P'Twaaang!!!: Revolution Surf 2024 & Show # 1027

This year’s Revolution Rock featured guest host Greg Maxwell (of The Ugly Vision) and we played a selection of old/new international surf, obscure horror themed surf and some surf songs from bands you might not expect to have had a surf song.

Messer Chups are a surf band from St. Petersburg, Russia and have been playing their own version of surf music mixing elements of classic surf rock, bands like The Cramps, low-budget horror monster movies, drag race surf culture, and much more into their sound. The earliest version of this band formed in late 1998 by musician Oleg Fomchenkov (known as Guitaracula or Gitaracula). The band started off as a duo and has gone through many lineup changes. Currently the band performs live and records as a trio (usually with a few guests) featuring Svetlana (Zombierella) (who joined around 2007) on bass and have gone through several drummers, but currently Signor Mattia plays drums. They have had lots of music and albums released over the years. In 2013, they released their surf cult classic Church of Reverb on the band's own Gitaracula Records. It has had a few reissues, most recently via surf-based UK label Hi-Tide Recordings for its 10th anniversary with new artwork by Grey Haas. It features Messer Chups classics such as “Surf N’ Rolla,” “Cemetery Beach,” “Zomboanga,” “Rockin’ Zombie,” and “Dracula Hates Photoshoots.”

Find that album here.

While perhaps best being known for being in Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh has been involved with making music for TV and film. He formed a production company called Mutato Muzika in 1989, which has produced tons of music for commercials, TV, and movies, many of them Wes Anderson films. Mark created music for many Nickelodeon shows such as Rugrats, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and many others. In 1999, he was tasked with creating a theme song to a new cartoon series that focused on extreme sports called Rocket Power. Shortly after that the group The Wipeouters released an album in 2001 called P’Twaaang!!! This group consisted of Mark Mothersbaugh (vocals/keyboards), Bob Mothersbaugh (guitar), Bob Casale (guitar), and Josh Mancell on drums. Two-thirds of this group was made up of members of Devo. The album would also feature guest appearances from Gerald Casale of Devo, and others from his production company. The album is a mix of surf and Devo-ish keyboard-induced sounds. This album has some great hidden surf gems such as the robotic surf sounds of “Dangerdog,” the surf exotica influenced “Surf’s Up On Goon Island,” the keyboard synth surf of “Twist n’ Launch,” “Luna Goona Park,” and the spy-themed “Rocket Full of Power.” P’Twaaang!!! is an interesting detour in the Devo discography.

Revolution Surf 2024 Playlist (Originally Aired On February 24th, 2024):

1.  Nick and The Jaguars - Ich-I-Bon #1 (Ich-I-Bon #1/Cool and Crazy - 1959 - Tamla)
2.  Satan’s Pilgrims - Dilation (Psychsploitation - SP Records - 2009)
3.  The Vettes - Super Stock Vette (Rev-Up - MGM Records - 1964)
4.  The Vondells - Rough Road (The Vondells - Unreleased - 2003)
5.  Luau or Die - Breaking the Law (Dead on the Floor Vol.1 - 2015)
6.  Os Aquamans - A Mafia (Os Aquamans II - Uala Records - 2020)
7.  Los Tiki Phantoms - Mondo Senior (Y El Enigma Del Tiempo - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2023)
8.  Mary Ann Hawkins - Hawkinsmania (Mary Ann Hawkins - Svart Records - 2023)
9.  The Surf Coasters - Hungarian Dance ‘95 (Rising - 78label - 2016)
10. Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - Land of Swinging Atoms (The Flawless Ms Drake - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)
11. Messer Chups - Zamboanga (Church of Reverb - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2023)
12. Messer Chups - Twin Peaks Twist (Heretic Channel - Solnze Records - 2009)
13. Flat Duo Jets - California Luau (Lucky Eye - Outpost Recordings - 1998)
14. The Greasy Gills - Aloha Prisoners (Bodega Boys - 2018)
15. Bloodshot Bill - Smoke Den (Songs From the Sludge - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)
16. The Swinging Pussy Cuts - Undertow (Going Out With... - 2022)
17. The Ichi-Bons - Snake Eyes (Live) (Live in Tucson Vol.2 - 2022)
18. Shango - Plan 9 From Pipeline (Reverb of the Living Dead - 2023)
19. The Slimetones - Space Slime (Turtle Music - 2023)
20. Johnny Thunders - Pipeline (So Alone - Sire Records - 1978)
21. The Replacements - Buck Hill (Hootenanny - Twin/Tone - 1983) 
22. Ketamines - No Grand Design (Spaced Out - Mammoth Cave Recording Co. - 2012)
23. James OL & The Villains - Kill the Devil (On The Banks of the Detroit River - 2014)
24. Roye Trout - Bite the Tow (Salty Waves/Bite The Tow - Single - 2014)
25. The Wipeouters - Dangerdog (P'Twaaang!!! - Casual Tonalities - 2001)

26. Jonathan Richman - Grunion Run (I, Jonathan - Rounder - 1992)
27. The Deadly Ones - It’s Monster Surfing Time (It's Monster Surfing Time - Vee-Jay Records - 1964)
28. The Munsters - Eerie Beach (The Munsters - Decca - 1964)
29. The Ventures - The Bat (The Ventures in Space - Dolton Records - 1964)
30. The Storms - Tarantula (Thunder/Tarantula  - Single - Sparton - 1964))

31. The Traditional Fools - Surfin’ with the Phantom (Fools Gold - In The Red Recordings - 2016)
32. The Surfrajettes - Priscilla (Roller Fink - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)
33. Super Krystal - Brnjica (Super Krystal - 2022)
34. The Babalooneys - False Start (Winternationals/False Start - Hi-Tide Recordings - Single - 2023)
35. The Sadies - Rat Creek (Pure Diamond Gold - Bloodshot Records - 1999)
26. The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes (Sliced Tomatoes - Single - 1972 - Music Merchant)

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the February 24 file to download/stream the episode.