Come remember the good times.
Nothing defines the high water mark of the surf industry better than potato chip surfboards, wrap-around sunglasses and pop punk. It was the late 1990s and all was sunny and bright in our world. Surf-skate-snow clothing companies begun in parent’s garages were hitting the market, months later, with multi-million IPOs. Quiksilver and Billabong were both worth more than a billion dollars.
Pennywise, Lagwagon and Strung Out the soundtrack to every surf DVD and our lives.
The genre was best defined by north San Diego County pop punk outfit Blink-182. Their hits extended beyond Orange County bedrooms and into the heart of America. Mtv played on heavy rotation. Tens of thousands of people thronged to stadium concerts. Blink was a phenomenon. The taste of a new generation.
And would you like a little surf lore? A very young Chris Cote was a Blink guitar tech/roadie.
Chris, of course, would later go on to much fame as the editor-in-chief of Transworld Surf, voice of the Pipeline Pro, impresario behind Monday M.A.S.S., etc. but the man has always kept music close to his heart and just two days ago loosed a single upon the world, titled Friend’s Coming Home.
The song is grown up, a touch. Matured with quality instrumentation anchored by Cote’s honest voice. It is reminiscent of slow core but still maintains the fun of those early pop punk days.
Listen for yourself and then buy on iTunes. Because we live in the future and 1998 is but a distant dream.
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Good thing for BG they didn’t make Cote Stab editor, he’s got the same stuff Reilly’s made of.
Damon Albarn….ish
Finally a song I can relate to, except for the going to college part.
Send em to coos bay. All the Winchester locs wear dickies. Are they appropriating rednecks culture or do they get a pass?
any music that needs acid to be good is shit music.
he is probably still listening to his own voice on loop,
Thought Cote was fat. Fucker must be on rockstar hammer diet cause he’s looking like a bald Layne Staley
Aw! Thank you! I have lost weight (and hair)
Cote is a huge yacht rock fan…
“Thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing”
‘Yacht Rock’: what an amazing term.
Edit: ok i see on Wikipedia that it’s a thing that’s not as abusive as I’d hoped.
Waiting for KS11 to sit in..
I have a Yacht Rock tattoo.
No Static for you!
do the Aussies among us reckon this a “piss take”? its like when your friend shows you the first painting he’s ever done and you notice he signed the motherfucker.
I would like to believe that.
Did you slap that piece of shit out his hand, look him dead in the eye an tell him to never waste any ones time like that EVER again?
nah, i was too dumbfounded, thought he was fuckin with me
You should have nipped that shit in the bud mate next minute the cunt will be “gifting” you his “art” at every possible occasion and he will constantly pester you about where abouts in the house you have displayed it.. I have a spare bedroom filled with shit like this.
for fuck’s sake, wonder if he’d get the hint if you told him “the shed”
“Piss Take” might be a good name for my next tune.
i did enjoy your part in Teardevils 2
Either way it’s a ripper mate and I’m gonna get bonged to your other tunes.
Really? It’s not theirs? Fuck me. All these years considering myself a fan of the Grateful Dead have been a lie. I’m gonna smoke myself out and see if I like this shit when I knock off work.
When Côte watches that he will be more embarrassed than the Head Coach of the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball team.
Dude should stick to Open Mics where he’s not stealing stage time from people who practice and have some semblance of talent.
That was a genre of music I flirted with as a teen and to this day I can’t stand it. I can revisit every music phase of my early life fondly bar this stuff.
Always liked Cote’s sense of humor, his music sucks, maybe thats the joke?
Anybody who dares to suck that hard and not give a fuck is a legend.
Hate to break it to you, but the Dead have always sucked and the Stones were just a 60’s pop band.
I could not agree more. I’m a middle aged man and I don’t understand why people think that shit that came out before I was born or when I was a child is still listenable. Let that shit die.
Don’t mind a bit of Fire on the Mountain though that’s a nice song.
Nothing can top Magic Dirt era Australian surf films. Best band next to Tumbleweed. Check them out Seppos.
Im slightly embarrassed to admit but I had to bribe my oldest with an iphone8 to learn the guitar (note for note = phone)
But now loving her riffing at volume to all manner of genres.
Sorry about my other comments, Nega. Got a bit carried away mate. I haven’t smoked my medicine this morning.
Wanking stories gotta be truely top shelf stuff to stay….
Hmm well I do have this one my mate told me where he was wanking in his bathroom circa 2003. His neighbours were having a dinner party next door and someone spotted his violently jerking silhouette though the backlit frosted tile glass windows. Apparently my mate heard the sliding door open and his neighbour yell “hey you! stop playing with your winky!”. As a testament to my mate’s character he decided to finish the job so his embarrassment did not go unrewarded.
Well at least that story has a happy ending.
I’d ask you to try harder but I’m afraid you will.
Maxima cum laude !
I love the vibe of Chris Cote’. This clip was entertaining and fun, I’m not spending any money on it, but still pretty cool.
I’m just amazed that even when he’s performing he still finds the time to talk… that mouth of his is relentless.
Imagine him after key bumps.