Surf Instrumental Review: Satan's Pilgrims-Plymouth Rock- The Best of Satan's Pilgrims

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The time has arrived in Satan's Pilgrims' career to release the best of the set, and it is about time. Plymouth Rock—The Best of Satan's Pilgrims celebrates 10 years of successful recordings in the popular yet underrated genre of instrumental surf music. 

I am getting further and further away from referencing the surf influences, but it is necessary because that is where it all started and why bands like this carry on and continue to make such great rock 'n' roll today.

CD 1 offers 20 tracks of the boys' very best, and CD 2 is nothing but new, rare, and unreleased music with a bonus video section. They should have left out the videos; they are of inferior quality, visually and in sound. The music is the most essential thing, so other than the video extras, this is a fine two-disc set.

There are not many new things to say about this kind of music unless there is some experimental mixing of different styles; it is similar for the most part (but you could say that about other genres, too!). However, only the great bands cover all the styles within the genre, and this band offers up that smorgasbord of sound. I greatly enjoy this music; it's a necessary evil for my listening pleasure. I always thought these guys were among the best, right up there with their peers.

Plymouth Rock- The Best of Satan's Pilgrims is pure, unadulterated fun that has always been the attraction for me with this kind of music, and the added benefit of nostalgia and the culture that goes with it makes it more colorful. It is well worth picking up if you love surf-instro music.

Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck

March 26, 2005

Rating-7.5/10