LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits ``Deadman's Curve'' and ``The Little Old Lady from Pasadena,'' has died. He was 62. Berry had a seizure ...

The Surfrajettes find audiences wherever they go, even when the gig is nowhere near a beach. “And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf ...

Few surf rock bands have a discography as huge as The Challengers. This surf rock outfit is best known for the highly influential record Surfbeat from 1963. They were quite popular at the time; they ...

Surf music was born in the early 1960s in Southern California. Heavily reverbed guitars gave the music a watery texture and wildly careening rhythms evoked the power and unpredictability of waves.

Did you know there’s such a thing as French surf rock? Like Serge Gainsbourg said, moi non plus. Thankfully, local instrumental band Jim and the Sea Dragons are well-versed in and have imported some ...

NEWPORT BEACH — Clad in a Hawaiian print shirt, opaque sunglasses and an eclectic mix of turquoise beaded bracelets, Costa Mesa resident Eric Rankin epitomizes the 1960s surf culture look. It’s even ...

In the Orange County of a half-century ago, the John Birch Society was thriving and critics of rock ‘n’ roll warned that the music was a communist plot to corrupt teenagers. Man, were they clueless to ...

With the nearest ocean lying 350 miles away, surf rock seems out of place in the Arizona desert, and to many, surf music in the 21st century comes off as an anachronism. However, the sub-genre has ...