The Fender IV were an American

United States

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 surf rock band of the 1960s.

The Fender IV were started up in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, by guitarist Randy Holden

Randy Holden

Randy Holden is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer .-Biography:...

. He moved the band to Southern California

Southern California

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 in 1963, in order to play for a more receptive audience. Their music was strongly influenced by Dick Dale

Dick Dale

Dick Dale is an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He experimented with reverberation and made use of custom made Fender amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier.-Early life:Dale was born in South Boston, Massachusetts and lived in nearby...

, and The Ventures

The Ventures

The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling...

. When the popularity for surf music decreased their style changed to a vocal based sound, and they changed name to Sons of Adam

Sons of Adam

The Sons of Adam were a rock band active, primarily in California, in the 1960s. The band is notable for its membership including Randy Holden, later of The Other Half and Blue Cheer, and Michael Stuart, later of Love.-History:...

, bestowed upon them by the record producer

Record producer

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 Kim Fowley

Kim Fowley

Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...

.

Band members

• Randy Holden
  Randy Holden
  Randy Holden is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer .-Biography:...
  
   guitar, vocals
• Joe Kooken guitar
• Mike Port bass
• Bruce Miller drums

Singles

• "Mar Gaya" b/w "You Better Tell Me Now" (Imperial Records
  Imperial Records
  Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...
  
   66061, 1964)
• "Everybody Up" b/w "Malibu Run" (Imperial Records
  Imperial Records
  Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...
  
  66098, 1965)

External links

• Randy Holden website