The Surf Kings

The Star Wars Kid .. striking down with all his might all evil oppressors of the Surf Kings!!

Tom's workshop is now open and excepting new students from beginner to advanced! He will be teaching from his home in Oceanside, CA. Concentrating on rock and roll guitar, from surf to hard rock and everything in between, including acoustic guitar. If you want to sign up or know more e mail Tom at: surfking1@aol.com

Drum roll please......Our second CD "Coming Up For Air" is done and was released on 6-15-04! You can order the CD directly through this site, just go to the Merchandise page.

Tom Stanton's band the Surf Kings may take their time between CD's, but they sure create some incredible music. Coming Up For Air is simply stunning.

The Surf King's first CD, "Up From the Depths" is an incredible collection of songs... powerful, melodic and well-played. But their latest, second release, "Coming Up For Air" is all that and more! Take that awesome Surf King sound and mix things up a little and you've got a great CD. There are powerful, solid songs (Gods of Atlantis, Belero for a King), surf (Hammerhead), flat out rockers (Amp Head, Oral Exciter), a trip to the Outback (Jaba Point) and a few other nice surprises like a mellow, respectful tribute to a departed friend. In trying to describe this CD, I keep wanting to use words like powerful, solid, rich and full. Tom's guitar playing is as strong and forceful as always, Rico is a maniac on drums and Jeff's bass lines complete the sound. Coming Up for Air is a joy to listen to.

KCR Radio, San Diego State

"Coming Up for Air" is what I have to do after listening to this CD. It takes my breath away! It's just fantastic. "Coming up for Air" is a definite 10 out of 10! Well done guys and keep up the good (no GREAT) work!!

Rod Davey
Canada

Now, to all our true fans out there we are updating our "Mailing List", please send an e mail with all your contact information to surfking1@aol.com . Include your e mail address and snail mail address, we want to send you out updates about up coming shows and our CD release party.