“It’s like a slap in the face to all these assholes in the mainstream … It’s like ‘Ha, ha, ha! Look! We’re all doing this kind of music!” – Dick Dale
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If you know of active surf bands, please fill me in by leaving a message below.
Important! I know the band names appear as links, but they go nowhere. This is a hiccup of the way I sync the list with the map. Sorry for any inconvenience.
And there’s two pages at surfguitar101.com that are interesting in this respect. Any Surf-band not posting their gigs there should reconsider their online activities:
Here’s the Surf Music gig calendar.
Here’s the Surf Music show announcements page.
Please add Los Fantasticos, from Brighton, UK to you map.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you Django!
Hello, our band “3rd Wave” plays out several times a month here in Richmond, Virginia, USA. We’re an all instrumental ( 2 guitars-bass-drums) group and play mostly surf or surf-style instrumentals. Thanks for putting this list together! Casey
Hi,
Great map! Please add The Sun Protection Factor Four (SPF4) to the map. We are located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA…. west of Boston. Thanks!
How’s the surf there in Berlin?
Unfortunately there’s no surf directly in the city.
hey! we’re Los Invasores from Bariloche, Argentina. It would be cool to be added in this map.
Great site! Merry Christmas!
Here you are!
Hi,
Baltimore is a great town for surf instro music! Our premiere band is The Diamondheads (www.thediamondheads.com).
The Mariners (formed in 1964, still active)
Murfreesboro, TN (near Nashville)
Here’s another one from the Denver area: the Royal Aces.
thats one hell of list. I knew of a lot of them but I’ve checked out some that I hadn’t and they rock. The Tomorrow Men are amazing!
Please add-The Thunderheads from East Tennessee USA. The Mountain Empires one and only Surf Band!!!!!!
hey… The Aquamarines!
OK, you took the spot of The Aqua Velvets, because they don’t appear to be very active these days.
Please add the following bands to your list:
The Nematoads – Austin, TX
Los SuperAvengers – Austin, TX
The Neptones – Houston, TX
Mister Neutron – Cranford, NJ
Sorry, updating is a pain currently. The app feels like a Microsoft product. I‘m sure Google can fix it eventually.
Hey, please add:
Reverb Galaxy
College Park, Maryland, USA!
By the way, love the map, lots of fun!
Thanks,
ARt
Mobsmen: Oslo Norway
OK, now all is up to date. In case anybody ever wants to add markers to a google maps and it always goes to one irrelevant default spot here’s my work around:
- Zoom all the way out and perform a search for the place you want.
- Then zoom back in, than you should arrive where you want to set the current marker.
- The zooming should be done with your personal map highlighted in the little list at the bottom of the sidebar, so the marker tool will be available.
Hello,
Please add The Silver Hawks to the list! We are from Kirkkonummi, Finland.
All the best
Kimmo
The Silver Hawks
Thanks so much for getting us on the map. I think it’s an awesome idea!
Art
Hey Mate,
Please add “The SurfRiders” to your list. We officially formed earlier this year and just recently had out 3rd gig. We play primarily First Wave Surf with a few classic instrumentals and classic “girl-group” numbers from the same era. We’re from Castor, a small village near Peterborough, UK.
Thank’s for honcho-ing this project; great idea!
Cheers,
Tom
Hey there!
We are Los Habaneros from Manhattan, Kansas. Landlocked Surf!
Thanks for adding us to the list.
Great website!
Thanks again
Thad
We’ve been together for just over a year. We play in the Brookings/Sioux Falls SD region. As far as I know the only surf band in the Dakotas, either North or South. Go figure!! Surf on the Prairies!
Hi Kawentzmann,
please add Leopold Kraus Wellenkapelle from Freiburg/Breisgau: http://www.leopold-kraus-wellenkapelle.de/
hello there
if u got time please visit my bands page at http://www.myspace.com/thesouthernbeachterror
we came from indonesia, as far as i know we are the one and only active surf band from indonesia.
mind that the four songs on our myspace account are poorly recorded in our friends garage,we got several songs in compilations made by our dear friends at http://www.yesnowave.com
thanks
Hey KK, somehow we missed getting Meshugga Beach Party on there – Alameda, CA. Cheers!
holla herr kawentzmann!
sonodrom express
active since 2002, Vienna, Austria, Europe
http://www.sonodrom.tk
http://www.myspace.com/sonodromexpress
we’be happy to be on your map!
Upcoming shows in Feb…
Hey Ho! Please add The Beachcombovers from Boston Massachusetts. Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the Boston Beachmasters we play first wave instrumentals like Apache, Baja and Mr. Moto
hey u should check out Los Superavengers, they are the best surf band in austin,,,these guys rock hard live…..they wear the lucha masks, but r planning on changing and making their own style…anyways plz do heck them out…steven
add Hell-o-tiki, surf band from Belgium
http://www.myspace.com/hellotikimusic
thanks
I play guitar in an instro horror surf group in San Antonio, Tx called The Phantomatics.
We’d definitely like to be put on here.
Thanks,
David
I suppose you can delete Get Three Coffins Ready (Denver, CO) from your list. They gave their last show on August 13, 2010. Members are now divided between Native Daughters, instrumental but not surf at all, the Bloody Fives (garage with vocals), and the Fightin’ Cocks (Hefe’s old punk band which is still active with him still in it). Some of the Bloody Fives have a side project as an unnamed instrumental band, but this is still somewhat inchoate and may not fly.
Otherwise: The Beloved Invaders are still around, but not extremely active. They play if they can get a gig, but are busy with other projects. The Aquasonics lost Chris Fesker, but are working with a replacement and debut with him in Las Vegas in April. The Royal Aces (John Ragan, Scott Hartman, and Jesse Carraway) are pretty active. The Velveteen Loveseat play about 30% instrumentals, which they think of as surf (and they are close enough), but the rest is garage with vocals. The long defunct Maraca Five-O’s got together this summer for a reunion (with a couple of new guys making up the difference) and may continue in some form, maybe not under that name and maybe not instrumental. I have no real information. It’s just a rumor in the Denver music establishment (which sometimes issues a bulletin the reaches me). I haven’t heard anything from the Outlandos del Mar since I saw them play once last year, and the Vintage Winds (Fort Collins, CO) have disbanded. Vibes on Velvet (instrumental “lounge”) plays about once a year, when GoGo Wise is in town. Soon All Ded died of sheer lack of momentum as soon as GoGo and her boyfriend quit kicking them into gear. Ruby Starfish (Up in the mountains, CO) plays once in a while for the fun of it, but I never hear until later if ever.
I think that about sums it up!
Oh, thanks a lot for the heads up. I will update the list soon.
we are an italian surf band from Prato, Italy! please sign our presence!
ciao
Viva, los SUNDOG!
Kansas City, Missouri.
Hey! Check out the Really Rottens in Austin, TX! You wont regret it!
Dont be the last one on your block to become a fan!
the Really Rottens
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Really-Rottens/114360845302326
Cool site!!! Mark us down please.
Slingshot Dragster, Adelaide, South Australia
Cheers
Please ad us? http://www.thedawnpatrol.nl
we are from Holland ( the Netherlands ) europe
The Surf Zombies are Pittsburgh,Pensylvania’s greatest surf and instrumental band. We have quite a few originals and cover Dick Dale,The Surfaris,The Ventures,Link Wray,amongst others. We are a power trio and love to turn everything up to 11.
Hello Kahuna !
Ju here from Pirato Ketchup. We’re from Liege (Belgium). Check us out !
the HEAVIES from gary,IN USA
Telekrimen – Mexico City, Mexico
Please put Us on your map?
Well, you already are.
We’d be grateful for a mention of Los Calamares from landlocked Birmingham, England – popular music combo playing surf and spy rock
In Pittsburgh, PA, the Surf Zombies changed their name to “The Turbosonics”
thanks,
Jason
The Turbosonics
Love the map! Can you add our band to the list…we’re called ‘Marconi Beach Sound’ and we’re located in Penarth, South Wales, in the UK . We formed in 2010 and mainly play classic surf instrumentals.
Thanks!
Hello,
greetings from Catania/Sicily!!!
Jaguar & The Savanas!!!
hello Mr. Kawentzmann
Please could you add “The Wavers” from Canú,CO – Italy
http://www.myspace.com/thewavers
http://www.facebook.com/thewavers
Thanks!
kind regards
Astrid
Hi!
Maeds Dominos, from the west coast of Sweden!
hello Mr. Kawentzmann
Thanks for this great map!!
I´ve got following list below from Carlos Y.(Fbc: Surf Music Madrid)and would be very appreciate if you could add those active bands to update your page.
Valencia: The A-Phonics, Los Pataconas, The Lone Surfersss
Barcelona: Born Losers, The Kongsmen, Los Tiki Phamtons, Los Martinis, Surfing Quatro
Navarra: The Brillantinas
Madrid: Los Coronas, The Imperial Surfers, Los Tikinautas
Santander: Los Derrumbes
Alicante: Dirty Surf, Los Fusibles
La Coruña: The Kanaloas, Leroy y los Masoquistas
Asturias: The King Of Makaha
Bilbao: The Longboards
Jaen: Los Malignos
Guadalajara: Surflamingo
Zaragoza: Los Twamgs, The Vibrants
Logroño: Los Tsunamis
Thanks a lot in advance!
best regards
& have a nice day!
Astrid
hello Mr. Kawentzmann
Please could you correct the place of the Wavers ..they are placed somewhere between Corsica and Sardinia (@41.130314,9.350739) because i´ve had a typing error (missing the “t” in Canú) but
“The Wavers” are from Cantú ,CO (Como) – Italy
http://www.myspace.com/thewavers
http://www.facebook.com/thewavers
Thanks a lot in advance!
kind regards
Astrid
Done.
Please add the TarantinosNYC to your map.
Thank you
Hi!
You can add our Band if you want. Five Fingers With Parasol, we are from Castellon, Spain.
Greetings form the North Carolina coast! Please add The Meteor Men to the map.
THE METEOR MEN
Surf / Original / Instro
Wilmington, North Carolina
http://www.reverbnation.com/themeteormen
http://www.facebook.com/themeteormen
Voodoo Stingray…Nashville, TN
thanks for the Hard work you do…when I can I will donate
thanks Smokey
This is Kool, Please add “The Rebel Surfers” to Your List!
Please excuse my ignorance, but I’m not sure about your location. It’s somewhere down south, isn’t it?
Please add The Tritons from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Thanks!
Aloha! Can you add please Dr. Frankenstein, Portugal, Lisbon? You can check the guys on http://www.drfrankenstein.eu/ ; http://www.myspace.com/drfrankensteinlab and on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Frankenstein/139976386027925.
Great idea! Good luck with the map :)
Thanks!
The Martian Denny Orchestra hail from a planet where every TV program is brought to you in living color, the number one movie at the box office is The Horror of Party Beach and five of the ten top albums are by the Ventures, Santo & Johnny, Link Wray, Billy Mure and the Spotnicks. They’ve landed in Nashville, and have begun unleashing their brand of dazzling atomic instrumentals upon an unsuspecting public. Guitarist Eddie Angel shakes up the world of indie-rock with Los Straitjackets and the Planet Rockers. Guitarist Bob Irwin, the man behind famed reissue label Sundazed Music, is the fretboard whiz of New York’s Pluto Walkers. Dave Roe played bass for Johnny Cash and works the same magic for John Mellencamp and many others. Jim Hoke plays steel guitar and woodwinds for NRBQ, Toby Keith and others. The rock-solid beat comes courtesy of the mighty Jimmy Lester, the original skinsman of Los Straitjackets and now with Webb Wilder’s honky tonk hellions. The M.D.O. has only one M.O., and that’s to get the Action Set stomping to a twangy beat—one that would make Duane Eddy proud!!
This is amazing! We’re in Boston–Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters. Thanks!
matt
GRAVITRON, from Columbia, South Carolina, USA, should be on this map!!! Oh yeah!!
Hi!! we are HATTORI HANZO SURF EXPERIENCE from Palma de Mallorca,Spain thanks!
Hi there, great website, awesome map !
We’re the Tsunamis and we quite often play live in Paris, France and around. We also have a vinyl record coming out in june. Would be cool if you could add us on your map, there’s not a single surf band from France in there :(
Thanks a lot, keep surfin’ !
Mir fallen grad ein:
“Bang! Mustang!” aus Leipzig, recht frisch, machen einen schönen Surf mit Western-Touch.
“The Splashdowns” aus Hamburg, schon länger dabei, machen Space-Surf – und zwar erdverbunden aus der Perspektive des Bodenpersonals!
“Surfer Joe and His Boss Combo”, Livorno, Italy.
A surf band around Lorenzo, the organizer of the yearly “Surfer Joe” festival in Livorno.
“Messer Chups” in St. Petersburg, Russia
Hey, it’s great fun surfing through your map!