Mutant Surfing Radio’s most popular tune for the month of July was Into the Crimson Sunset, by the Bambi Molesters, from their CD, As the Dark Wave Swells.

Once again reflecting our listening audience’s impeccable taste in surf music, this choice follows June’s favorite tune, Tube City from the CD, Dratsylvania, by the Von Drats!

Congratulations to the winners, thanks to all who voted and, of course, voting for August’s tune has begun!

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It has always been the goal around here to play instrumental surf music by virtually any band that, well, plays instrumental surf music or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Recently, we were taking stock of whose tunes we’ve been playing at http://www.live365.com/stations/2izzy2 and whose we weren’t, but should be. So, if you have a band that’s cranked out some tasty surf tunes and we haven’t gotten around to playing your music yet, fear not. We will…eventually! If you would like to “nudge” us into doing so, sooner rather than later, feel free to smack us upside the head with an e-mail. It works well! Along the way, we came up with excuses for those bands we’ve missed.

• We don’t speak Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese or Finnish very well (but, we’re workin’ on it).
• The CDs we want are long out of print and we’re waiting ’til we can find a copy for less than the one selling on Amazon for $50+!
• Some bands don’t answer their e-mail.
• Websites that look active, aren’t.
• Digital downloads have always been the last resort… too many hard drive crashes over the years.

Here’s the list as of May 31st…

1 3 Balls of Fire 2 63 Burnout 3 9th Wave 4 All Nighters 5 Alohas 6 Alvarados 7 Anacondas 8 Andrews Surfers 9 Apemen 10 Aqua Velvets 11 Aqualads 12 Aquamarines 13 Aquamen 14 Aquasonics 15 Astronauts 16 Atlantics 17 Atomic 7 18 Atomic Mosquitos 19 Balboas 20 Bambi Molesters 21 Bananas 22 Barbwires 23 Baronics 24 Beat Tornados 25 Beloved Invaders 26 Berzerkers 27 Big Ray & the Futuras 28 Big Surf 29 Billy Cross 30 Billy Dorados & the Sunmakers 31 Bitch Boys 32 Blue Stingrays 33 Blue Wave Theory 34 Bomboras 35 Boosters 36 Boss Martians 37 Bradipos IV 38 Brainwashers 39 Breakaways 40 B-Sea Surfers 41 Burt Rocket 42 Cadillac Hitmen 43 Cave 4 44 Chantays 45 Chum 46 Clams 47 Cocktail Preachers 48 Concaves 49 Concussions 50 Coppertones 51 Cosmonauti 52 Crimson Ghosts 53 Crowsong 54 Cruncher 55 Cutback 56 Da Surfones 57 Daikaiju 58 Dan Rumour Band 59 Danny Morris Band 60 Danny Twang 61 Dave Hole 62 David Marks & the Marksmen 63 Davie Allan 64 Daytonas 65 Dead Rocks 66 Death Valley 67 Dee-Jays 68 Deuce Coupes 69 Diamondheads 70 Dick Dale 71 Dillengers 72 Dr. Frankenstein 73 Dr. Surf 74 Duo-Tones 75 Dynotones 76 East Coast Tremors 77 Eddie & the Showmen 78 El Caminos 79 El Ray 80 Eldorados 81 Eliminators 82 Exotics 83 Fabulous Plank-Tones 84 Fathoms 85 Fender IV 86 Fifty Foot Combo 87 Finks 88 Finnbeat 89 Five Outsiders 90 Frankie & the Pool Boys 91 Freddie King 92 Galaxy Trio 93 Gary Hoey 94 Gasolines 95 Ghastly Ones 96 Glasgow Tiki Shakers 97 Goldentones 98 Greaseballs 99 Gremmies 100 Halibuts 101 Happy Times 102 Hawaiian Astro Boys 103 Hellbenders 104 Hodaddys 105 Huevos Rancheros 106 Human Tornados 107 Hunters 108 Huntington Cads 109 Huskies 110 Husky & the Sandmen 111 Hypnotic IV 112 I Fantomatici 113 Impacts 114 Impala 115 Imperials 116 Incredible Mr. Twang 117 Infrareds 118 Insect Surfers 119 Intoxicators! 120 James Wilsey 121 Jesters 122 Jet Pack 123 Jon & the Nightriders 124 Jonny & the Shamen 125 Kelp! 126 Kilaueas 127 King Charles’ Head 128 King of Hawaii 129 Knights 130 Krontjong Devils 131 Kugiran D’Tepi Pantai 132 Laika & the Cosmonauts 133 Langhorns 134 Lava Rats 135 Lively Ones 136 Longboard Ranch 137 Longboards 138 Longhorn Devils 139 Looney Tunes 140 Los Banditios 141 Los Caminos 142 Los Cobras 143 Los Coronas 144 Los Fantasticos 145 Los Jets 146 Los Kahunas 147 Los Protones 148 Los Rauncheros 149 Los Straitjackets 150 Los Super Avengers 151 Los Tiki Phantoms 152 Los Twang! Marvels 153 Los Twangers 154 Los Venturas 155 Lost Acapulco 156 Lost Boys of Penzance 157 Low-Fi Drifters 158 Lustre Kings 159 Mach IV 160 Mach Kung Fu 161 Mad Titans 162 Madeira 163 Man Or Astro-man? 164 Manatees 165 Maraca Five-0 166 Mark Brodie & the Beaver Patrol 167 Mars Needs Women 168 Martin Cilia 169 Martin Schmidt 170 Martinson Bros. 171 Mel-Tones 172 Mercury Four 173 Mermen 174 Merrell Fankhauser 175 Meshugga Beach Party 176 Metalunas 177 Mexican Chili Taco Fiesta 178 Michael Quest 179 Mighty Surf Lords 180 Mister Neutron 181 Mobsmen 182 Moe Greene Specials 183 Mysterians 184 Nebulas 185 Nelsonics 186 Nematoads 187 Neptones 188 Neptunas 189 Neptunes 190 New Dimensions 191 North of Malibu 192 Nu Notes 193 OK Kings 194 Omegamen 195 Os Ostras 196 Paladins 197 Papaya Kings 198 Pavlov’s Woody 199 Penetrators 200 Peter Green Splinter Group 201 Phantom Frank 202 Phantom Surfers 203 Plan 9 204 Playboys 205 Plungers 206 Pollo Del Mar 207 Preston Wayne 4 208 Prodigals 209 Puppe & the Boys 210 Pyronauts 211 Quicksilver Messenger Service 212 Ralph Rebel 213 Ramblin’ Ambassadors 214 Razorblades 215 Reckless Reefers 216 Resonets 217 Retroactive Gamma Rays 218 Retrofoguetes 219 Retroliners 220 Revelaires 221 Revels 222 Reventlos 223 Reverb Galaxy 224 Reverb Syndicate 225 Reverberators 226 Reverbs 227 Richie Allen & the Pacific Surfers 228 Rick Lawndale Band 229 Robbie Allen & the Outer Edge 230 Route 66 Killers 231 Royal Fingers 232 Saboteurs 233 San Andreas Fault 234 Sandals 235 Sandblasters 236 Satan’s Pilgrims 237 Scott Engel 238 Secret Samurai 239 Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet 240 Sidemen 241 Silencers 242 Silhouettes 243 Silver Hawks 244 Sin-Tones 245 Sir Finks 246 Slacktone 247 Sons of the Pacific 248 Southern Culture On the Skids 249 Space Cossacks 250 Space Party 251 Space Rangers 252 Special Agents 253 SPF-4 254 Splashback 255 Splashdowns 256 Spys Who Surf 257 Squid Vicious 258 Star & Key of the Indian Ocean 259 Steve Stevens 260 Stingrays 261 Super Stocks 262 Supertones 263 Surf Cinema 264 Surf Coasters 265 Surf Kings 266 Surf Lords 267 Surf Nation 268 Surf Report 269 Surf Teens 270 Surf Trio 271 Surf Zombies 272 Surfacers 273 Surfadelica 274 Surfaris 275 Surfdusters 276 Surfin’ Birds 277 Surfin’ Gorillas 278 Surfing Spacemen 279 Surfites 280 Surfonics 281 Surfpatrouille 282 Surfside Four 283 Surfsuckers 284 Susan & the Surftones 285 Swamp Coolers 286 Swiv-O-Matics 287 Tailgators 288 Tarantulas 289 Teisco Del Rey 290 Thee Jaguar Sharks 291 Thee Swank Bastards 292 Thomas Four 293 Thunderchiefs 294 Tiki Tiki Bamboooos 295 Tomorrowmen 296 Tormentos 297 Torpedoes 298 Torquays 299 Trashmen 300 Trebelmakers 301 Treble Spankers 302 Tremolo Beer Gut 303 Tremolo Wankers 304 Tritons 305 Tubestone 306 Typhoons 307 Ultras 308 Urban Surf Kings 309 Vampires 310 Vara-Tones 311 Ventures 312 VeRB 313 Verbtones 314 Vibrants 315 Vivisectors 316 Volcanics 317 Volcanos 318 Volebeats 319 Von Drats 320 Voodoo Court 321 Vultures 322 Wadadli Riders 323 Waikiki Kuks 324 Wangs 325 Waterdogs 326 Wave Invasion 327 Wavers 328 Way Out West 329 Wet Tones 330 Woodies 331 X-Ray Tango 332 Ziggens 333 Zorros Petardos Salvajes

… Phew!

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All the way from Germany comes Mutant Surfing Radio’s tune of the month for April. This time around it’s “The Ancient Tune of the Baboon”, from “The Dark Side of the Beach” CD, by the Razorblades.

This follows March’s favorite tune Intruder from the CD, Waitin’ 4 the Surf, by the Surf Coasters, which came all the way from Japan!

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who voted!

Izzy wants to remind everyone that voting for the May favorite is underway. So, tune in and weigh in. If you like a track that’s playing, give it a “thumb’s up” vote in your Live365 player window. As always, bragging rights are at stake!

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The winner for the Mutant Surfing Radio’s March “Tune of the Month”, as voted by the listening audience, is Intruder from the CD, Waitin’ 4 the Surf, by the Surf Coasters!

This follows February’s most popular tune, South Run from the CD, Into the Blue Sparkle by Slacktone. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who voted!

Izzy wants to remind everyone that voting for the April tune is underway.  So tune in and weigh in.  If you like a track that’s playing,  give it a “thumbs up” vote in the Live 365 player window.  As always, bragging rights are at stake!

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And the winner for the Mutant Surfing Radio February “Tune of the Month”, as voted by our listeners, is… envelope please… South Run from the CD, Into the Blue Sparkle, by Slacktone!

This follows January’s most popular tune, Scorpio 6 from the CD, Creature Feature: Monster Sounds and Dance Music by Satan’s Pilgrims. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all who voted!

Izzy wants to remind everyone that voting for the March tune has begun.  So tune in and weigh in.  If you like a track that’s playing,  give it a “thumbs up” vote in the Live 365 player window.  Bragging rights are always at stake!

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In another hotly contested vote, the Mutant Surfing radio tune of the month for January was Scorpio 6 from the CD, Creature Feature: Monster Sounds and Dance Music by Satan’s Pilgrims.

This follows December’s most popular tune, Twilight at Trestles from the CD, Return Engagement by the Torquays. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all who voted!

Izzy wants to remind everyone that voting for the February tune has begun.  So tune in and weigh in.  If you like a track that’s playing,  give it a “thumbs up” vote in the Live 365 player window.  Bragging rights are always at stake!

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The Mutant Surfing radio tune of the month for December was Twilight at Trestles from the CD, Return Engagement by the Torquays. A great tune that’s still going strong!

This follows November’s most popular tune, Catharsis from the CD, Las Excentricas Aventuras Del Profesor Volcanova by the Kilaueas. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all who voted!

Izzy wants to remind everyone that voting for the January tune has begun.  So tune in and weigh in.  If you like a track that’s playing,  give it a “thumbs up” vote in the Live 365 player window.  Bragging rights are always at stake!

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The 2009 instrumental surf tunes of the year as voted by you!

Each month, just for the fun of it, we’ve been doing a quick post identifying which tune has been the most popular over the preceding month. With a few tie breaking considerations, the winning tune has been determined primarily from the number of thumb’s up votes received… which is why we say, “If you like the tune, give it a thumb’s up vote in your Live365 player window.” This has worked out well since we started the station last December and should do so in the future.

Here’s the list, by tune, album and band, of those winners over this past year…

12/08 Shark Breath from Time Surfin’ by The Breakaways

1/09 Bolero For a King from Coming Up For Air by The Surf Kings

2/09 Bombay Highway, Part II from Shark Attack!!! by The Surf Lords

3/09 Titus from Gun Sho Gun by Secret Samurai

4/09 Prima Vara from Headin’ Out by The Vara-Tones

5/09 Lil’ Waquin from Warning: Heavy Surf Advisory by The Concaves

6/09 Two Angels from Eleki! by The Mach IV

7/09 Back Home from Guitars In Orbit by Los Twang! Marvels

8/09 Another Time, Another Place from Locked & Loaded by The Penetrators

9/09 Saucers In the Sunset from Surf vs. the Flying Saucers by The Urban Surf Kings

10/09 Mimi’s Theme from Fathom This! by The Fathoms

11/09 Catharsis from Las Excentricas Aventuras Del Profesor Volcanova by The Kilaueas

There you have it! Twelve tracks from the best surf music compilation CD never produced. This list reflects the true appreciation by our listening audience for some really fine music and a no-prize nod to the bands that they have done well.

Our thanks and congratulations go out to everyone involved! Happy Holidays!

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