The Phantom Surfers Explained

The Phantom Surfers
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	San Francisco, California, United States
Genre:	Surf rock
Years Active:	1988 - present
Label:	Drop Out Records
Website:	Official website

The Phantom Surfers are a surf rock band formed in 1988.

Members

Current (latest album)

• "Swell" Mel Bergman: guitar
• Mike "Mouth" Lucas: bass
• Maz "Spazz" Kattuah: guitar
• Russell "Junky Johnny" Quan: drums
• Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar

Previous

• Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar
• Mel "Frostbite" Bergman: guitar
• Michael "Daddy Love" Lucas: bass
• Maz "Tender Pants"/"Good Knievel" Kattuah: drums
• Trent Ruane: rhythm guitar and organ on Big-Screen Spectaculars LP
• Fred again

First

• Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar
• Mel "Frostbite" Bergman: guitar
• Michael "Daddy Love" Lucas: bass
• Danny Seelig: drums

Discography

Albums

Eighteen Deadly Ones! LP

(Norton Records, 1992)

1. Pleasure Point
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Surf
3. San Onofre
4. Horror Beach
5. Monster From The Surf
6. Sewer Peak
7. Surfin' With The Vy
8. Legend Of The Phantom Surfer
9. Wave Hog
10. Palincar
11. Sandtrap Stomp
12. Slots O'Fun
13. Stiletto
14. 14 Miles To Gotham
15. Theme From Dead West
16. Twist Off
17. Jalama Burger
18. Banzai Run

Phantom Surfers Play The Songs Of The Big-Screen Spectaculars LP

(Estrus, 1992)

1. Bikini Drag
2. Pursuit of the Leather Girls
3. Geronimo
4. L'Ultima Volta
5. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
6. Batwoman vs. Ratfink
7. High Wall
8. Bali Hai
9. Big Screen Spectacular Tonight
10. Eaffin' and Surfin'
11. Gammera
12. The Beach Girls and The Monster
13. Suffer
14. Popcorn

The Exciting Sounds Of Model Road Racing LP

(Lookout! Records, 1995. Re-edited in 1998)

1. Introduction
2. Everybody Up
3. Death O A Rookie
4. Schlock Slot
5. Slotter On 10th Avenue
6. Crossover Tragedy
7. Rheostat Rock
8. Pacific Shores
9. A Slot Car Named Desire
10. Turn Marshal
11. Stumps Of Mystery
12. Endurance Rally
13. Final Lap
14. "Church Key"

...And Dick Dale LP

(Crown Records, 1996)

1. Stop That Cedric
2. Tell Tale Couch
3. Rochambeau
4. Tic-Toc Rock
5. Battle of Little Big Hand
6. Skirfir
7. Fairest of Them All
8. Wow!
9. The Lonely Mattress
10. Gas Chamber
11. Try To Hide Me
12. Pretty Little Lisa
13. Sloth in
14. We'll Never Hear The End of It

The Great Surf Crash Of '97 LP

(Lookout! Records, 1997)

1. The Great Surf Crash Of '97
2. Rootin' Around For Ramona
3. Pygmy Dance
4. Basset Ballet
5. Single Whammy
6. The Cat Came Back
7. Ticker Tape jungle
8. Medley X-Files / Stupid Files
9. Ants In My Pants
10. (I Call My Baby) D.D.T.
11. Holiday Harbor
12. Babalou
13. Buy High, Sell Low
14. Yozora No Hoshi
15. Out The Window
16. No Go Diggy-Di
17. Lancelot Link Wray

Skaterhater LP, featuring Davie Allan

(Lookout! Records, 1998)

1. Curb Job (Skaterhater Overture)
2. Sidewalk City
3. Devil Dust
4. Sheena Was A Punk Rocker
5. You Meet The Nicest People On A Harley
6. Supercycle (Love Theme From Skaterhater)
7. The End Of A Skater
8. Blues Theme (Vocal)
9. Grindhouse
10. (The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
11. Arrow Space
12. Skate And Bait
13. Murder Can Be Fun
14. Polyurethane
15. Drag Run

XXX Party LP

(Lookout! Records, 2000)

1. I Know It When I Hear It
2. Dick Hickeys
3. The Pioneers/Have A Good Funeral/Yellow Neck Will Pay
4. The Golden Turd
5. Nantucket Sleigh Ride
6. Necro Sue
7. The Crepitation Contest
8. Tomato Juice
9. The Big Dick Club
10. Peach Pousaye
11. Dolemite's Corner
12. Happiness Is...
13. The Phantom Surfers' Alphabet
14. Business Deal
15. Love Is...
16. A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Orgy
17. Sin In The Suburbs
18. Special Guest Guffaws (featuring America's Funnyman Neil Hamburger)
19. Let's Fist Again
20. Summa Pornographica

A Decade Of Quality Control 1988-1999

(V8 Records/Secret Recipe, 2000. Contains written history of the band)

1. Phantom Surfers Quality Statement
2. The Hearse/ El Aguila
3. Paradise Cove
4. Skating Red Square
5. Six Pack
6. Gypsy Surfer
7. Lafayette
8. Klingons Vs. Daleks
9. Surfari
10. Move It
11. Besame Mucho
12. Playa Raton
13. Flutterfoot
14. Shaving Cream
15. Poison Clam
16. Tie Me Kangaroo Down

EPs

• Orbitron 7" (Estrus, 1991)

Singles

• Besame Mucho 7" (Standard Recordings, 1991)
• Unknown Museum Stomp 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, 1992)
• Bikini Drag 7" (Estrus, 1992)
• Flutter Foot 7" (Drop-Out, 1993)
• Survival Of The Fattest 7" (Planet Pimp Records, 1995)
• Istanbul 7" (Lookout! Records, 1996)
• Banzai Washout 7" (Estrus)

Splits

• Northwest Budget Rock Massacre 7" (The Phantom Surfers / Mummies)(Pre B.S. Records, 1991)
• Hell-Beach Party 7" (The Phantom Surfers / The Roofdogs)(Demolition Records, 1992)
• Rocket To Surfin' Europe Tour 1994 7" (The Phantom Surfers / The Astronauts) (Pin Up Records, 1994)
• Go! (The Phantom Surfers / The Tormentos) (Scatter/Lost Tiki, 2003)
• Parrillada con Amigos (The Phantom Surfers / The Beach Breakers) (ATMC Records, 2012)

Compilations

• The Estrus Half-Rack 3x7"-box (Estrus, 3 7"-box1991)
• The Estrus Half-Rack (Estrus, 1991)
• Ultra Punch Deluxe 7" (Cruddy Records, 1993)
• Turban Renewal: A Tribute to Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs (Norton Records, 2 LPs 1994)
• Locked In To Surf & Rock 'n Roll Instrumentals (LP: Alopecia! Records, 1994; CD:Alopecia! Records, 1995)
• Heide Sez (Lookout! Records, 1996)
• You're Only As Good As the Last Thing You Did (Lookout! Records, 1997)
• Forward Till Death (Lookout! Records, 1999)
• The Necessary Effect, Screamers Songs Interpreted (Extravertigo Recordings/Xeroid Records, 2 CDs, 2003)
• Instro-Mental Mania (AlphaMonic, 2004)
• Fuck You Spaceman! 7" (Planet Pimp Records, 2004)
• Everybody's Surfing/Nobody's Surfing LP (Repent Records)
• Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls Soundtrack LP (Planet Pimp Records)
• Cowabunga! The Box Set (Rhino Records/Rhino Song Banzai Run, 4 CDs)

External links

• Official website (under construction)
• MySpace.com account
• Phantom Surfers Interview In Horror Garage