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A surf band from Colorado. Yeah, sure, you think. You're partly right. The Astronauts played some pretty mean instrumentals, but when they open their mouths, poof. All of my interest dissipates. With vocals, they just sound bland. Compare. Start with the first three, all instrumentals and shit hot surf music. Then the video. It pales. Still, there are so many contemporary surf bands that could learn a thing or two from the Astronauts, particularly some vintage restraint. Instrumental bands didn't overdo it back then. Nowadays, there are authentic sounding surf bands, you just have to navigate through the Blueshammer versions to find them, and that ain't no fun at all.

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Listen:
The Astronauts - The Hearse mp3 at Beware of the Blog
The Astronauts - Baja mp3 at California Girls (?)
The Astronauts - Hot Doggin' mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Video:
The Astronauts - Speedy Gonzalez at YouTube