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Psychedelic Furs, Spacehog, Elwood, Peter Searcy, SR-71, Fenix TX, Dynamite Hack

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Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ.... WHTG's Surfstock 2000.   me making stage announcements at Surfstock 2000

Vertical Horizon

Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

The Smithereens, Fountains of Wayne, Joydrop, Self, Gigolo Aunts, Angry Salad, Catch 22

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Surf Club/Planet Surf, Ortley Beach, NJ.... sorry, I have not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!    

John Easdale, They Might Be Giants, The Connells, Miles Hunt & Malcolm Treece, Superdrag, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Pee Shy, Solution a.d., Evelyn Forever

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Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ .... Surfstock 5. Matt Pinfield was the MC. My credential for the show.

Shredfest II

7 Minds/Inspector 7/Mephiskapheles/Brown/Gotham City Swing Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

John Easdale

Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

O.M.C./The Murmurs/Fuzzy Bunny Slippers

Surf Club/Planet Surf, Ortley Beach, NJ sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

John Easdale, Jill Sobule, Burlap to Cashmere, Coward, My Drug Hell, Weston, Holy Hand Grenade

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Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ.... Surfstock 4. Below is a contemporaneous review of this show I wrote for injersey.com. Surfstock 4, the July 4th concert at the Surf Club in Ortley Beach, was a worthy successor to the fine previous shows on the beach. This year, sponsoring radio station FM 106.3 selected bands to give the show a well-rounded diversity of styles, and the approach seemed to work well for most audience members. The whole of Surfstock was greater than the sum of its parts, and each performer contributed a great deal to the fun and energy of the event. Not only was the music terrific, but the atmosphere was appropriately party-like. The weather was ideal, the crowd was eager and receptive, and the bands and artists themselves were largely accessible to fans--most of the performers strolled around the beach when they weren't on stage, gladly signing autographs or simply chatting with admirers. The headliner, former Dramarama frontman John Easdale was clearly the crowd favo...

John Easdale, Soul Coughing, The Connells, Mono Puff, Pete Droge, Love in Reverse, Little John, Marry Me Jane, Solution a.d.

Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ.... Surfstock 3. Joan Jett was MC for the show.

The Smithereens, Mike Peters, The Caulfields, Fossil, Urchins, Green Apple Quick Step, The Gefkens

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Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ.... It was the 2nd edition of WHTG's Surfstock.     sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!    my credential from the show