Nine years ago today, the Godfather of Surf Rock and a co-writer of one of the genre's most iconic hits died in California.

A song that was released 63 years ago helped reshape rock music and pop culture forever. The Beach Boys' 1963 classic, "Surfin' U.S.A.," transformed the band's trajectory, ignited surf rock into a ...

Though 28 bands will stuff the Cat’s Cradle’s small Back Room this weekend, there won’t be a lead singer in sight. But don’t expect string quartets or laptop lords. The focus is surf music, an ...

Coastal regions aren’t the only places that can pump out surf bands. There’s great instrumental surf-rock bands everywhere, many coming from landlocked states, some even formed and reared in The Great ...

A metal fan is making a case that Metallica songs without distortion are just a bunch of surf rock music. Before you completely dismiss this idea, let us remind you Metallica is a California-based ...

It was an unforgettable day of music on April 1, 1995 for musician John Blair and Grammy-winning producer Mark Linett. They were at a packed show at the iconic Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, a ...

Guitarist Dick Dale, whose fast, thunderous sound pioneered the California "surf rock" genre of the early 1960s and gained a new generation of fans decades later through its appearance in "Pulp ...

Royel Otis does not play around when it comes to surf-rock. On Oct. 18, the Sydney-based pair brought surf-rock to life at the Oakland Fox Theater literalizing it with a gargantuan prawn as the focal ...