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Promotional Films Part II

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

A chronological run of promotional films, live footage and video clips from the surf, garage, Tiki and pop underground, running from The Ramones in 1979 through to The Surfrajettes and The Messer Chups in the present day.

The Ramones “Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio” (recorded 1979, released May 1980). Produced by Phil Spector.

Jon & the Nightriders at the Whisky a Go Go (1981)

The Surf Raiders “The Curl Rider” (1981)

Dick Dale at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, 1982, from ON-TV. You could smell the ocean, burgers, cheese bread and beer inside that place.

The Halibuts “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” (1986)

Laika & the Cosmonauts Live (1989)

XTC “Chalkhills and Children” (1989)

The Untamed Youth “Some Kinda Fun” (1990), from “It’s Happening”

The Untamed Youth “Go Go Ferrari” (1990)

The Boardwalkers “Surfari” and “The Angry Breed” (1991)

The Wondermints with Lisa Mychols “Go Go Getter” (1994)

The Wondermints “Tracy Hide,” recorded 1991, released 1995, performance footage from Japan, 1999

Combustible Edison “Summer Samba” (1992)

Combustible Edison “Millionaire’s Holiday” (1994)

The Phantom Surfers “20,000 Leagues Under the Surf” (1992), performance 2009

The Phantom Surfers “Andalucia” (2009)

The Trashwomen — Live at Marsugi’s, San Jose (1992)

The Trashwomen, live full set, Burger Boogaloo (2016)

The Daytonas “Ready, Set, Go” (1993)

Ant Bee “Do You Like Worms” (1994)

Velvet Crush “Weird Summer” (1994)

Los Straightjackets “Calhoun Surf” (1994), performance 2009

Jackie & the Cedrics (1995)

Jackie & the Cedrics, live at Volcanic Action (2005)

The High Llamas “Nomad” (1996)

The Cramps “Peter Gunn” (1997). This “Tribute to Poison Ivy” fan video compilation follows in the band’s way with surf, much as they felt and sounded when Lux Interior sang “Surfin’ Bird” on an early Cramps 45 circa 1978.

The Ghastly Ones “Ghastly Stomp” (1998)

Jim O’Rourke and Edith Frost “Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Spring Breaks and Back to Winter)” (1998)

Apples in Stereo “Drifting Patterns” (1999)

The Flaming Lips “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate” (1999)

The Heavy Blinkers “Hey! Hey! You!” (2000)

Super Furry Animals “Receptacle for the Respectable” (2001)

Nick Walusko (Wondermints) with the Brian Wilson Band, “Pet Sounds” at Royal Festival Hall, London (2002)

The Thrills “Big Sur” (2003)

Olivia Tremor Control “Hideaway” (2004)

Mercury Rev “Lincoln’s Eyes” (2011)

Thee Cormans “Creature’s Crawl” (2011)

The Messer Chups “Curse of Stephen Kong” (2015)

The Messer Chups “Beware of Sentimentality” (2020)

The Surfrajettes “Hurricane” (2018)

The Surfrajettes “Banzai Pipeline” (2019)

Donna Loren & the Shindiggers “Goldfinger,” live at Tiki Oasis (2016), as performed on Shindig!

Donna Loren & the Shindiggers, live at Tiki Oasis, “Beach Movie Medley: Muscle Bustle · Love Is a Secret Weapon · Among the Young · It Only Hurts When I Cry” (2016). All songs performed by Donna in American International Pictures’ Beach Party film series, circa 1963–1965. “Muscle Bustle” written by Brian Wilson, Gary Usher and Roger Christian; “Secret Weapon,” “Among the Young” and “It Only Hurts When I Cry” by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner.

Jon & the Nightriders “Banzai Washout” (2009)

Bob Summers, movie theme to “It’s A Bikini World” (1967)

The Unclaimed “It’s A Bikini World” (1986), from “It’s Happening”

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