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The Sandals were the first true surf-rock group to score a major surf film, virtually defining the sound of the genre with their soundtrack to director Bruce Brown's landmark The Endless Summer. Originally dubbed the Twangs, the group was formed in San Clemente, California in 1962 by guitarist Walter Georis and his keyboardist brother Gaston -- recent transplants from Belgium, the ...more


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