# Surf rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651 "2020-01-19T04:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/1 "2020-01-19T04:49:40Z")
I love surf rock! Any recommendations for good surf rock tunes? So far I’ve got: The Surfaris - Wipe Out The Venturas - Walk Don’t Run The Atlantics - Bombora The Shadows - Apache Obviously I know a lot more but are there any I might have missed? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/2 "2020-01-19T04:54:23Z")
[The Surfrajettes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyeVjnJg9E) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/3 "2020-01-19T04:58:46Z")
The Pixies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/4 "2020-01-19T05:02:36Z")
[Miserlou/Hava Nagila](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKmC4EiFWE) Baja - Lee Hazelwood Pipeline - The Chantays ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/5 "2020-01-19T05:07:15Z")
Anything by Dick Dale (RIP) ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/6 "2020-01-19T05:08:55Z")
I wanted to avoid the Pixies if possible. I put together a Spotify surf rock playlist and it became inadvertently dominated by the Pixies because all their songs are so good so you can’t leave any out. The Pixies are banned from this thread because they are too good! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/7 "2020-01-19T05:09:17Z")
[Daikaiju](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqgZOI5Ogt8) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/8 "2020-01-19T05:20:49Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > I wanted to avoid the Pixies if possible. I put together a Spotify surf rock playlist and it became inadvertently dominated by the Pixies because all their songs are so good so you can’t leave any out. The Pixies are banned from this thread because they are too good! Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/9 "2020-01-19T05:24:48Z")
If you want a bit of a curveball, try the fabulous [Messer Chups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4dZw37i7s), a Russian band/musical project from St. Petersburg who specialize in some sort of surf-spy-horror movie soundtrack-type music. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/10 "2020-01-19T05:25:09Z")
[Mermen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ccbb8gQyDk) ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/11 "2020-01-19T05:38:37Z")
Yeah [Messer Chups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmVx6tE7ijQ) sound interesting. Liking the Mermen sound - listening now. Will have to check out further, clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/12 "2020-01-19T05:52:50Z")
Some that haven’t been mentioned yet: [Bongo Rock - Preston Epps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZJlVeEVeI) [Diamond Head - The Surfaris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48nWyiwmQHA) [Hawaii 5-0 - The Ventures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhlodvXvwI) [K-39 - The Challengers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGaCHLMGc34) [Let’s Go Trippin’ - Dick Dale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gskj1VQR0) [Mr Moto - The Challengers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg0yqMt70mA) [Penetration - The Pyramids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvYEg2nFGIw) [Point Panic - The Surfaris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmfxWN07sww) [Soul Surfer - Johnny Fortune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2-mEN2hZfw) [Surf Rider - The Lively Ones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXfQYRjjxvc) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/13 "2020-01-19T06:03:32Z")
Old school, check out Davie Allan. The best modern practitioners are Los Straitjackets. Their song “Pacifica” is a masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/14 "2020-01-19T06:10:15Z")
The Blue Hawaiians - [here’s their cover of “Baja”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVy_lfngmUE). ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/15 "2020-01-19T06:15:14Z")
dick dale has had this genre locked down since the 50s … ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/16 "2020-01-19T06:24:16Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > [The Surfrajettes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyeVjnJg9E) [More of them.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8e3spdWSqQ) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/17 "2020-01-19T06:52:58Z")
[The Surfrajettes video for guitar nerds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ecLR0JJXE) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/18 "2020-01-19T07:02:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If you want a bit of a curveball, try the fabulous [Messer Chups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4dZw37i7s), a Russian band/musical project from St. Petersburg who specialize in some sort of surf-spy-horror movie soundtrack-type music. Thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/19 "2020-01-19T07:11:40Z")
“[Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOESEYoLSKk)” - The Brian Setzer Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651/20 "2020-01-19T07:27:51Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If you want a bit of a curveball, try the fabulous [Messer Chups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4dZw37i7s), a Russian band/musical project from St. Petersburg who specialize in some sort of surf-spy-horror movie soundtrack-type music. [The Imperial March from _Star Wars_ - surf style - by 42 Ford Prefect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghd2nycpy5I) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surf-rock/846651.md?page=2)