Jim Fuller, a co-founding member of the Surfaris whose lead guitar work is heard on the band's signature hit "Wipe Out," has died at the age of 69. Fuller's cause of death has yet to be publicly ...

“Our career was a skyrocket.” It’s Bob Berryhill, the last original member of the Surfaris, phoning the Reader from his home in Laguna Beach. “We started in December of 1962.” The band was Jim Fuller, ...

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In 1963, The Surfaris’ story began with the release of “Wipeout.” More than 50 years later, the pioneering rock band continues with love. “ ’Wipeout’ has been very good to me,” Bob Berryhill said of ...

Regardless if a person has ever surfed or not, those first chords of “Wipe Out” can give a landlocked person a glimmer of the shore for a moment. The combination of the fairly simple guitar riff and ...

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Jim Pash, an original member of the classic rock band the Surfaris, died Friday of liver disease. He was 56.