Archive footage of The Squares at 513 in 2000

Mention on Luxuria Music's Fiberglass Jungle podcast

Fiberglass Jungle's Jonpaul Balak presents the very best in recordings that fall under the wide instrumental Surf Music umbrella. This base encompasses the “pre-surf” instrumental Rock n’ Roll tunes of the late 50s, the classic “First Wave” originators of the early 60s, the “Second Wave” bands of the late 70s and early 80s, the crossover, genre-blending “Third Wave” bands of the 90s, the cutting-edge, description-defiant melting pot of current-day innovators, as well as a healthy dose of Spaghetti Western, international styles such as Japanese Eleki and Finnish Rautalanka, Surf-Guitar-based Exotica, Easy Listening, and Crime Jazz.

This podcast has been quite supportive lately, playing tracks from both the Squares and the Mystery Men?  The most recent episode from 10/12/13 played a track from the album I produced earlier this year, Kill, Baby...Kill!'s "Corridor X", followed by a mention of my name!  

Please be sure to check out Fiberglass Jungle.

Archive footage of The Squares at Dotties in 1998

The Squares

The Squares was an instrumental surf band active from 1995 to 2002.  It was founded by myself on guitar, Jeff Patterson (RIP) on bass, and Morgan Hobbs on drums.  Jeremy Osborne was added shortly thereafter on lead guitar.  Roughly a year later Jeff was replaced by Matt Benard and a sax player, Tim, was also added.  That line-up recorded a cassette demo.  The Squares later parted ways with Tim and recorded "Teenage Surf Madness!!!" in 1999.  In 2001, our swan song "Eight Songs" was released.

The Squares - "Teenage Surf Madness!!!" (1999)

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Kill Devil Kill
3. Teenage Surf Madness
4. Sunset Run
5. Kamikaze
6. Squaranoid
7. Gearhead
8. Gone Fishin'
9. Landlocked
10. Ahhh!!!
11. Square Summer
12. Aquarock
13. I Wanna Go Surfin' In Your Shorts
14.  Detention
15. Anticipation
16. Schools Out
17. Hot Rod Hearse

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The Squares - "Eight Songs" (2001)

All songs on this album are without titles

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