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Riding the ‘cerebral surf’ wave:
How Santa Cruz’s epic
surf-rock trio The Mermen keep on shredding
by Wallace Baine
WHY THE MERMEN ARE
SANTA CRUZ’S
GREATEST CULT BAND
by Wallace Baine
“The best Rock and Roll is poetry in motion, with or without words – and some of the best records of 1995 came without. The Mermen play an extreme brand of surf music, and black minor-chord moods of guitarist Jim Thomas are like a rough ride on the icy seas of the mid- Atlantic. Hints of Dick Dale filter through the cracked-sidewalk wave forms of Sonic You. But on long hauls like the nine minute “Obsession for Men” Thomas sounds more like Neil Young at the wheel of Crazy Horse. “
David Fricke, ROLLING STONE
“…ferocious and haunting instrumentals of an almost orchestral density…. roaring through mesmerizing waves of feedback and melody …. the Mermen never collapse into surf kitsch or fall back on the genres beloved but overfamiliar cliches… the burbling underwater atmospherics…and the shimmering riffs…disguise intricate arrangements, and the muted arpeggios and grandiose leanings are a long way from Wipe Out….”
David Dudley, NEW TIMES
Upcoming Shows
THE MERMEN
Halloween show
Thursday
October 31, 2024
Park Chalet
1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA
CANCELED
Past Shows
LIVE MUSIC by
THE MERMEN
Outdoors on Balboa St
The Mermen
3:00PM
Sunday
September 15, 2024
Free Admission
In front of
The Balboa Theatre
38th and Balboa St.
San Francisco, CA
Read more…
Pleasure Point Outdoors
Sunday
September 1, 2024
The Mermen
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Anthony Arya
2:30PM – 3:30PM
The Pacific Jack Band
1:00PM – 2:00PM
Free Admission
Pleasure Point Outdoors
East Cliff Drive
Between 37th and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
Golden Gate Park Bandshell
3rd Annual
Surf Music Festival
12:00pm The New Shockwaves
1:00pm Uncle Sea Monster
2:30pm The Mermen
Saturday
August 31, 2024
Free Admission
Golden Gate Bandshell
CITY of AWE
SURF GUITAR 101 FESTIVAL 2024
THE MERMEN
3 hour show
8:00PM – 11:30PM
Friday
July 26h, 2024
Golden Sails Hotel
Long Beach, CA
The Mermen
with
Flamin’ Groovies
Saturday
July 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM
The Chapel
777 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA
Pleasure Point
Street Fair
The Mermen
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Saturday
June 22, 2024
Free Admission
Portola Drive
btw 41st and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
THE MERMEN
The Mermen perform their groundbreaking album
FOOD FOR OTHER FISH
In celebration of
its release 30 years ago
Read about the album here
Sunday
April 7, 2024
Doors 3:00PM
Show 4:00PM
Great American
Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St
San Francisco, CA
Click a year below to see past shows
2022.12.19 THE MERMEN – JAMES BOND THEME at The Junction Mill Valley CA
2022.9.22 THE MERMEN – Little Stinky Kitty at Taros Essaouira Morocco
Popular Songs
SUNKEN TREASURE
(1996)
CD SOLD OUT
ONLY YOU
(1996)
CD SOLD OUT
SONGS OF THE COWS
(1996)
CD SOLD OUT
A GLORIOUS LETHAL EUPHORIA
(1994)
CD SOLD OUT
