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Big Surf

Big Surf

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Based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, BIG SURF takes surf genre signatures -- the pounding drums, rapid fire guitar licks, those oceans of sweet, sweet reverb - and spikes the punch with progressive song structures and world music flare.

Redefining a sound pioneered by Dick Dale, The Ventures and The Belairs, BIG SURF'S music has been called "a unique and infectious brand of surf for the adventurous" (Phil Dirt of KFJC-FM Los Altos Hills, California and the Reverb Central Web site). But you can just call it "intense" (Don Nelson, of The Exotics, and The Nelsonics)!

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Member Since: 1/30/2006
Band Website: bigsurfband.com
Band Members: Phil Belknap, Steve Ringat, Chris Goodnight
Sounds Like: Dick Dale, Los Straightjackets, Laika and the Cosmonauts, the Ventures, Reverend Horton Heat, Jeff Beck...
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My Blog

Friday Surf Stomp?Christmas in July?

Like an early Christmas present, for the first time in 3 years, Surf Night at the Hexagon Bar(2600 27th Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407)is moving to a different night. Surf Night will be one day ea...
Posted by Big Surf on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:44:00 PST

Surf and Sun

Just a quick reminder that your favorite surf band, Big Surf will be playing this Saturday, June 9th at the the Spring Art Party in North Minneapolis, (1801 James Ave N, Minneapolis, 55411). We'll be ...
Posted by Big Surf on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:35:00 PST

a long way to paddle

They say the harder you have to work at something the more special it is. So what if it's over 1100 miles to the closest ocean and the only time you can do any real good surfing is late November in a...
Posted by Big Surf on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:34:00 PST

Soft Art, Soft Surf

We're going to reprise the softer side of surf this Saturday, May 19th 9:30 pm in support of Art-a-Whirl at the Thorpe building (1618 Central Avenue Northeast Minneapolis, the home of Art-a-Whirl). Th...
Posted by Big Surf on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

Deja Vue? Tonight @ Mario Kellar's

  Things went so well on Saturday at the Stomp that we thought we would ride the wave over to Mario's Kellar bar on the northside (2300 NE University Ave, Minneapolis) on Thursday, May 10th. If y...
Posted by Big Surf on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:44:00 PST

Running, Jumping, Surfing Still

You may have noticed that Big Surf is not your average surf band. That is to say, we like to change things up, and see what fits while stretching out a bit. Sometimes this works, sometimes it snaps ba...
Posted by Big Surf on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:25:00 PST

I'm so excited, just call me Dieter

"I am filled with anticipation (remorse), and it is most delicious." because we've got an extra special surf night coming up on April 7th with the Exotics from Milwaukee. The Exotics were part of the...
Posted by Big Surf on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:52:00 PST

Is it Summer yet?

I was sitting at my desk today looking at some old postcards and suddenly came across one for a hotel with white beaches, a cerulian blue ocean, and the blazing sun. Just for a moment I imagined mysel...
Posted by Big Surf on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:41:00 PST

The Day the Music Died

..> As it happens, the February Surf Stomp lands on the day that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash on their way to a concert in Moorhead MN (Feb 3, 1959). We'll ...
Posted by Big Surf on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST

Surfabily Freakout

Adhering to our motto "if it twangs, turn it up" we are extremely excited to announce that the Al Subola Quartet will be joining Big Surf for the Nov. 4th Surf Night at the Hexagon Bar (2600 27th Ave...
Posted by Big Surf on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:11:00 PST