Surf Punks: It's Not a Joke, But It Could Have Been
The California variant on punk’s tradition become inextricably linked to beach culture. It’s nor really surprising simply by dint of proximity. But also the same sort of lay-about scumbags endeavoring to get high and ride a board all day long aren’t drastically removed from either skaters or punkers. It was inevitable. And while hardcore, for the most part, is tied to thise sort of tanned beach goers, there were some poppier efforts to emerge from the combination of getting high, surfing and listen to big name, first wave punk groups.