Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 83.

The Smithereens have been known to play an occasional surf instrumental in concert. The Del-Aires, from Paterson, portrayed a surf band in the 1964 B movie "The Horror of Party Beach." ...

The Ventures came together in 1958, right as the surf rock craze was beginning. The instrumental rockers soon became one of the most prolific acts of the century, releasing over 200 albums and around ...

Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966 (RockBeat) Singers? Who needs singers? Not these forgotten bands, which collectively make the case for instrumental surf music's pivotal ...

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Miserlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin'” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 83.

Surf music was born in 1960. Its twangy instrumentals can be traced through many artists from The Shadows and Fleetwood Mac to Australia’s The Sunnyboys and The Cruel Sea.

It was a funny tagline and accurate as far as it went, for this Helsinki quartet earned the admiration of no less than Dick Dale for its original surf instrumentals.

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81.

LOS ANGELES – Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81.

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died.

Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like "Miserlou" and "Let's Go Trippin'" earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former ...