Talk:The Mermen

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This "article" appears to be little more than a (vain) attempt at promoting this inconsequential band. Spam, by any other name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.48.174 (talk) 18:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They're well known among surf rock fans. That little blurb seems to have been taken from the about page on their website. 70.48.205.8 (talk) 00:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quoting from Steven McDonald's biography of The Mermen: One of the odder and more wonderful bands to emerge from the surf music revival, the Mermen race between high-octane surf anthems and spaced-out blasts of psychedelia. Neither their albums nor their live shows follow any sort of expected or ordinary path... --Wiley (talk) 05:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]