Insect Surfers at Safari Sam's - review by Jonny Whiteside, L.A.Weekly
Insect Surfers at KFJC Pit February 8, 2003 - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Insect Surfers at Mr. T's Bowl - review by Falling James, L.A.Weekly, November 14, 2003.
Music For Nimrods BAND OF DISTINCTION Award!
Insect Surfers at the Los Angeles Forum
Insect Surfers - review in Vintage Guitar, April 1999
Insect Surfers at Bar Deluxe - review in Night Fever by Jim Freek, BAM Magazine, July 31, 1998
Insect Surfers review in Boarder Line by Mike Balzer, Body Boarding Magazine, April 1989
1988 Demo Tape - review in Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile! by Domenic Priore, Dumb Angel Gazette
Lyve In The Valley Of The Sun CD - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Satellite Beach CD - liner notes by Ferenc Dobronyi
Satellite Beach CD - review in Pipeline Magazine
Mojave Reef CD - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Mojave Reef CD - review by D.J.Johnson at Cosmik Debris
Mojave Reef CD - review in Skratch Magazine June 2003
Mojave Reef CD - review in Giant Robot Magazine issue 29
Death Valley Coastline CD - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Death Valley Coastline CD - other reviews
Reverb Sun CD - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
East West EP - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Sonar Safari EP - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
Wavelength LP - review by Phil Dirt at ReverbCentral.com
"One of my favorite bands, the Insect Surfers, was playing."
Highway To Heaven by Deanne Stillman, Los Angeles Times Magazine, August 9, 1998
".....David Arnson and sons provide an amazing late 70's platformed desert wave vision of space and sea. Very good writing and playing L.A. band with a solid following....... Wonderful interplay between the lead and the rhythm, very melodic and plenty of live energy".
Phil Dirt
"....they recreate a beach-blanket, frat-rock ambience that'll cheer any purist within earshot"
Fred Mills
"One of L.A.'s hottest unsigned bands"
Music Connection
"....A great set of jams.."
Flipside
"It's tough to review music with no vocals, but this one has a guitar that just about speaks. This is guitar-intensive surf that's different from the pop surf of today...more rock and punk added to this mix..."
Giant Robot
Dave Arnson's Insect Surfers, which somehow manages to be faithful to the old instro ways yet still sounds thoroughly modern and even a bit surreal, has been kicking major ass these days."
BAM Magazine
"Swirling, swooping,hang-ten-in-the-ectoplasm instrumentals..."
L.A. Weekly
The Insect Surfers' initial major radio impact came with the release of the "Wavelength" EP/LP in 1981. The record, with no professional push generated airplay nationwide in the alternative radio network, hitting charts in "Rockpool" (without even using their distribution). "Progressive Media" and "D.I.Y.". The release of two singles has kept the radio marketplace aware of the band's presence.
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Quite possibly the Washington Area's most popular rock band. One of the few local bands of this era potentially on the verge of national recognition. There are two ways to reach "star" statys: one is to get extremely lucky; the other is to work hard and tour often.
Washington's City Paper
Manage to infuse '60s rock with an '80s sensibility. Delightfully cacaphonous, complete with clashing guitar and stomping bass lines... imaginative electronic extrapolations. The band continuse to grow by absorbing other novel elements and influences.
Washington Post
Not hard to imagine that this band would have been high in the top 40 in a better world.
Goldmine
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