Blog: The Sound Of Indie

As mentioned in the recent Naked Raygun post, I have seen quite a few early 1980s punk bands, particularly those from California, over the past years. Agent Orange , formed in 1979, were among the very earliest from the "California wave" and were a surf/punk hybrid and therefore were, I suspect, largely responsible for surf guitar as the foundation of many bands to follow. Here Agent Orange cover The Dead Kennedy's "Police Truck". During the show, I realized how fundamental surf guitar is to many punk bands [...]

• Agent Orange - Police Truck