The Original Surfaris were a surf rock group from Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

, active in the 1960s.

History

Around 1960, The Original Surfaris were formed. Originally called the Surfaris, they changed their name to the Original Surfaris after another band also called the Surfaris became widely famous for the song "Wipe Out".

The Original Surfaris are best known for their hits "Surfari" and "Bombora", both of which were covered by nineties surf-space band, Man or Astro-man?

Man or Astro-man?

Man or Astro-man? is a surf rock group that formed in Auburn, Alabama, in the early 1990s and came to prominence over the following decade.Primarily instrumental, Man or Astro-man? blended the surf rock style of the early 1960s like that of The Spotnicks with the new wave and punk rock sounds of...

Les Fradkin

Les Fradkin

Les Fradkin is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known for being a member of the original cast of the hit Broadway show Beatlemania...

 & Get Wet have covered "Bombora" on their 2004 CD "Splash!"

Discography

1963 Bombora!

1965 Wheels-Shorts-Hot Rods