SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 EPISODE 5: GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE

WHAAAAAAAAAT'S THE HAPS, FINKS?!

Let me tell you what's happening! it's THE GREAT LAKES SURF BAAAAAAAATTLE!!! May 31st, June 1st and June 2nd, that's NEXT WEEKEND The Great Lakes Surf Battle will commence and it's gonna be an all out SURF WAR!!! WOOOOOOO! And to get you fired up for this great series of events, The Surfphony of Derstruction brings you a mix of this years contenders as well as a few past entries! HERE YA GO FINKS DIG IN!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 5 - GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

Eight Annual Great Lakes Surf Battle!

WOOOOO WHAT GOES ON HERE?!

I'll tell you what goes on! The eighth annual Great Lakes Surf Battle, right HERE in Toronto, Ontario! The Great Lakes Surf Battle was made to bring together some of Toronto's, and Canada's, finest surf bands under one roof and blow said roof off. The Great Lakes Surf Battle is like the playoffs of Canadian Surf music... NO, the WRESTLEMANIA of Surf music in Toronto. Local bands like The Blue Demons, Luau or Die, The King Beez, and even charlie browns from outta town, such as The Reverb Syndicate, The Robots, The Dead Beat, and Los Oxidados (all the way from Mexico City!) come to The Great Lakes Surf Battle to strut their stuff.

Here's the poster and the line-up for The Great Lakes Surf Battle and MAN what a line up!

You better RSVP for the event on Facebook here!

I recently sat down at The Cadillac Lounge, the home of Eight Annual Great Lakes Surf Battle, with The Blue Demon and Dano Villano of The Howling Bullets, the founders of The Great Lakes Surf Battle and got to talkin' about Surf Battles of yore, neat anecdotes, and what's going on this year!

MISSED OUT ON THE INTERVIEW?? BUMMER! maybe I will post it later ;)

This Great Lakes Surf Battle is shapin' up to be a real WILD WEEKEND so keep tuned to The Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 to bring you the news on the biggest event for Surf music in Toronto! WOOOOOO!

REVOLUTION DERK FEBRUARY 1ST

WHOA WHOA WHOOAAAA! REVOLUTION... DERK!!! WOOOOO! I did a short-notice fill in for Dave Konstantino's Revolution Rock this fine Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM. Revolution Rock is all about garage, punk, rock 'n' roll, and sometimes surf! So, I tried to stay true to the roots of Revolution Rock but I put my own spin on the definition of "punk rock". OH YEAH B-] I had a real kool time! It was fun to listen to all these sweet songs REAL LOOOOUD!!

artist	song
dave & The Customs	ali baba
boomtown rats	wind chill factor (minus zero)
the blue demons	squad car
The Dictators	SLOW DEATH
the pogues	boys from the county hell
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	good cop bad cop
the fleshtones	this house is empty
the robots	ride the surf
the eradicators	love or money
b-52's	LAVA
devo	social fools
the treblemakers	exploding bikers from hochelaga
jeddah	eleanor rigby
the deadlies	pier pressure
the demics	400 blows
the clash	charlie don't surf
takeshi terauchi	riders in the sky
fifty foot combo	italian fuzz
the diodes	tired of waking up tired
kenny & the sultans	with vigor
new york dolls	personality crisis
ian dury & the blockheads	SWEET GENE VINCENT
fingerprintz	nervz
boomtown rats	nothing happened today

Here's a BUNCH of tracks from REVOLUTION DERK!

Boomtown Rats' "Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)" ICE COLD!


The Dictators' "Slow Death"


The Diodes' "Tired of Waking up Tired" OL' SKOOL!


New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis"


Ian Dury & The Blockheads with the song "Sweet Gene Vincent" FEATURING MICK JONES OF THE CLASH!!


craaaaaazy videos!

Dig it, here's a link to Revolution Rock's CJAM page. The podcasts are still down but hopefully they magically reappear real soon.

Here's another link to Revolution Rock's blog if you didn't catch it the first few times.

Stay tuned for details on REVOLUTION SURF!! I will be co-hosting with Dave later in February an episode dedicated to surf!! KOOL!