Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

It was an unforgettable day of music on April 1, 1995 for musician John Blair and Grammy-winning producer Mark Linett. They were at a packed show at the iconic Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, a ...

Few surf rock bands have a discography as huge as The Challengers. This surf rock outfit is best known for the highly influential record Surfbeat from 1963. They were quite popular at the time; they ...

While the notion of a thriving surf-rock scene in the landlocked, mountainous state of Vermont might seem absurd to some, Burlington has birthed some noteworthy bands over the years. From longtime ...

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 ...