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Undertow

I received an email recently from a listener named Steve J who suggested the addition of a track from a surf band called The Torquays. Thanks for the suggestion Steve. According to the band's Wikipedia page, The Torquays were formed in 1964 by a guitarist named Jerry Gordon in the surfing hotbed of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. After a few years of playing together, the band went dormant until the surf music revival in the 1990's which was spawned by Quentin Tarantino's movie Pulp Fiction. The … Read...

Bloody Mary

Famous Monsters are a mysterious all-ghoul, err, all-girl garage surf band. The band is the brainchild of Sean Yseult, bassist for Rob Zombie's former band White Zombie. Yseult, who was obsessed with the Addams Family and the Munsters as a child, formed the band in 1996 after White Zombie broke up. Wearing glittery horror outfits, the three band members play the roles of drunken, monster beach party chicks. Yseult is Devil Doll, guitarist/vocalist Katie Campbell is Vampire Girl and drummer … Read...

Surf Stampede

I was recently contacted by songwriter/producer/surfer Tim Smith, founder of a well known California surf lounge band called Primal Sky. After several years playing together, Smith and his other band mates, who are also surfers, released their first album in 2008 called Caballero Del Mar. The album was a hit among fans of surf music and awareness of the band began to spread when “Rola La Ola” (Ride the waves) became the theme song in the popular surf DVD A Fistful of Barrels. A … Read...

Roadside Cross

If you've listened to my radio station before you've probably noticed a few tracks by Deadbolt, a surf band from San Diego, California. Self-described as "The Scariest Band in the World," Deadbolt is without a doubt my favorite surf band. Using surf music as a moody backdrop, the band tells tales about hit squads from Tijuana, Polynesian Tiki curses, shrunken heads, Zulu death masks, murderous African crocodiles, voodoo truckers, … Read...

The Cramps Bad Music for Bad People album cover

Surfin’ Dead

Back in 1985 when I was 15, I distinctly remember the trailer for the zombie movie, The Return Of The Living Dead. Not only was it unique in that it featured punk rockers, but it featured a screaming hard rock tune "Party Time" by an LA punk rock band 45 Grave. I saw that movie partly because of that song. Turns out there were some other great songs on the soundtrack, which I quickly snapped up after seeing the movie. One of those songs was "Surfin' Dead" by The Cramps, a garage punk band … Read...

Magical Moods of the Theremin album cover

Bali Ha’i

"Bali Ha'i" is a dreamy show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The song, which has been performed by many artists over the years, conjures up images of an exotic paradise and beautiful Polynesian women. The version of the song featured in the Haliwax rotation was performed by a jazzy lounge band from San Francisco called band Project: Pimento. One of the instruments featured in … Read...

Haji

Today I added a tune to the Haliwax rotation called "Haji" by Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar. The tune, which I purchased on iTunes, came off a 2001 album called Spacial Disorientation. I first heard the song on Little Steven's Underground Garage, SiriusXM Ch. 21. Wicked guitar playing as usual with an exotic Arabian flavor ideal for a sexy belly dancer routine. Dale is probably the most influential surf guitarist and is credited with the creation of the surf music phenomenon in 1961. … Read...

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