The Revels were an American rock band, associated with the 1960s surf music craze. Their most famous song was "Church Key."
The group started in the mid- to late- 1950s as a high school band in San Luis Obispo, California called Gil Serna & The Rockets, before changing their name to The Revels in 1959. Although their instrumental style predated the 1961-65 era of surf music, their success came during that period.
They are usually considered a "pre-surf" band and were the original Central California coastal instrumental band. Other bands from the area later included the more popular groups named The Sentinels and The Impacts.
(source: wikipedia)
The Revels' sound is at its undeniable best in tracks such as Revellion or Comanche (which many will recognise from Tarantino's Pulp Fiction) where the rhythm section provides a solid, driving beat underneath bouncing guitar riffs and the growling, squealing saxaphone wails over the top of it all like a frenzied and deranged animal.
Tracklisting
1. Intoxica
2. Sano
3. The Monkey Bird
4. Church Key
5. Vesuvius
6. It's Party Time
7. Revellion
8. Comanche
9. Tough Soul
10. Soft Top
11. (Like) Tequila
12. Rampage
13. Good Grief
14. Six Pak
15. Longboard
16. Vesuvius
17. Church Key
18. Good Grief
19. Vesuvius
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