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Best surf artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a surf album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Dick Dale№ 1Dick Dale2 albums here2 ratings
  1. 2Gary HoeyGary Hoey3 albums here1 rating
  2. 3Me First and the Gimme GimmesMe First and the Gimme Gimmes2 albums here
  3. 4Les SchtroumpfsLes Schtroumpfs29 albums here
  4. 5Messer ChupsMesser Chups3 albums here
  5. 6Los StraitjacketsLos Straitjackets2 albums here
  6. 7The SadiesThe Sadies2 albums here
  7. 8The BarracudasThe Barracudas2 albums here
  8. 9The BreakersThe Breakers5 albums here

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