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Who plays surf/hot rod music today?

By Robert Fontenot, About.com

Question: Who plays surf/hot rod music today?
Answer: If anything, there are more bands playing surf and hot rod music than ever, since both genres represent the place where retro, rockabilly, and guitar instrumental rock intersect. Here are the best surf/hot-rod bands working today:

The Apemen
The Aqua Velvets
The Boss Martians
Laika & the Cosmonauts
Los Straitjackets
Man or Astro-man?
The Lord High Fixers
The Mermen
The Monkeywrench
The Penetrators
The Phantom Surfers
The Torpedoes
The Torquays
The Sir Finks
Space Cossacks
The Untamed Youth
The Wanglers

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