The Phantom Surfers are a surf rock band formed in 1988.
Members
Current (latest album)
"Swell" Mel Bergman: guitar
Mike "Mouth" Lucas: bass
Maz "Spazz" Kattuah: guitar
Russell "Junky Johnny" Quan: drums
Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar
Previous
Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar
Mel "Frostbite" Bergman: guitar
Michael "Daddy Love" Lucas: bass
Maz "Tender Pants"/"Good Knievel" Kattuah: drums
Trent Ruane: rhythm guitar and organ on Big-Screen Spectaculars LP
Fred again
First
Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar
Mel "Frostbite" Bergman: guitar
Michael "Daddy Love" Lucas: bass
Danny Seelig: drums
Discography
Albums
Eighteen Deadly Ones! LP
(Norton Records, 1992) Pleasure Point 20,000 Leagues Under the Surf San Onofre Horror Beach Monster From The Surf Sewer Peak Surfin' With The Vy Legend Of The Phantom Surfer Wave Hog Palincar Sandtrap Stomp Slots O'Fun Stiletto 14 Miles To Gotham Theme From Dead West Twist Off Jalama Burger Banzai Run
Phantom Surfers Play The Songs Of The Big-Screen Spectaculars LP
(Estrus, 1992) Bikini Drag Pursuit of the Leather Girls Geronimo L'Ultima Volta Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte Batwoman vs. Ratfink High Wall Bali Hai Big Screen Spectacular Tonight Eaffin' and Surfin' Gammera The Beach Girls and The Monster Suffer Popcorn
The Exciting Sounds Of Model Road Racing LP
(Lookout! Records, 1995. Re-edited in 1998) Introduction Everybody Up Death O A Rookie Schlock Slot Slotter On 10th Avenue Crossover Tragedy Rheostat Rock Pacific Shores A Slot Car Named Desire Turn Marshal Stumps Of Mystery Endurance Rally Final Lap "Church Key"
...And Dick Dale LP
(Crown Records, 1996) Stop That Cedric Tell Tale Couch Rochambeau Tic-Toc Rock Battle of Little Big Hand Skirfir Fairest of Them All Wow! The Lonely Mattress Gas Chamber Try To Hide Me Pretty Little Lisa Sloth in We'll Never Hear The End of It
The Great Surf Crash Of '97 LP
(Lookout! Records, 1997) The Great Surf Crash Of '97 Rootin' Around For Ramona Pygmy Dance Basset Ballet Single Whammy The Cat Came Back Ticker Tape jungle Medley X-Files / Stupid Files Ants In My Pants (I Call My Baby) D.D.T. Holiday Harbor Babalou Buy High, Sell Low Yozora No Hoshi Out The Window No Go Diggy-Di Lancelot Link Wray
Skaterhater LP, featuring Davie Allan
(Lookout! Records, 1998) Curb Job (Skaterhater Overture) Sidewalk City Devil Dust Sheena Was A Punk Rocker You Meet The Nicest People On A Harley Supercycle (Love Theme From Skaterhater) The End Of A Skater Blues Theme (Vocal) Grindhouse (The Sound Of) Breaking Glass Arrow Space Skate And Bait Murder Can Be Fun Polyurethane Drag Run
XXX Party LP
(Lookout! Records, 2000) I Know It When I Hear It Dick Hickeys The Pioneers/Have A Good Funeral/Yellow Neck Will Pay The Golden Turd Nantucket Sleigh Ride Necro Sue The Crepitation Contest Tomato Juice The Big Dick Club Peach Pousaye Dolemite's Corner Happiness Is... The Phantom Surfers' Alphabet Business Deal Love Is... A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Orgy Sin In The Suburbs Special Guest Guffaws (featuring America's Funnyman Neil Hamburger) Let's Fist Again Summa Pornographica
A Decade Of Quality Control 1988-1999
(V8 Records/Secret Recipe, 2000. Contains written history of the band) Phantom Surfers Quality Statement The Hearse/ El Aguila Paradise Cove Skating Red Square Six Pack Gypsy Surfer Lafayette Klingons Vs. Daleks Surfari Move It Besame Mucho Playa Raton Flutterfoot Shaving Cream Poison Clam Tie Me Kangaroo Down
EPs
Orbitron 7" (Estrus, 1991)
Singles
Besame Mucho 7" (Standard Recordings, 1991) Unknown Museum Stomp 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, 1992) Bikini Drag 7" (Estrus, 1992) Flutter Foot 7" (Drop-Out, 1993) Survival Of The Fattest 7" (Planet Pimp Records, 1995) Istanbul 7" (Lookout! Records, 1996) Banzai Washout 7" (Estrus)
Splits
Northwest Budget Rock Massacre 7" (The Phantom Surfers / Mummies)(Pre B.S. Records, 1991) Hell-Beach Party 7" (The Phantom Surfers / The Roofdogs)(Demolition Records, 1992) Rocket To Surfin' Europe Tour 1994 7" (The Phantom Surfers / The Astronauts) (Pin Up Records, 1994) Go! (The Phantom Surfers / The Tormentos) (Scatter/Lost Tiki, 2003) Parrillada con Amigos (The Phantom Surfers / The Beach Breakers) (ATMC Records, 2012)