The Atlantics "Now It's Stompin Time" 1963/1992

The Atlantics were from the eastern suburbs of Sydney, not far from Little Pattie's stompin' grounds of Maroubra and Bronte Beaches. They were the first Australian band to pick up on what was classified as 'surf music', which was all the rage in America. Billy Thorpe describes The Atlantics in his autobiography, 'Sex and Thugs and Rock n' Roll' as, "a good strong instrumental band with a style somewhere between The Surfaris, The Ventures and a Greek folk band. The surfing crowd in particular loved them and when they played their big hit 'Bombora' the whole joint went beserk". They were Peter Hood on drums, Theo Penglis on lead and rhythm guitar, and bass player Bosco Bosanac. Original guitarist Eddy Matzenik, was replaced very early on by Jim Skaithitis. This line-up never changed.
Peter recalls, "We were walking around one day trying to think up a group name. We went through names such as The Eagles, The Falcons, and The Jet Streams... you name it. Then we saw a sign... ATLANTIC PETROL'.
Many people thought they were an American band which actually was an advantage. Deejays have confessed that if they'd known they were Australian they wouldn't have played the records.
The second album was titled 'Now It's Stompin' Time' - to take advantage of the 'stomp' dance craze - and appeared in the stores just in time for Christmas 1963.traxfromwax:
1 The Crusher 2 Coral Island 3 Tequila Stomp 4 Tahitian Waters 5 Teddy Bear's Picnic Stomp 6 Hootenanny Stomp 7 The Gremlin From The Kremlin 8 Shark Attack 9 SOS (Stomp On Stomp) 10 Stompede 11 Arabian Surf 12 Stompin' Time 13 Moon Man 14 Bombora 15 Rumble And Run 16 Peter Gunn 17 Turista 18 Teensville 19 Adventures In Paradise
...served by Russ...