When it comes to the genre of classic rock, there are a few subdivisions that have stood out over the years. One of the most prominent and early offerings is the style known as surf rock ...

6. “This Life” (Vampire Weekend) Vampire Weekend mixed some of the familiar facets of classic surf rock songs with a 2010s point of view in “This Life.” If a band was to put out a song ...

For small talk, he recounted how he had been the teenage guitar slinger on "Wipe Out," the seminal 1960s surf-rock instrumental by the Surfaris. Mr. Mason has told the story for years. References ...

Garage rock was just a blanket term. There were offshoots. For instance, if the garage was in view of a beach, the band was probably playing surf rock. If they cranked their amps loud enough to ...

MID-CITY (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles airwaves will rock a little less now that a beloved classic rock station goes from playing the hits to playing the hymns. DJs at 100.3 The Sound have been ...

the Nashville-based indie-rock band that's made a name performing surf-rock classics from behind Mexican wrestling masks. The group's latest album, Rock en Espanol, Vol. 1, features Spanish ...

A sly, rollicking riff on cultural colonialism wrapped in madcap surf-rock jangle from this great second-generation Athens band. Guadalcanal Diary had a searching earnestness that was admirably ...