Member Since: 22/01/2006
Band Website: www.driftingsand.com
Band Members: Surfer Spud sings and shoots the curl on the keyboards, Rockaway Rob rips on the surf guitar, Driftwood adds the beachin' bass and Wookie wipes out on the surf drums. Sometimes the Drifting Sand Beach Bettys show up for fun and frolic in the sand!
Influences: Al Jardine, The Astronauts, The B-52's, Batman, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bill Haley and the Comets, Blondie, Booker T and the MG's, David Bowie, Brian Wilson, Bruce Brown, Bruce Johnston, The Cars, The New Cars, The Challengers, The Chantays, Chris Isaak, The Comets, The Crossfires, Davie Allan and the Arrows, Del Shannon, Dennis Wilson, DEVO, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones, Donna Loren, The Doors, Duran Duran, Eddie Cochran, Elliot Kendall and the Katalog Division, Elvis Presley, Ennio Morricone, The Feeling, The Flintstones, Fountains Of Wayne, Frankie & Annette, The Go-Go's, Hal Blaine, Herman's Hermits, The Hives, The Hollies, The Hondells, The Honeys, INXS, Jack Johnson, Jack Nietzsche, Jan and Dean, Jessica Simpson, The Jetsons, Jon and the Nightriders, Lee Hazlewood, Link Wray, The Lively Ones, Los Straitjackets, The Mar-Kets, Mason Williams, Mike Love, The Moody Blues, Nancy Sinatra, Oasis, Oingo Boingo, Papa Doo Run Run, Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Pyramids, The Ramones, The Red Elvises, Redd Kross, The Rip Chords, The Rivieras, Rodney Bingenheimer, The Sandals, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Seth Swirsky, The Shadows, Southpark, Spongebob Squarepants, The Sunrays, The Surfaris, The Surfers, The Tornadoes, The Trashmen, The Turtles, Van Dyke Parks, The Ventures, U2, The Way-Outs, Web Fingors, Ween, Weezer, The Wondermints...the surf, the sand, the sun, the sea and beautiful beach girls everywhere!
Sounds Like: Beach Boys meets B-52's, DEVO meets Dick Dale, Jan meets Dean on the set of Baywatch and the eternal epic sound of the endless sea...ALOHA!
Record Label: Pina Colada Records
Type of Label: Indie