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.
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.
Stickers that came with the album.
The TV screen that very shortly gets beat in with skateboards. I think I’ve seen that before.
Cheap Steyck imitation, but still effective.
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.
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!
Skateboarding in the mouth of a shark. Radical!
Stop action animation with skateboard trucks.
Skull Skates in a RHCP “Higher Ground” inspired sequence.
Flaming toy store skateboard.
Destroying another one. Oh the humanity.
Some freestyle footage drawn over like a budget A Ha video.
Beating on a brat ball with a skateboard.
11 comments
Ken
This is a great write up about Surf MC’s. Totally terrible. Wow. I don’t remember them in the 80s, but I grabbed the Surf or Die 12” single from Goodwill the other day. I may file a law suit against Goodwill and get my $1 back. LOL. Sooooooo bad!
wes
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..
david odk
I can’t get this song out of my head for 2 days now …
Christiandeath@yahoo.com
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
houseofneil
didn’t miss it. Just didn’t particularly shock me!
PIGCITY
I agree with that…more of the same old bullshit from these washed up old fucks.
Christiandeath@yahoo.com
Huh…not even a write up…u did show cab’s surfboard
houseofneil
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!
talentlessquitter
Fake No More.
PIGCITY
Fuck me this came out in 1897….
Kilwag
Smart ass! I fixed it.