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"Wipe Out" is a surf music instrumental composed by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. Composed in the form of twelve-bar blues , [ 1 ] the tune was first performed and recorded by the Surfaris , who became famous with the single in 1963.
The Surfaris are an American surf music band formed in Glendora, California, in 1962. [1] [2] They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles area, and nationally by May 1963: "Surfer Joe" and "Wipe Out", which were the A-side and B-side of the same 45 rpm single.
Ron Wilson's drum riff on "Wipe Out" was so striking that "the yardstick for every aspiring young drummer in the early 60s was to be able to play a drum solo called 'Wipe Out'." [ 1 ] Wilson played Drums for a high school band Charter Oak Lancers in Covina, California in 1962. [ 2 ]
Wipe Out is a Dot Records album credited to The Surfaris, released in 1963.It contains their best known song "Wipe Out".It turned out that only two tracks, "Wipe Out" and "Surfer Joe" were actually played by The Surfaris, therefore repressings were titled Wipe Out and Surfer Joe and Other Popular Selections by Other Instrumental Groups.
On returning to California, he began working seriously on guitar and two years later, "Wipe Out" was born. His role of rhythm guitar merged into lead guitar later with his new band, The Surfaris featuring Bob Berryhill. Wipeout, was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019.
The song "Wipeout" reached #2 on UK Top 100 in September 1987 during a 13-week chart run. [23] "Wipeout" was the last song the group members recorded for the album Crushin'. The music video for the song begins with an announcement of a boxing match, The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys are attending the match. The match is interrupted by a fight.
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the 1960s. [1]
However, the judge also allowed the Fullerton band to carry on under the name The Original Surfaris, although they continued to be billed in the various venues they played as "The Surfaris". After recording hot rod tracks, such as "Gum-Dipped Slicks", The Original Surfaris started changing their musical style , and Jim Tran along with Al Valdez ...