Shigeo-
"Prince of the Surf Guitar"
Kuri- "Zen Punk
Nao- "Movie Star" -DOWNLOADS- MP3s Runabout Intruder Last Train Rampage Video Miserlou Shark Man Miserlou 2 Tsunami Struck *videos courtesy of Brian Neal* Press Photo
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Press Release 1/20/2005
Surf Coasters announce U.S.A. West Coast Tour for March 2005 Japan's #1 instrumental band, The Surf Coasters will return to the US in 2005 for a 3 week West Coast Tour. After the success of 2004's S.F. Bay Area tour, The Surf Coasters are eager to return. The hope is that the enthusiastic audiences who packed the clubs in San Francisco, Sacremento, San Jose, Fresno and Santa Cruz will be duplicated in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Portland and Seattle (as well as another round at Bay Area clubs). The Surf Coasters will release their new CD "Samurai Struck" in the US with a Feb 2005 release date. The band has recorded the soundtrack to a new video game called "Musashi - Samurai Legend" by Square-Enix (makers of "Final Fantasy") due for a Spring 2005 release in America. The Surf Coasters were formed in 1994 by Shigeo Naka in Tokyo, Japan. Their first appearances were on a "Star Search" type TV show which they won by playing their version of Dick Dale's Pulp Fiction hit" Miserlou". Since then, they have released more than 20 CDs for the Columbia, BMG, and Victor labels, with many appearances on film soundtracks and video games and constant touring in Japan. In 1995, rock guitar legend Dick Dale, known as the “King of the Surf Guitar”, visited Japan and played shows with The Surf Coasters. He proclaimed Shigeo Naka to be “The Prince of the Surf Guitar”. Shigeo Naka is a guitar prodigy with amazing fretboard ability. His love is for the twangy, reverbed tones of American surf music, and many Surf Coasters CDs feature reworkings of famed surf songs from the 60s alongside their more orignal material. Live, the Surf Coasters command the stage with an athletic stage presence and a crunchy and fast surf instrumentals. Surf Coasters (USA Site with MP3s and video) www.poprecords.com/surfcoasters Surf Coasters www.surfcoasters.com Square Enix: www.square-enix.com/sei/index.htm U.S.A. Contact email
2005 USA Tour Schedule
New CD release date March 2005 Click here to read the Liner Notes
New Tour T-Shirt Show Poster by Don Vigeant for the Bottom of the Hill
The Surf Coasters USA Tour 2004 was a HUGE success! Thanks to everyone who came to the shows and to all the bands who helped set up the tour! Read the 2004 Tour Page Check out the tour photos more photos and live video at: Surfguitar101 Looking to buy the new Surf Coasters DVD (and CDs)? Check here: http://www.jpophelp.com/ |