After 6 years there, he moved back to Orlando and formed the surf band The Tarantulas in 1995.

Cargman was a member of the surf band The Fantastic Baggys.

By 1967, they had gone the way of most other surf bands and stopped performing live, but still continued recording and releasing albums.

The Challengers were seen in a few of 1980s surf band reunion concerts.

Most early surf bands were formed in during this decade in the Southern California area.

The Bomboras are an all-instrumental surf band from Los Angeles.

"It was this funny surf band, plus we would do punk numbers," Ms. Bjelland said.

Best Coast is an American surf band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2009.

Having had no luck in finding band mates for a surf band, he started recording alone on a four-track, mainly playing bass guitar.

Apparently a young promotion worker, Russ Regan, made the change to more obviously tie the group in with other surf bands of the time.