I could have done without the punk band (though their guitar playing is terrific).
Surfabats is my favorite of those, they remind me an AWFUL lot of some other band (probably several), but I can't quite pin it down just now.
I have an entire drawer full of "surf" bands! It all started with my friend
Palmyra Delran, when she urged me to come see her band
The Friggs again, and told me I just "had" to see the headliner that night--
LOS STRAITJACKETS. Even though I was feeling sick that night (and still was for several day after), I went, and survived the night. I found a new favorite band, and bought their 1st CD that night, which became my favorite album of 1995.
I've not only seen them in person about a dozen times, but it led to an obsession with similar bands over the next several years. Between full albums, 45s, and "various artists comps" (a great way to cross-promote), I must have found around 200 surf bands from various eras and countries.
Sean Berry's company in California,
DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS, specializes in surf from all around the world. I've really slowed down lately, but I try to get a few items from his catalog about once a year.
https://www.doublecrownrecords.com/A fabulous band I found a year or so back was
THE SPLASHDOWNS, from Hamburg, Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Splashdowns/videoshttps://www.facebook.com/thesplashdowns
