The Bambi Molesters is a surf rock band from Sisak

Sisak

Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. Since their formation in 1995 they have taken part in the revival of the 1960s surf genre and continue to contribute to its survival and further development with their music.

The Bambi Molesters perform regularly in Croatia and all over Europe

Europe

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, often opening for the US rock band R.E.M.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...

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They have managed to build their reputation as a contemporary surf rock band. They differ from other surf rock revival bands in that their music is a continuation of vintage surf music.

Band members

• Lada Furlan Zaborac - bass guitar
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• Hrvoje Zaborac - drums
  Drum kit
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• Dalibor Pavičić - guitar
  Guitar
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• Dinko Tomljanović - guitar

Singles and extended plays

• Play Out Of Tune (Cassette), 1995
• Coastal Disturbance (7" EP), 1996
• Bikini Machines (7"), 1998

Studio albums

• Dumb Loud Hollow Twang
  Dumb Loud Hollow Twang (album)
  -Personnel:* Dalibor Pavičić - Guitar* Dinko Tomljanović - Guitar* Lada Furlan Zaborac - Bass* Hrvoje Zaborac - Drums...
  
  (Dirty Old Town/Kamikaze Records, 1997/1998)
• Intensity!
  Intensity! (album)
  -Personnel:* Dalibor Pavičić - Guitar* Dinko Tomljanović - Guitar* Lada Furlan Zaborac - Bass* Hrvoje Zaborac - Drums...
  
  (Dancing Bear
  Dancing Bear
  Dancing Bear is a Croatian record label.Croatian artists that released their albums on the label include The Bambi Molesters, Daleka obala, Darko Rundek, Dino Dvornik, Gustafi, Hladno pivo, Ibrica Jusić, Dunja Knebl, Kojoti, Leteći odred and Majke....
  
  /Kamikaze Records, 1999)
• Sonic Bullets: 13 From The Hip (Dancing Bear, 2001)
• Dumb Loud Hollow Twang Deluxe
  Dumb Loud Hollow Twang Deluxe (album)
  -Personnel:* Dalibor Pavičić - Guitar* Dinko Tomljanović - Guitar* Lada Furlan Zaborac - Bass* Hrvoje Zaborac - Drums...
  
  (Dancing Bear, 2003)
• As The Dark Wave Swells
  As The Dark Wave Swells (album)
  As The Dark Wave Swells is the eighth and latest album by Croatian surf-rock band The Bambi Molesters.-Personnel:*Dalibor Pavičić - guitar, baritone guitar*Dinko Tomljanović - acoustic guitar* Lada Furlan Zaborac - bass, piano, organ...
  
  (Dancing Bear, 2010)

Appearances on compilations

• Smells Like Surf Spirit, 1997
• Rolling Stone - Rare Trax, Vol. 5 Summer In The City, 1998
• Feathers, Wood & Aluminium, 1998
• Tuberider, 1999
• Monster Party 2000, 2000
• For A Few Guitars More, 2002
• Guitar Ace: Link Wray Tribute, 2003
• Bang Bang Soundtrack, 2006

External links

• Official Website
• Pitchfork Media
  Pitchfork Media
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  review of Sonic Bullets: 13 from the Hip