November 2007 - The Atlantics

Adelaide Advertiser: Rips & Riffs review

November 1, 2007

1st Annual Australian Guitar Festival, November 2007 Patrick McDonald IT’S hard to tell where the programmers’ heads were at with this concert, billed as A Celebration of Australian Surf Music. Only 1960s headliners The Atlantics […]

Think surf rock classics and a few songs come to mind. The Surfari’s Wipeout, Dick Dale’s Miserlou, Pipeline by the Chantays and of course Bombora, by Australia’s own, Atlantics. Virtually the only successful surf instrumental band not from America. Echoing the Shadow’s Twangy Atmospheric Instrumental Sound, they were snapped up by CBS Records and became a household name with the release of their giant hit Bombora in 1963.

After completing their European tour in 2013 The Atlantics have announced their retirement from live touring.

“We wish to thank all our fans and friends that have supported us throughout the years by buying our records and coming to our gigs and concerts. It really made it all worthwhile.”