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-Brian,
That part where you said it made you collapse into the fetal
position and twitch uncotrollablly is great. It reminded me of when
Bevis and Butthead saw Dick Dale's Nitro on Mtv and Bevis went into
an Epileptic fit,while Butthead just sat there and laughed at him.
Uh huh huh huh.
The first surf/instro band I saw was the Insect Surfers in Nov. of
96. I remember watching them and getting goose bumps from the sound.
I also grew up on rock/metal, but something about this stuff just
seemed to hit a nerve. They did a version of Jack the Ripper that
was just out of this world. Dave and Dan-o were jumping around like
fleas on a hot brick,and just tore down the joint.It changed my life
forever. Now 6 years latter,800 cds,100 45's,50 lp's into it. I
think I obessed. I need to get a radio show,to play some of this
stuff.
I know I'll never stop listening to surf/instro. It has become the
soundtrack for my life.My friend Baja Marty says if it's an addiction
we aren't going in for treatment. Just plug the reverb tank directly
into a vien and turn the drip on to a heavy flow.
Seriously addicted
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: windanseabeachboy [mailto:gavinehringer@m...]
> >
> [...]
> >
> > And by the way, does anyone remember the
> > Raybeats, who I remember hearing in the mid-1980s, before Pulp
Fiction
> > renewed interest in surf guitar.
>
> Hi and welcome aboard!
>
> I just wanted to share my Raybeats story. They are kind of
responsible for
> me getting into the whole surf/instro genre. Probably around 1986/7
or so, I
> was a pizza delivery guy. I would listen to the radio a lot
obviously. Every
> week night at 10 pm, the local university had this radio show called
> "Progressions". They played "college radio" music (this was before
the term
> "alternative music"). The host would always open the show with this
insane
> killer song that made me snap out of whatever daze I was in. It
made the
> hairs on the back of my neck stand up. There was something about
the ragged,
> big hollow sounding guitar on the verge of feedback, the hypnotic
throbbing
> bass line, and this old fashioned sounding drum beat that totally
freaked me
> out. The music sounded so simple but taken together was very
powerful. And
> there were no words, how odd I thought. At this point in my life I
was
> raised on classic rock/hard rock/metal type stuff. So hearing this
was a
> revelation to me. And the damn DJ never mentioned what his opening
song was!
> I volunteered to work every night until at least 10 so I could hear
the song
> and perhaps catch the name. Sometimes he would only play 10 seconds
of the
> song, it was maddening!
>
> Finally I went to the record store up near the university and asked
the guy
> behind the counter if he knew the song and the band. He told me
they were
> the "Raybeats" and that they were very good. He didn't know the
song title
> though. They didn't have any of their stuff in stock either.
Hmmm....a short
> time later I quit that job and this song was forgotten.
>
> So fast forward almost 10 years. By this point I was just dabbling
in Man or
> Astro-Man? but still rooted in other styles of music. I was
watching this
> cool documentary on public television on the history of rock and
roll. And
> then all of a sudden they do about 30 seconds on this guy named
Link Wray
> that I had never heard of. And then they start playing this song,
and you
> guessed it, it stuns me once again. I start freaking out, pacing
the room,
> jumping up and down, trying desparately to remember where I heard
that song
> before! An hour later it comes back to me. That pizza delivery
song! It
> turns out it was the Raybeats covering Link Wray's "Jack The
Ripper". The
> next day I went out and bought a Rhino Records best of for the
Linkster, and
> have never been the same since. I took the plunge into the
surf/instro world
> and have been non-stop accelerating ever since then.
>
> To this day, Jack The Ripper gives me the heebie-jeebies. Whenever
I hear it
> I collapse into the fetal position and twitch uncontrollably... :-O
>
> A short time later I discovered Los Straitjackets, and was knocked
out to
> learn that Danny Amis had played bass in the Raybeats!
>
> Well sorry for babbling like a lunatic, but I too am consumed by
this music.
> BN
Man, you hit it on the head, Jeff! Surf as a soundtrack for my
life? Absolutely - that statement is so right-on-target for me!
I think I picked the affliction up during my youth during the first
wave, absorbing some of those cool sounds on AM radio in the '60's,
but not really knowing what it was. I just knew that I liked it.
And I had to have more.
Growing up on the usual rock/hard rock then new wave/punk thing in
the late '70's, I eventually settled into a rockabilly groove - and
discovered Link Wray . . . that got me out of the remission period,
and into the full-blown disease of awesome instro stuff! Sure, I
listen to some other genres from time to time, but 90% of my
listening is surf/instro - old stuff, new stuff, whatever.
When I'm invalid, plop me in that wheelchair and spike me with a
Fender Reverb Tank set to 7-7-7 . . . I wanna hear that reverb crash!
Whew! That gave me goosebumps just thinking about it! When you find
that special thing that's just right, whether it's music, a guitar, a
car, or someone you love, you just know it . . .
-Dick
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "bigtikidude" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
> -Brian,
> That part where you said it made you collapse into the fetal
> position and twitch uncotrollablly is great. It reminded me of when
> Bevis and Butthead saw Dick Dale's Nitro on Mtv and Bevis went into
> an Epileptic fit,while Butthead just sat there and laughed at him.
> Uh huh huh huh.
> The first surf/instro band I saw was the Insect Surfers in Nov.
of
> 96. I remember watching them and getting goose bumps from the
sound.
> I also grew up on rock/metal, but something about this stuff just
> seemed to hit a nerve. They did a version of Jack the Ripper that
> was just out of this world. Dave and Dan-o were jumping around like
> fleas on a hot brick,and just tore down the joint.It changed my
life
> forever. Now 6 years latter,800 cds,100 45's,50 lp's into it. I
> think I obessed. I need to get a radio show,to play some of this
> stuff.
> I know I'll never stop listening to surf/instro. It has become
the
> soundtrack for my life.My friend Baja Marty says if it's an
addiction
> we aren't going in for treatment. Just plug the reverb tank
directly
> into a vien and turn the drip on to a heavy flow.
> Seriously addicted
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: windanseabeachboy [mailto:gavinehringer@m...]
> > >
> > [...]
> > >
> > > And by the way, does anyone remember the
> > > Raybeats, who I remember hearing in the mid-1980s, before Pulp
> Fiction
> > > renewed interest in surf guitar.
> >
> > Hi and welcome aboard!
> >
> > I just wanted to share my Raybeats story. They are kind of
> responsible for
> > me getting into the whole surf/instro genre. Probably around
1986/7
> or so, I
> > was a pizza delivery guy. I would listen to the radio a lot
> obviously. Every
> > week night at 10 pm, the local university had this radio show
called
> > "Progressions". They played "college radio" music (this was
before
> the term
> > "alternative music"). The host would always open the show with
this
> insane
> > killer song that made me snap out of whatever daze I was in. It
> made the
> > hairs on the back of my neck stand up. There was something about
> the ragged,
> > big hollow sounding guitar on the verge of feedback, the hypnotic
> throbbing
> > bass line, and this old fashioned sounding drum beat that totally
> freaked me
> > out. The music sounded so simple but taken together was very
> powerful. And
> > there were no words, how odd I thought. At this point in my life
I
> was
> > raised on classic rock/hard rock/metal type stuff. So hearing
this
> was a
> > revelation to me. And the damn DJ never mentioned what his
opening
> song was!
> > I volunteered to work every night until at least 10 so I could
hear
> the song
> > and perhaps catch the name. Sometimes he would only play 10
seconds
> of the
> > song, it was maddening!
> >
> > Finally I went to the record store up near the university and
asked
> the guy
> > behind the counter if he knew the song and the band. He told me
> they were
> > the "Raybeats" and that they were very good. He didn't know the
> song title
> > though. They didn't have any of their stuff in stock either.
> Hmmm....a short
> > time later I quit that job and this song was forgotten.
> >
> > So fast forward almost 10 years. By this point I was just
dabbling
> in Man or
> > Astro-Man? but still rooted in other styles of music. I was
> watching this
> > cool documentary on public television on the history of rock and
> roll. And
> > then all of a sudden they do about 30 seconds on this guy named
> Link Wray
> > that I had never heard of. And then they start playing this song,
> and you
> > guessed it, it stuns me once again. I start freaking out, pacing
> the room,
> > jumping up and down, trying desparately to remember where I heard
> that song
> > before! An hour later it comes back to me. That pizza delivery
> song! It
> > turns out it was the Raybeats covering Link Wray's "Jack The
> Ripper". The
> > next day I went out and bought a Rhino Records best of for the
> Linkster, and
> > have never been the same since. I took the plunge into the
> surf/instro world
> > and have been non-stop accelerating ever since then.
> >
> > To this day, Jack The Ripper gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Whenever
> I hear it
> > I collapse into the fetal position and twitch
uncontrollably... :-O
> >
> > A short time later I discovered Los Straitjackets, and was
knocked
> out to
> > learn that Danny Amis had played bass in the Raybeats!
> >
> > Well sorry for babbling like a lunatic, but I too am consumed by
> this music.
> > BN
