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Surf music is a genre of rock music featuring electric guitars, often with reverb or delay effects. It started in the United States and Great Britain, and quickly spread worldwide.

Early acts included The Ventures (1958), The Shadows (1958), The Gamblers (1959), The Bel-Airs (1961), Dick Dale (1961), and The Chantays (1962).

Did you know ...

... that the DOD Badder Monkey is a distortion pedal for guitar and bass?
... that the B-29 Superfortress was a large, four-engine, heavy bomber?
... that Calvin Coolidge, also known as Silent Cal was the 30th president of the United States of America?

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