A Brief History of Surf Music and Why Daikaiju is cool (History w/ KLK)
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Published 2021-03-03
Ahead of the second season of the Papineau Podcast I wanted to give y'all a condensed (non exhaustive) recap of surf music leading up to Daikaiju.
All info/clips were compiled from the dang ol' internet plus D. Brackett's book The Pop Rock and Soul Reader 3rd edition.
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All Comments (21)
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This is a non exhaustive list leading up to daikaiju btw. Your mileage will vary. Check the comments for a seemingly exhaustive list ;)
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Oh my goodness! I recorded Daikaiju's first demo in Huntsville in 2000! They were so good - they came in, set up and unleashed a blistering fury in the studio. It's probably the best recording I ever participated in. Truly an awesome band. It's so neat to see them mentioned in your video about surf music.
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Early B52's drew heavily on surf music in the late 70s and early 80s. . Space Cossacks and the Mermen in the 90s took surf music in intetesting directions as well
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Daikaiju man, I thought I liked surf then I saw them when a friend of mine opened for them, not knowing who they were in a small little bar in my town roughly ten years ago. Literally top 3 shows I've ever seen, they pushed me into diving deep into surf and inspired me to do my own surf projects. Just amazing.
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My band opened for Daikaiju in Philly years ago and they put on the most amazing performance I have ever seen before or since.
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Born in 1960. Never stopped listening.
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what about the Dead Kennedys, and the Pixies.... both bands used Surf sounds and were clearly into it or directly covered surf numbers fromm the early 60s
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The Mermen!! Took surf rock all the way into dark, profound, epic territory, while staying true to surf themes.
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Man or Astroman is still great music to ride
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I totally high jacked Daikaiju's rehearsal space once and they not only gave up the space to me, they gave me tickets to their show and a free vinyl single. These guys are awesome dudes full of so much positivity and seemingly effortless talent. I can't say enough good things about them.
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Thanks for putting that together. I've been a surf music fan for a long time. I love Daikaiju. Great loved band too. The Mermen, Bambi Molesters, and Slacktone are personal favorites.
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East Bay Ray for the Dead Kennedys? His style has Dick Dale written all over it.
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Daikaiju was one of the best bands I’ve ever seen. I was told to go and didn’t even google them, I was blown away, I bought every disc they had and was bummed that their studio recordings were not as nitro charged as the shows, they should do some live albums for sure
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My band teacher, in the 80’s, Bob Demon was the bassist for the Astronauts, who played Pipeline and Baja. Killer surf tunes.
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I saw Daikaiju just this weekend. Thank-you so much for making this video!!
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born in So Cal i grew up on surf music loving Jan and Dean , the Beach boys , Dick Dale , the Ventures and many more .
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Used to be a band out of Chicago called Spies Who Surf back around 2000. Had a bit of a James Bond theme. They dressed in black suits white shirt, narrow black tie and Wayfarer sunglasses.
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Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
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MOAM and Daikaiju are two of my favorite bands. Hell yes. Cool video.
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I need to mention Messer Chupps out of St. Petersburg. Solid band.
