THE SILENCERS, a surf rock instrumental revival band from Michigan with two good albums to their credit.
So far I have had some good bands and artists to talk about over the past two dozen months. They have all been bands that I love, first of all.
THE RIP CHORDS, a surf rock band from the first half of the 1960’s who had one of the biggest surf hits of them all, “Hey Little Cobra”.
Spend the Night with the Trashwomen is about equal parts serious surf rock and put-on, with the instrumentals being probably the best part.
The release of The Great Lost Album! in 1990 shows the enduring appeal of the Trashmen and also the large number of tracks that the Trashmen laid down.
Alone among the Pebbles albums, Pebbles, Volume Four assembles obscure surf rock songs and is subtitled “Summer Means Fun!”
Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin’ is their first studio album and features “Linda”, “Mr. Bass Man”, and “Let’s Turkey Trot”, plus several nice covers of recent hits.
Best of the Beach Boys is a breezy collection of fun songs about surfing and cars and teenage culture primarily featuring the original Beach Boys sound,
Unlike other volumes in the series – which compile obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock music – Pebbles, Volume 4 collects rare surf rock music.