… I will take Los Straitjackets!
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Just checked out their official website.
Interesting stuff. I like the whole Mexican wrestler look.
I don’t know why they chose that look, MBS, but if you like The Ventures, you will like these guys, I guarantee it! Love that surf-guitar!
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I thought of Los Straitjackets before opening this thread. I’ve only heard their Christmas album, but it’s good. I even like their version of Jingle Bell Rock, which I’ve never liked before.
As a sidebar, they often tour with the World Famous Pontani Sisters as their go-go dancers. That’s one show I’d like to see live.
Absolutely. Los Straitjackets were on the World Cafe maybe a month ago, and just smoked.
There was a band in Virginia in the 80’s calle The Cashmere Jungle Lords that were a heck of a lot like the Straitjackets.
MAJOR surf music fan checking in! I saw Los Straitjackets back in 1996, and they were awesome then and still RAWK. Even if they didn’t wear lucha masks, they’d still be one of the great surf/instrumental bands of all time, and the masks only make them cooler.
I also recommend The Volcanos, although to the best of my knowledge, they don’t have a website, and there is hardly any information about them online. But their two albums “Surf Quake” and “Finish Line Fever” are damn near perfect.