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THE INVISIBLE SURFERS HAIL FROM AN ATHENS.
THEIRS IS THE MODERN BREED OF SURF-PUNK...SURF INSTRUMENTAL WITH A GARAGE-PUNK
EDGE.IN SAYING THAT THOUGH,THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE.
GUITARIST AND HEAD-HONCHO ALEX BEREKOS WAS IN THE ROCKABILLY OUTFIT THE BLUE
JEANS,A TRIO THAT BEGAN IN 1984 WITH HIS BROTHER STEVE,THAT MAY BE FAMILIAR FROM
THEIR LP&EP IN THE 90s
THE INSTRUMENTAL OUTFIT ORIGINALLY BEGAN IN 1993,WHILE THE BLEU JEANS WERE STILL
ACTIVE,WHEN ALEX BEREKOS[GTR.]GOT THINGS MOVING AS A LINK WRAY TRIBUTE
BAND.AFTER THE JEANS "SPLIT" IN '96 [NONE]OF THE OTHERS PLAY ANYMORE],HE FOCUSED
ON THE .INVISIBLE SURFERS.
1997 SAW A 3 TRACK 7" IT WONT LAST FOREVER'[BAD ELVIS]
,THEN CAME THE 'DOGS KILLA CAT' CD IN 2002.
THAT GOT THEM A FAIR BIT OF PRESS ON THE SCENE,THOUGH IT'S ONLY IN RECENT TIMAES
THE RELEASE OT THEIR WARES HAS BECOME LESS SPORADIC.
A TEXAN LABEL [RUBBLE RECORDS] RELEASED A COMPILATION'DIGGY DIGGY
DEAD'[CD/DbI-LP],DIGGY DIGGY DEAD! crushes fascist around the globe this Fourth
of July, 2005. Freedom will ring from every speaker when the diamond hits the
groove on this wax. DIGGY DIGGY DEAD! is a double cd/vinyl compilation that lays
waste to everything in its path.
Gary Floyd of the notorious eighties-Austin-punk band, Dicks, opens the record
with a scathing indictment of the right wing political movement followed by mass
chaos while Dicks blister the San Francisco crowd at the Eagle's Nest with a
double dose of Texas Hardcore simplex 80.
THAT INCLUDES THEIR TRACK' TOO MANY TALK.
INTERESTINGLY ,THIS YEAR THEIR 'TRIPPING'OUT OF YOU'
WAS INCLUDED ON THE ' MAD FABRICATORS DVD,' I WAS A TEENAGE MONSTER SHIRT
PAINTER' WITH OTHER GREAT BANDS LIKE[ THE DYNOTONES, THE BOMBORAS, KNUCKEL
DRAGER, THE HYPNOMEN, and THE INVISIBLE SURFERS.
SINCE THEY STARTED LOOKING AROUND,THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE INTEREST.
THEY'VE FOUND THE SCENE A BIT LIMITING DOMESTICALLY,ALTHOUGH HAVE OPEND UP FOR
BANDS LIKE THE CRAMPS,FUZZTONES,FLAMING STARS, Marky Ramone,
Dead Moon,? Mark and the Mysterians,The Ramones, Apollo 440, Supergrass,Apollo
440.
legendary guitarist, Alex Berekos, played alongside with Sun Records legends
Johnny Carroll and Rudy Grayzell.
THE SITUATION ISNT'T EASY IN GREECE AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING INTO OTHER
MARKETS AWAY FROM TINY SPACES,AMATTEUR ORGANAZIRS AND PIMP' OWNERS.
GENERAL,THE SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DISORGANISED,AND THIS BOTHERS ME ME
INTERNSELY IF CONSIDERING I'VE BEEN ON STAGE SINCE 1984 AND SEEN MUCH TIMES
BEFORE THAN THE PRESENT.
THE GREEK SITUATION IS QUIET MISERABLE,SO I CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD'.
GNASHES ALEX DEJECTEDLY.LABEL THEM AS YOU WILL,MUSIC IS A MEANS OF ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THEM,NOT AN OBJECT OF ANALYSIS.
SURF PUNKS WILL DO FOR ME THAN.
ALEX SWINGS A MIGHTLY AXE,FUELLED BY THE IMPRESSION OF THE "50s [JOHNNY
MEEKS,CLIFF GALLUP,DORSEY BURNETTE]AND'60s [DUANE EDDY,NOKIE EDWARDS,HANK
MARVIN,BOOBY FULLER,LINK WRAY&DICK DALE],WHORM BRIAN SETZER ACTED AS A CATALYST
IN THEIR DISCOVERY,AND SUPERCHARED BY WATEVER THEY'RE LISTENING TO AT THE MOMENT
[ SATAN'S PILGRIM,MAN OR ASTROMAN,GUANA BATZ,REVEREND HORTON HEAT,SOCIAL
DISTORTION,BOBBY FULLER,MOFOS,POZOR VLAK,KNUGLE DUGGER AND MORE HOT ROD BANDS..
THEY'RE NO COVERS BAND THOUGH.
THE FIRST ALBUM WAS TOTALLY ORIGINALS EXEPT 'MALAGUENA'AND'RUMBLE'.
ALEX WRITES 99% OF THEIR MATERIAL,OF WHICH I'VE HEARD A FULL ALBUM OF CURRENLY
UNRELEASED MATERIAL...ONE CUT ON THER WAS'UNTITLED' SO GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK ALEX IS THATINTERTIONAL AND EXPORE THE INNER WORKINGS OF HOW THIS
INSTRUMENTAL BAND TITLES THEIR NUMBERS...WHAT COMES FIRST,THE CHICKEN OR THE
EGG.
IN THE CASE OF THE SURFERS,' FOR A SONG TO BE WRITTEN THER'S ALWAYS A MOTIVATION
AND MANY TIMES ITS TITLE WAS DITERMINED BY WHAT I FELT EITHER DURING ITS WRITING
OR AFTER I'D HEARD THE FINISHED ARTICLE'.ILLUMINATES THE CREATIVE ALEX.
THE UNTITLED TRACK HAS NOW BEEN NAMED'NICOLE,BY THE WAY ITS AT THE SPLIT CD
'Waves of Reverb, Sea of Fuzz, Vol. 1 [NO FUN RECORDS]
ONSTAGE IT'S MOSTLY OWN MATERIAL AGAIN.
SOME COVERS WILL ALWAYS INCLUDE THE INSPIRATIONAL LINK WRAY.'DICK DALE HOLDS AN
HONORARY PLACE TOO,BUT WE'VE ALSO REDONE 'SWAN LAKE'[SURFIN'LAKE ON THE EP]ALONG
WITH 'RUN AWAY'.SQUARD CAR','INTOXICA' 'STICK SHIFT'.'APACHE'. 'F.B.I'.'HAWAII
5-0&'TIME BOMB',AMONG OTHERS.
THE DOGS KILLA CAT' CD WASMUTED FOR VINYL RELEASE TOO,BUT I THINK THE GREEK
-BASED LABEL[HITCH-HYKE RECORDS]WENT OUT OF BUSENESS BEFORE THAT HAPPEND.
THEY'VE HAD OFFERS FROM AMERICA CONCERNING A RE-RELEASE AND,NO DOUBT MUCH TO
ALEX GLEE,THE INVISIBLE SURFERS HAVE A WAVE OF OTHER VISIBLE INTERNATIONAL
INTEREST...A TRACK[ "Cobra Snake Necktie " featuring "Unsteady Freddie" [host of
the "Twang Shebang" show in NYC]ON A 7INCH compilation is "Lost at Sea" by Fuzz
n Surf Records out of Germany
ENQUIRIES FROM SURF DOG RECORDS MAD SOCIETY MUSIC.
6 TRACKS a split CD deal (with Los Kahunas out of Argentina) with No Fun Records
out of Detroit which is titled Waves of Reverb, Sea of Fuzz, Vol. 1 and marks
the first international release ever for both bands.
on the Mad Fabricators Society, Vol. 3 2-disk DVD of over 2.5 hours of hot rod
action. The Invisible Surfers have 5 tracks on that DVD, and the soundtrack will
be out soon with crazy hot rod sounds
A NEW DEAL 1 TRACK ON THE BEST COMPILATION ABOUT INSTRO MUSIC [ a second War of
The Surf Guitars] release AT GOLLY GEE AND DB CROWN RECORDS,COMING SOON..
WHATERVER,THE SURF PUNK TRIO ARE GOONA BE HAVING'SOME KINDA FUN'
WHEN THEY GET THAT NEW ALBUM OF MATERIAL ON THE UP&OUT..LABELS TAKE NOTE..
MARC FENECH [ SOUTHERN&ROCKING MAGAZINE ]
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