Jim Fuller, a co-founding member of the Surfaris whose lead guitar work is heard on the band's signature hit "Wipe Out," has died at the age of 69. Fuller's cause of death has yet to be publicly ...

Regardless if a person has ever surfed or not, those first chords of “Wipe Out” can give a landlocked person a glimmer of the shore for a moment. The combination of the fairly simple guitar riff and ...

In 1963, The Surfaris’ story began with the release of “Wipeout.” More than 50 years later, the pioneering rock band continues with love. “ ’Wipeout’ has been very good to me,” Bob Berryhill said of ...

“Our career was a skyrocket.” It’s Bob Berryhill, the last original member of the Surfaris, phoning the Reader from his home in Laguna Beach. “We started in December of 1962.” The band was Jim Fuller, ...

What you may not know about “Wipe Out,” the most famous 2 minutes and 12 seconds in surf-music history: The Surfaris tune, recorded in December 1962, has been covered more than 700 times, according to ...

THE FOOTE FILES (CBSDFW.COM) — The Surfaris were a teen rock-and-roll surf band from Glendora, California. Members of the band included Ron Wilson, Jim Fuller, Bob Beryhill, Pat Connolly and Jim Pash.

It's a pumping Friday night at the blue light disco in Mount Magnet, 570 kilometres north-east of Perth. Kids and police are dancing up a storm, but it's not the latest Taylor Swift or Nicki Minaj hit ...

Characterized by reverb-heavy guitar riffs and lush harmonies, surf rock is summer incarnate. Though it took a minute to catch on outside the sunny shores of the West Coast, bands like the Beach Boys ...

The music of The Surfaris may not be essential in the evolution of rock music but it was a pleasant way to wile away some time on a hot summer day. A cool breeze, the smell of the ocean, some aging ...

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Tourmaline is a legendary surf spot nestled between Windansea and North Pacific Beach; longboarders flock to it for its mellow break. So if you’re familiar with San Diego surfing culture, you’d ...