- Pipeline Magazine: Issue 124 Spring 2023
A great review from our friends in England, as well as No.1 on the playlist! - Pacific Longboarder: The Atlantics “Still Making Waves” 60 years on!Believe it or not, Australia’s surf-music super group The Atlantics has just released a new album of all-new original songs. Jim, Martin & Bosco – even Peter Hood can be heard on the closing track. […]
- ABC News: Australian surf rock band The Atlantics are Still Making Waves, six decades laterBy Mark Bannerman It was 1961 and two boys from Maroubra Bay High in Sydney are talking after school. One is Peter Hood, the drummer in a new band called The Atlantics. The other, Jim Skiathitis, […]
- Guitar World: 10 Instrumental Surf Rock Songs You Need to Hear NowPosted 03/10/2016 by Damian Fanelli I spent the good part of 10 years as the guitarist (and chief songwriter) in an instrumental surf-rock band. We played for very little money … drove for hours looking for gig parking […]
- The Age: Waxing lyrical: From The Atlantics to The Break, surf music refuses to dieby Damien Murphy “To you I shall put an end, then you’ll never hear surf music again.” Jimi Hendrix’s lyric from his 1967 album Are You Experienced delivered an elegy to surf music that was […]
- Continental Magazine (USA) – The Atlantics interviewIvan Pongracic (The Madeira) interviewed The Atlantics for Double Crown Records’ Continental Magazine. The interview was conducted by email between January 2013 and March 2014 and is so lengthy that it was presented as two […]
- Cooly to rock on with blast from pastBob Anthony, Sun Community Newspapers | 12:01am April 14, 2013 Cooly Rocks On is coming to Coolangatta and festival chairperson Gail O’Neill and CEO Bob Newman are revved up for the event. BREAK out the […]
- ABC Radio RareCollections: Australia surf music in the ’60sABC Radio 20 June, 2011 9:37AM AEST RareCollections: Australia surf music in the ’60s. 1963 was a big year for surf culture in Australia. David Kilby and Jordie Kilby speak to Tex Ihasz (Denvermen), Peter […]
- ABC Radio: Sunday Performer – The AtlanticsSunday Performer – The Atlantics (15/5/11) 15/05/2011 , 10:58 AM by june cowle California may have had the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean, but back in the day when Surf Music was all the […]
- Legendary Aussie surf rockers The Atlantics return to Coogee13 May 11 @ 04:24pm by Staff Writer DID you know one of Australia’s surf rock classic songs, Bombora was written by Jim Skiathitis and Peter Hood (from The Atlantics ) in a house that […]
- Manly Daily: 30th October 2009The old wave – Boatshed sixties’ reunion Music has long been synonymous with the surfing culture. But like the trends in surfing styles and the lifestyle surrounding it, music styles in the genre have also […]
- Adelaide Now: David’s mates on crest of a waveLOCAL businessman David Minear three years ago created a company and a record label called Bombora. November 12, 2006 Named after a chart-topping Australian surf song from iconic 1960s band The Atlantics, David had little […]
- ABC TV: Studio 22The Atlantics Thursday 9 March 2000 Presented by Clinton Walker The seeds of what evolved into the quartet known as The Atlantics were sown in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Musically The Shadows and The […]
- Long Way to the TopBand: The Atlantics Stories and Highlights from 1961 – 1969 and 2000 The Atlantics were from the eastern suburbs of Sydney, not far from Little Pattie’s stompin’ grounds of Maroubra and Bronte Beaches. They were […]
- Review: DVD Long Way to the Top – Live in Concert!ABC/Roadshow Entertainment . R4 . COLOR . 204 mins . M15+ . PAL Feature Contract After the inspiring success of the six-part documentary on Australian music Long Way to the Top (despite its many […]
- Thundering Loud and Lightning Fastwritten by Stephen McParland based on interviews with group member PETER HOOD and producer SVEN LIBAEK As far as Australian instrumental rock music is concerned, The Atlantics had no equals. While a myriad of other […]
- 2GB Radio Top 40 chart – 14th September 1963
- 2GB Radio Top 40 chart – 6th September 1963
- 2SM Radio Top 100 chart – 16th August 1963
Live gig reviews
- Surfer Joe Summer Festival 2013 – Surfer Joe’s Diner Livorno Italyby Django Deadman Tuesday, 2 July 2013 If it’s the end of June it must be time for the Surfer Joe Summer Festival in Livorno. And so the HangNine party finds itself at Gatwick airport […]
- New Gandy Dancer, June 2011
- Gig review: The Atlantics at The VaultMay 28, 2011 by kustomkultureaustralia Whenever you see a legendary band, there’s heaps of excitement, though it’s mixed with a tinge of nervousness – what happens if they’re just a bunch of old blokes going […]
- Adelaide Advertiser: Rips & Riffs review1st 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 […]
Album Reviews
- Pipeline Magazine: Issue 124 Spring 2023A great review from our friends in England, as well as No.1 on the playlist!
- Reverb Central: The Atlantics – Bombora …The Next Generation ****This is the 12 inch single from the …The Next Generation album. There’s something fascinating about the merger of Oz surf and discotheque production. While it’s not as adventurous as the Surf Coasters remixes, it […]
- Reverb Central: The Best Of [CD] ****Phil Dirt These guys are amazing! This CD includes tracks from the early sixties and recent gems as well. A grand cross section of their work. I think they have more power today than ever […]
Album Reviews
Reverb Central Reviews – http://www.reverbcentral.com/
The Best Of [CD] ****
Bombora …The Next Generation [12] ****
The Complete CBS Recordings: Volume 1 [CD] ***
The Complete CBS Recordings: Volume 2 [CD] ***
The Explosive Sounds Of The Atlantics [CD] ***
Flight Of The Surf Dogs [DVD] ****
Flight Of The Surf Guitar [CD] ****
Flight Of The Surf Guitar – Backing Tracks [CD] ****
The Next Generation [CD] ****
Now It’s Stompin’ Time With The Atlantics [CD] ****
Point Zero [CD] *****
I Put a Spell On You – http://www.poparchives.com.au/581/the-atlantics/i-put-a-spell-on-you