Nirvana’s Nevermind dropped in the fall of 1991. It made the Pacific Northwest trio a global phenomenon. And opened the floodgates for heavy, punk-inflected music from an obscure corner of America. It ...

Few surf rock bands have a discography as huge as The Challengers. This surf rock outfit is best known for the highly influential record Surfbeat from 1963. They were quite popular at the time; they ...

Characterized by reverb-heavy guitar riffs and lush harmonies, surf rock is summer incarnate. Though it took a minute to catch on outside the sunny shores of the West Coast, bands like the Beach Boys ...

The Pacific Northwest is home to a small, but fervent surf rock scene with bands often accenting instrumental music with pop culture themes. It's a vibe that culminates at an annual surf music ...

In 1992, author and NPR commentator Greene was invited onstage to sing “Surf City” with the 1960s surf duo, Jan and Dean. Greene didn’t know it at the time, but he would spend the next 15 years ...

The 1990s weren't exactly a golden age for surf rock, but that doesn't mean the genre disappeared entirely. While grunge, pop-punk, and nu-metal dominated the airwaves, a handful of bands were quietly ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Coastal regions aren’t the only places that can pump out surf bands. There’s great instrumental surf-rock bands everywhere, many coming from landlocked states, some even formed and reared in The Great ...

It was an unforgettable day of music on April 1, 1995 for musician John Blair and Grammy-winning producer Mark Linett. They were at a packed show at the iconic Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, a ...

Editor's Note:Of all the strange guests at the unofficial SURFER House on the North Shore, former staff writer Matthew Shaw takes the honors of "best guest". Rather than snoring and boring, he's calm, ...