Artists from the Iloki Roster reflect a more eclectic sound, more surf than
punk, a collection of diverse and flavorful recordings.
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The Belairs
From the early sixties, this
southbay band cranked out their hit Mr. Moto and other singles. This band
Included Paul Johnson and Eddie Bertrand. The Iloki record is a collection
of released and unreleased material
The Shockwaves
San Francisco area natives of the surf culture.
This band was lead by Frank Novicki and they donated one track to What Surf
III.
Ten Foot Faces
This Pasadena area band had it's roots in
Punk, Prog, and Instro music. They included one track for What Surf III
and later a 45.
Kip Brown
Kip was a founding member of the band Shock
and was later in Little Girls. Always a fan of surf instro music, he added
a Shadows sounding track to What Surf III.
Blackbird
The Kinman brothers of The Dils and Rank
and File fame were Blackbird. Their sound here, brings to mind Jesus and
The Mary Chain with their own golden brand of vocals and songwriting. Two
albums and a 45 were released by Iloki.
The Gears
The Iloki release was a reissue of their
first 45 and lp on cd. The Gears were blasting punk/surfabilly
Hawkwind
Started in the late 60's, this band is prog/psych/space
rock 'n' roll. Iloki issued a live album from north California from the
early 90's.
Skull Control
From the ashes of the Skulls and Controllers
came the early 90's idea for Skull Control. One 45 was issued by Iloki with
Billy Bones (Skulls) and Kidd Spike (The Controllers). The cd was san Billy
but added Karla Maddog (Controllers).
Penelope Houston
Two singles were released by Iloki by this
former front person of San Francisco's greatest punk band, The Avengers.
These recordings are in here folk/pop period.
Dee Lannon
Honky tonk singer Lannon was a veteran of
the Los Angeles Barndance scene. One 45 and one 10" were put out on
Iloki.
We'll post more as soon as Chris digs them up from his archives!