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The Tornadoes from Redlands, CA was the first surf band to receive national airplay with a surf instrumental. The song was “Bustin’ Surfboards,” released on Aertaun Records in 1962, and it has since become a classic and mainstay of the surf genre. One of its distinctions, and appeals, was the fact that the song opened with the sound of an ocean swell (that continued throughout the song), thereby creating a sense of actually being at a beach. The album with the same name was released in 1963. The band, however, did not manage to follow up on their success, their song “Shootin’ Beavers” was banned from airplay due to its suggestive title. The band momentarily changed their names to The Hollywood Tornadoes, due to the fact that the British band The Tornado(e)s, were charting with the song Telstar.

“Bustin’ Surfboards” was included on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack in 1994, thereby renewing interest in the band. The Tornadoes still perform today and have four of the original band members. The members are brothers Gerald (bass) and Norman “Roly” Sanders (lead guitar), their cousin Jesse Sanders (rhythm guitar), Leonard Delaney (drums) and George White (saxophone).

They recently released a new CD called “Now and Then” on The Crossfire Publications label that has 29 tracks including live recordings from their performance at The Zappanale concert in Germany in 2003, cuts from a 1998 CD and 2 new recordings.

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SillyMusicLover wrote:
September 2009

US

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Octopussss wrote:
August 2009

Who of these two bands was made soudtrack for pulp fiction, british or US/?

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SillyMusicLover wrote:
August 2009

Vote for the real Tornadoes photo http://www.last.fm/music/The+Tornadoes/+images/33399745 I don't have nothing against the british Tornados, even like their sound. But this page obviously is for the Tornados from California, so let them have their photo here, not their british namesakers. They stole their name once, don't let them do it again :)

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smlpurple wrote:
May 2009

cool

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orvite wrote:
April 2009

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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milina810 wrote:
April 2009

музыка заводная, настроение прекрасное..

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AnnieMusse wrote:
January 2009

The Tornados (in the U.S. they were credited as The Tornadoes) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tornados

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homolibere wrote:
December 2008

добавил немного о группе, перевел с Украинской вики

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ThePhantomFour wrote:
October 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Surf+Music a group dedicated to surf music

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trixie50 wrote:
July 2008

Слушаю и помню Тарантино.

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lovely_punk wrote:
May 2008

the tornados were named the tornadoes in the US. so it's the same band and still matt's dad playin the rhythm guitar

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MetulHead wrote:
January 2008

Summertime ftw. Although Summertime covers are always great.

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Wulfenlord wrote:
September 2007

Matthew Bellamy's Dad was member of The Tornados, not The Tornadoes, just so you know

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manfred_macx wrote:
September 2007

To everyone: Hey, these guys did more than just Bustin' Surfboards! For starters, try Malaguena (Dark Eyes), which is so awesome it hurts. It's on iTunes.

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manfred_macx wrote:
September 2007

screamingacorn2: wrong band. Matt's dad George was a rythym guitarist for The Tornados (note: no 'e') in the UK. These guys are Californian.

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niandra_lades wrote:
July 2007

pretty cool music

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GhostNoir wrote:
November 2006

this is one of mt personal favourite bands. They have some great sounding pieces of art :)

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dancetoska wrote:
June 2006

Bustin' Surfboards is fun, in both senses.... Cherry poppppppped.

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