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Genre
  
Surf rock

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Albums
  
Guitar Noir, backflip louie and the pool party pagans

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Miles Corbin, The Blue Stingrays, The Mermen, Laika & the Cosmonauts, The Sentinals

Profiles

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Aqua Velvets are an American surf rock revival band from San Francisco, California, formed in the 1980s by guitarist Miles Corbin. Rather than simply recreate the vintage 1963 surf sound, Corbin set out to add depth and dimension with original songs that included strings, horns, keyboards, and exotic instruments. The result was a cinematic sound more akin to film composers like Ennio Morricone and John Barry. The group released their debut album in 1992, recorded over a period of several years. This album was recorded in the auto repair shop where bassist Michael Lindner worked. They signed to Atlantic Records in 1995 to release Surfmania; subsequent releases appeared on BMG subsidiary Milan Records. The Velvets continued to release a steady stream of albums thru 2016, most notably Tiki Beat and El Morocco. The group performs live mostly on the West Coast .

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Members

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  • Miles Corbin - guitar, songwriting
  • Michael Lindner - bass, keyboards, accordion
  • Hank Maninger - guitar (also with the Hacienda Brothers and Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo)
  • Donn Spindt - drums (formerly of The Rubinoos)
  • Discography

    Albums:

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  • The Aqua Velvets (Heyday Records, 1992)
  • Surfmania (Atlantic Records, 1995)
  • Nomad (Milan Records, 1996)
  • Guitar Noir (Milan, 1997)
  • Radio Waves (Milan, 2001)
  • Cool and Waydown at the Beach Chalet (Miles Corbin Music Recordings, 2007)
  • Backflip Louie and the Pool Party Pagans (Riptide Records, 2008)
  • Reaching Shangri-La (Miles Corbin Music Recordings, 2008)
  • "Tiki Beat" ( Riptide Records, 2010),
  • "El Morocco" (Riptide Records 2015).
  • Singles:

  • The Christmas Single (Miles Corbin Music Recordings, 2006)
  • Tropic Isle (Miles Corbin Music Recordings, 2007)

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    Songs

    Guitar NoirGuitar Noir · 1997
    Surf NouveauNomad · 1996
    Spanish BlueThe Aqua Velvets · 1993

    References

    Aqua Velvets Wikipedia