The Tornadoes "Bustin' Surfboards" 1963

American surf rock band formed 1962; Redlands, CA, United States… Originally known as "The Vaqueros", the band also used the name "The Hollywood Tornadoes" to avoid confusion with english band The Tornados (who were in the US charts with the track "Telstar").This is the celebrated only album from the (Hollywood) Tornadoes, plus some single sides. The Hollywood Tornadoes were a raw band. Ron Wilson of the Surfaris used to rave about their raw and vital sound... them and the Nobles. The three Sanders brothers plus a drummer made up this Echo-Plex Surf band who pioneered the growlie ominous tribal side of Surf with "Bustin' Surfboards." By the time they released "The Gremmie parts 1 & 2", they had adjusted their name to the Hollywood Tornadoes and eventually the Nu Tornadoes to avoid confusion with the British band Joe Meek made famous with "Telstar." Their CD is a really important part of a Surf library. Their sound often employed too much use of EchoPlex, but there's some absolutely necessary surf here as well. This CD contains a few dreadful Elvis styled Vegas lounge vocals like "Old Shep" and pale classic covers like "Johnny B. Goode." - Phil Dirt

trax:
01 Bustin' Surfboards 02 Maleguena 03 Summertime 04 The Tornado 05 The Gremmie 06 Bumble Bee Stomp 07 Moon Dawg 08 Vaquero 09 Old Shep 10 Shootin' Beavers 11 Johnny B. Goode 12 The Inebriated Surfer 13 The Gremmie-Part 2 14 Beyond The Surf 15 Charge Of The Tornadoes
ripped from wax in glorious monoloudarama!