The Surf Teens | en

There are 6 artists with the name Surface: 1) Surface was an American rhythm and blues and pop music group from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s best known for its #1 pop & R&B hit "The First Time." The three piece soul vocal group formed in the mid-80's by songwriter David Townsend (son of singer/songwriter Ed Townsend (Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On")), multi-instrumentalist David “Pic” Conley and singer/songwriter/lead vocalist Bernard Jackson. The trio called themselves Surface and began recording their own material, releasing several Post-disco/early-80s-style tracks under the Surface name. They would find moderate success in the...
The Surf Rats have been touring and recording their own unique style of psychobilly since the dawn of the UK scene in the early 1980's. The band's original line-up recorded two classic "must-have" psychobilly albums for Lost Moment Records. During the decline of the psychobilly scene in the 1990's, the original line-up continued to perform and record under different names, moving more towards a rockabilly sound. Driven by frontman Gaz Marson (songwriter, guitar, and vocals), the band toured extensively in America in 2001 and 2002 as The Love Cowboys. With the new rockabilly/psychobilly sound, The Love Cowboys were on tour...
After forming in western Berlin in 1976, the school band was discovered by producer Norman Ascot. The Teens used to play pop-rock similar to the Bay City Rollers. Having played some songs on TV in 1978, The Teens became famous all over Germany over night. When starting to make musich in 1976, the four band members Robert Bauer, Uwe Schneider, Jörg Treptow and Michael Uhlich were 12-14 years old and by that the youngest successful artists in Germany. After splitting up in 1982, the Teens had a comeback in 1996, re-recording some of their singles and creating some new. After...
"We were playing together in a tour road version of the Mar-Keys, we were the rhythm section. One night we were playing a gig in Mississippi at a college. We were the only part of the band that showed up. They expected a performance and we gave them one. On the way home we thought we would put together our own band. We rehearsed for about 6 months and started playing teen clubs like the Roaring 60's, in Memphis. We were also on a local TV program called "Talent Party" which the #1 DJ in Memphis, George Klien hosted. We...