DRIFTING SAND...drifting facts:
Drifting Sand began in 1993 when surf dudes Surfer Spud and Surfer John noticed that birds can't surf and that sharks sometimes travel in pairs. Surfer Spud named the band Drifting Sand after driving by a sign of t [+]DRIFTING SAND...drifting facts:
Drifting Sand began in 1993 when surf dudes Surfer Spud and Surfer John noticed that birds can't surf and that sharks sometimes travel in pairs. Surfer Spud named the band Drifting Sand after driving by a sign of the same name on Highway One on the way to Santa Cruz, CA
Debut single was the double "A" sided Birds Can't Surf / Shark! Shark! and was released on surf-colored vinyl as a limited-edition 45 record on the band's own Pina Colada Records.
Original guitarist Surfer John left to pursue his golf band, then rejoined only to leave again to fuel his belly around the turn of the millennium.
Performed in Episode I: Battle of the Surf Bands at Slim's in SF against arch rivals Hayness Surf. It was a close battle but Drifting Sand won!
Debut CD Surfpop, produced by SF's legendary Lester Temple, was released in 1999 and featured fun songs like Perfect Wave, Sand Is Your Friend, Root Beer Float and new versions of the band's Birds Can't Surf and Shark! Shark!
Surfpop also featured a bonus track of almost an hour's worth of soothing surf sounds that one drifting fan remarked as her favorite song on the CD!
Kenney Dale Johnson, Chris Isaak's drummer, played drums on Surfpop. Kenney recorded all of his drum parts in one afternoon session in between Chris Isaak gigs.
Song At The Mercy Of the Wave was the surf report theme, heard during the Howard Stern show on LIVE 105 for many years.
Three songs have made the Top 5 on Rodney on the Roq's show on the world-famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles: First Time Surfin', Surfin' With Britney and the band's cover of the Beach Boys' All Summer Long, also featured on the Italian compilation American Graffiti Revisited.
Beach Boy Al Jardine is a fan and digs the song Surfin' With Britney!
The band have played several benefit events for the Surfrider Foundation and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk outdoor stage (twice!). That's where Jan & Dean performed!
Surfer Spud once had a girlfriend who dumped him after she heard Surfin' With Britney-she was upset that he wrote a song for Britney Spears and not her! Britney did receive a copy of the single and when she saw the cover, remarked, "Those guys are cute."
In the winter, the band become Drifting Snow and perf
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