Jul 26, 2025
The Surfaris - Wipe Out, 1963
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The Surfaris - Wipe Out, 1963
The Surfaris
Round 1:
Which band name do you like best?
Blood Orange
The Surfaris
Note that this is about band names not their music or members.
My arms are sore just watching that. Wipe Out by The Ventures circa 1985 with guest second drummer Max Weinberg. Below is a clip of The Ventures performing it live in the 1960's.
Wipe Out was originally written and recorded by The Surfaris in 1963. The Ventures did a cover version of it the same year.
Band members changed over the years but I think The Ventures in both clips are Don Wilson, Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards and the drummer Mel Taylor. "Mighty Max" Weinberg was at that time the drummer of the E Street Band. I notice that Mel holds his left drumstick differently to his right one (in what I think is called the traditional grip), while Max grips them both the same way. I'm not a drummer so I don't know what the effect of that is.
As a special treat here are The Ventures, again with Max from the same TV special, playing the theme to Hawaii Five-O with which they had a hit single in 1969.
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01 - The Ventures - Pipeline 02 - Bobby Arlin With The Hustlers - Mushroom Machine (Part 2) 03 - Bob Taylor and The Counts - Taylor's Rock 04 - The Atlantics - Flight Of The Surfguitar 05 - The Cocktail Preachers - Albatross Joe 06 - Los Straitjackets - Gatecrusher 07 - The Centurions - Intoxica 08 - The Surf Teens - Point Surf 09 - The Challengers - Scratch 10 - Man Or Astro-Man? - Flotation Devices For Frequencies Yet To Be Detected 11 - Dick Dale And The Del-Tones - Miserlou 12 - The De-Fenders - Four Banger 13 - The Darts - Alky Burner 14 - The Chandelles - El Gato 15 - The Twisters - Countdown 1-2-3 16 - The Deuce Coupes - Gear Masher 17 - Jimmy Gordon – Buzzzzzz 18 - The Fireballs - Bulldog 19 - Mercy - Fire Ball 20 - The Invaders - Cat's Eyes 21 - The Lively Ones - Goofy Foot 22 - The Pyramids - Penetration 23 - The Ebb Tides - Big Noise From Waimea 24 - The Original Surfaris - Exotic 25 - The Venturas (?) - Hornet's Nest 26 - The Phantom Surfers - Everybody Up 27 - The Dynotones - Devil's Martini 28 - The swanks - Ghost Train 29 - The Impacts - Impact 30 - The Royal Coachmen - Repeating 31 - The Surfaris - Wipeout
Rock bands/musicians I’ve been lucky enough to see live in concert:
Paul McCartney Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band (2001) Little Richard Chuck Berry (on the same night as Little Richard!) The Surfaris Dick Dale (slightly disappointing) The Ventures Al Jardine (as part of The Surf City All-Stars) Roger McGuinn (as a guest star for The Rock Bottom Remainders) Paul Revere and the Raiders Peter & Gordon (with a surprise appearance by Joan Baez!) Steve Vai (as part of the 2006 Video Games Live concert) Devo (gave me a headache, unfortunately) The B-52s (very, very good) Wanda Jackson
