmen
> > To Damascus
> > Tempest
> > 23 Skidoo
> > Iain Terry
> > The Tall Boys
> > Deniz Tek
> > The Unclaimed
> > The Uninvited
> > The Ubangis
> > The Untouchables
> > UFO (Us Forretas Ocultos)
> > Uranus
> > The Vandals
> > The Vultures (Joe Weed)
> > The Vodkanauts
> > The Ben Vaughn Combo
> > Vegomatic
> > The Wedding Present
> > The West Coast Rollers
> > Yeah Yeah Noh
> > Yeah Yeah
> > Zen
> > The Zakas
> > Z'Ev
poppa chubby had a surf inspired tune on one of his cds, don't
remember the name of the cd or the tune
--- In , "obmosquito" <obmosquito@c...>
wrote:
> Plus...
> Flat Duo Jets
> The Kaisers
> Sprague Brothers
> The Cramps
> REM
> Webb Wilder
> The Sadies
>
> -paul
>
>
