Original Surfaris, The

The Original Surfaris played every major surf venue in Southern California, including the genre's matrix, the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, where Dick Dale created the surf monster in 1961. Famed for their killer instrumentals, whether they were'shooting the curl or blasting down that asphalt aisle with surf's second-cousin, hot rod music, the Original Surfaris had few equals on the high-flying SoCal scene.