Surf MC's - Surf or Die

Surf or Die

This is the Surf MC’s album Surf or Die that came out on Profile records in 1987. It’s pretty awful stuff, but the video has decent art direction with a little bit of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and a lot of Stacy Peralta and Craig Steyck. At first I thought it was a music video that Peralta would rather forget, but they used Skull Skates boards instead of Powell Peralta.

– Thanks to Heath for the record and Johnny Sampson for the tip.

Music video for the song Surf or Die.

http://youtu.be/G-ev88ij5mo

Here’s the album cover. Very neon, very 80’s. Very much a bail in panel three.

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The back cover features an unfortunate photograph of the guy with the skateboard who happens to look like someone’s aunt and/or a WNBA player in this picture. It’s funny because he looks like Jason Lee in a wig on the cover.

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Stickers that came with the album.

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The TV screen that very shortly gets beat in with skateboards. I think I’ve seen that before.

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Cheap Steyck imitation, but still effective.

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A couple of these guys know how to skate, but I’m not to sure about the guy in the blue sea foam colored shorts, he seems to spend most of his time wiping out.

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The lyrics for this sequence are awesomely bad.

We surfed past Magellan. We surfed past Columbus. We surfed the whole world and we don’t need a compass!

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Skateboarding in the mouth of a shark. Radical!

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Stop action animation with skateboard trucks.

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Skull Skates in a RHCP “Higher Ground” inspired sequence.

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Flaming toy store skateboard.

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Destroying another one. Oh the humanity.

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Some freestyle footage drawn over like a budget A Ha video.

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Beating on a brat ball with a skateboard.

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Discussion

10 thoughts on “Surf or Die

  1. Fuck me this came out in 1897….

    1. Smart ass! I fixed it.

  2. talentlessquitter on November 25, 2013 - Reply

    Fake No More.

  3. houseofneil on November 25, 2013 - Reply

    I still have this on an old VHS tape somewhere. Probably wedged between local news covering skateboarding in CU and some WWF saturday night’s main event!

  4. Christiandeath@yahoo.com on November 25, 2013 - Reply

    Holy shit Neil do ur self a favor and google ‘Christian hosoi surfboard’ he made a five foot ten hosoi hammerhead out of a surfboard…I’m shocked u missed it

    1. houseofneil on November 26, 2013 - Reply

      didn’t miss it. Just didn’t particularly shock me!

      1. Christiandeath@yahoo.com on November 26, 2013 - Reply

        Huh…not even a write up…u did show cab’s surfboard

      2. I agree with that…more of the same old bullshit from these washed up old fucks.

  5. david odk on November 27, 2013 - Reply

    I can’t get this song out of my head for 2 days now …

  6. got this record for free when it came out. Says” promotional” not for sale”. Worked at the store and boss gave it to me. smiled when i saw this shit..

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