About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Jan and Dean, The Chantays, Bruce & Terry, The Surfaris, Ronny & the Daytonas, Surf music, The Delltones, Smash Mouth, The Ventures, Man or Astro-man?, The Atlantics, Beachbuggy, The Astronauts, Lo Presher, The Van Orsdels, The Challengers, Los Straitjackets, Elbow Beach Surf Club, Blaster the Rocket Man, The Trashmen, The Phantom Surfers, The 5.6.7.8's, The Barracudas, Susan and the Surftones, Surf Punks, The Sandals, Surf Coasters, The Trashwomen, The Mermen, California Guitar Trio, Jetpack, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, The Waikikis, Papa Doo Run Run, Surf Trio, The Tornadoes, The Apemen, The Marketts, Laika & the Cosmonauts, Raybeats, Royale Monarchs, The Fantastic Baggys, The Ziggens, Atomic 7, Ghastly Ones, Novacaine, The Tarantulas, The Hondells, The Saints, Vampire Beach Babes, The Bel-Airs, The Blue Hawaiians, Anachronauts, The Bambi Molesters, The Bomboras, Monsters from Mars, The Pyramids, The Honeymoon Thrillers, The Rebels, The Cornells, Dead Man's Curve, The Dead Rocks, The Centurions, Aqua Velvets, The Lively Ones, The Thurston Lava Tube, Eddie & the Showmen, The Fantastiques, The Revels, The Original Surfaris, Langhorns, The Fender IV, Mulchmen, The Blue Stingrays, The Sentinals. Excerpt: Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 - March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). They became associated with the vocal "surf music" craze that was popularized by The Beach Boys. Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, both born in Los Angeles, California, began singing together as a duo after football practice at University High School. Primitive recording sessions followed soon after, in a makeshift studio in Berry's garage. They first performed onstage as "The Barons" at a high school dance. With the B...
