Artist description The Arabs blend elements of '60s Merseybeat, '70s punk, ska, surf, garage, R'n'R, Looney Toons and anything else that gets in their way into one big partying meltdown.

Music Style surf ska punk pop beach samba

Musical Influences The Ramones, The Dickies, Supergrass, The Beach Boys, The Banana Splits, Madness, The Barracudas, The (Hamburg-Era) Beatles, The Clash

Similar Artists The Ramones, The Dickies, Supergrass, The Beach Boys, The Banana Splits, Madness, The Barracudas, The (Hamburg-Era) Beatles, The Clash

Artist History Born from an egg on a mountain top, England's 'MP3 amigos', The Jamming Arabs bought a guitar, a bass, a drum kit and some Hawaiian shirts, played more gigs than was good for them, recorded an album and an ep for Alopecia Records, met John Peel, toured round Europe, made some mp3's and became reserve-team superheroes for the Justice League of America.

Group Members Dave: Vocals, GuitarJames: Bass, VocalsMarcus: DrumsTikiRussy: Away

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums Never Bin Surfin' - Alopecia Records wigcd 019, wiglp 019

Press Reviews Never Bin Surfin': Debut album from these Cleveland (UK) boys and these guys've got songs ranging thru garage/ska/punk onto a few surf instrumentals but with such brilliant songwriting they could even make it fairly big. Almost every song's about going to the beach - this is such a great LP for the summer. I suppose anyone who likes stuff like The Dickies would really dig this three-piece. Well impressive debut full of amazingly catchy pop songs. ****1/2 (out of 5 stars)

Location Saltburn, Cleveland - Australia

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