Jan & Dean

Jan & Dean: Legendary Masters Series

Review by Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, March 1972

JAN AND DEAN were real clowns. I saw 'em on the TAMI Show back in 1965 and they were the only downer part in the ...

Surfin' USA

Retrospective by Gene Sculatti, Let It Rock, August 1973

THOUGH it’s hard to believe, there actually was a time when youth simply signified non-adult status. Adults and youth each held to their own preferences, ...

Jan & Dean

Report by Gene Sculatti, Phonograph Record, September 1974

"You know they're either out surfin' or they've got a party goin'..." ...

Jan & Dean Ride The Wild Surf

Retrospective by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, November 1974

ABOUT ONE year ago this week Dick Clark, in his infinite wisdom, decided to host a ten year anniversary edition of his TV rock show ...

Jan and Dean: You Don't Come Back from Dead Man's Curve

Interview by Mick Farren, NME, January 1975

Mick Farren talks to Dean Torrence ...

Dean Torrence

Interview by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, July 1975

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Third year in a row Phonograph's run a surf revival story, as if it were a current event. Looks pretty suspicious ...

The Beach Boys: Four Girls For Every Boy

Report and Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, June 1978

IMPORTANT DATES in the history of surfing music: ...

Jan and Dean: Starwood Club, Los Angeles

Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, October 1978

THEY'VE RENAMED LA's Starwood club the Surfwood for the night. ...