The Challengers were an instrumental surf rock band started in Los Angeles, California, in late 1962. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album, Surfbeat, was the biggest-selling surf album of all time and helped bring surf music from California to the rest of the world.
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The Bel-Airs
band
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Eddie & the Showmen
band
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The El Caminos
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Eddie Hazel
American guitarist
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Dick Dale
American surf rock guitarist
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Tullycraft
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The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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The Drums
band
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Jetpack
musician
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Los Straitjackets
American instrumental rock band
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Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
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The Original Surfaris
American band
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The Ventures
American instrumental rock band
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Best Coast
American surf pop band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2009
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Canadian band
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The Astronauts
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Insect Surfers
American band
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Sister Sin
swedish hard rock band
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The Outsiders
US band
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Sublime
American ska punk band
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The Clientele
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The Jackson 5
American pop music family group
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Jan and Dean
American musical duo
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David Lee Roth
American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, author, artist, radio personality; lead singer of Van Halen
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Fred Turner
Canadian musician
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I Declare War
American deathcore band
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Jerry Cole
American musician
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Sonic Youth
alternative rock band formed in New York, New York, United States
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The Black Crowes
American rock band
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The Guess Who
Canadian band
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Trooper
Canadian rock band
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Jake E. Lee
American musician
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Susan and the Surftones
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Van Halen
American heavy metal band
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D.I.
Southern California punk band
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? and the Mysterians
American garage rock band
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The Raconteurs
band
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Michael Schenker
German musician
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Randy Bachman
Canadian musician
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Blue Cheer
American rock band
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Royal Teeth
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Joe Satriani
American musician
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The Wave Pictures
band
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Eddie Kramer
audio engineer and producer
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Martin Cilia
British musician
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Spirit
American rock band
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Ty Segall
American musician and songwriter
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Aqua Velvets
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Steve Hackett
English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer
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The Electric Prunes
band
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Jay Graydon
American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer
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The Four Seasons
American rock and pop band
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Starflyer 59
alternative rock band from Riverside, California
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Johnny Marr
English musician, songwriter, and singer