# Surf Music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868 "2005-03-30T01:50:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868/21 "2005-03-31T14:22:09Z")

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Egads! How could I have forgotten **The Cramps**?

(I woke up with _Goo-Goo Muck_ in my head this morning.)

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868/22 "2005-03-31T18:22:27Z")

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Laika and the Cosmonauts!

The fact that they’re from Finland makes them all the more entertaining.

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868/23 "2005-03-31T19:38:02Z")

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I hope some of y’all posting to this thread got a chance to see the immoral Man…or Astro Man? while they were touring. They put out some great recordings (\*Is it Man…or Astro Man?, Project Infinity, Spectrum of Infinite Scale) but their live shows were some of the best I’ve ever seen. What’s cooler than seeing a bunch of guys in space suits doing full-bore, hammer-down surf music? Seeing a bunch of guys in space suits doing surf music _with their heads on fire!_

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868/24 "2005-03-31T19:53:15Z")

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I’ve seen Man…or Astro Man? AND Los Straitjackets (different shows, of course).

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-music/296868/25 "2005-03-31T20:23:14Z")

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When I saw Man or Astro Man they had a large ‘computer’, this Univac-like thing made from cardboard and silver spray paint or something-- can’t remember what they called the computer but it was something they built to help them leave the planet again. Cute. I think Los Mex Pistols del Norte opened.

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