Todd Martin, drums; Michael Sandlin, guitar; Andrew Wendel, guitar; Martin Tune, bass.
Dan Habu, drummer emeritus
Influences
The Ventures, The Shadows, PJ and the Galaxies, Challengers, Champs, Television, Jimmy Bryant, Bob Wills, Booker T and the MG's, The Who, Dick Dale, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington, Dead Kennedys, Stravinsky, Buck Owens, James Burton, Joe Maphis, Cliff Gallup, Jerry Cole, Glen Campbell, Burt Bacharach, Link Wray, Pre-Revolver Beatles, Wes Montgomery, Herb Alpert, Lalo Schifrin, Les Paul, Chuck Berry, Chet Atkins, Duane Eddy, Phil Baugh, Ennio Morricone.
Originally formed in 1999 as an eclectic cover band playing punk, rockabilly, and surf instrumentals, the Sea Devils quickly turned their attention exclusively to traditional surf. After several years of spectacularly successful shows in its adopted neighborhood of Williamsburg/Greenpoint, the group temporarily disbanded, reforming briefly with some personnel changes as the Shinto Kings. When the band found itself with three out of four of the original members, the name was changed back to the Sea Devils, and the group began to compose original numbers that stretch the definitions of the oft-hyphenated genre. The ever-trendy Billyburgers are proving difficult to woo back into the clubs, however, and the band has begun looking farther afield for its fan base, with a Myspace presence part of its strategy to take its fun-loving but edgy sound worldwide. An album is in the works. SEA DEVILS were mighty tickled to have been mentioned in the NY PRESS's October 2, 2001 Best of Manhattan Issue under BEST EXCLUSION OF LOCAL MUSIC: http://www.nypress.com/14/40/news&columns/5.cfm
The Moonlighters have a new release, Enchanted, which is out this week. Click this link for a free download of one of our new songs: http://www.worldsound.com/free/moon.
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The new album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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