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Two of the most iconic bands in American musical history, the Ramones and the Beach Boys made enduring pop that was elementary and original, radically artistic and instantly hummable. Both bands became poster boys for gigantic musical genres that they were largely credited with originating. Heck, the names and the likenesses of these two acts have come to stand for entire zip codes, entire decades.
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The Ramones cover is the lead track off from Love’s July 19 album, 12 Sides of Summer (which also features covers of “Summertime Blues” and “California Sun,” along with re-boots of “Surfin’ Safari” and “Surfin’”). Production on the album was split between long-time Beach Boys’ musical director Scott Totten and Panic! At the Disco/Fritz and the Tantrums producer Sam Hollander. “Rockaway Beach” is one of the Totten-produced tracks, and is performed by long-serving members of the Beach Boys’ touring band (Totten and Brian Eichenberger on guitars, John Cowsill on drums, Keith Hubacher on bass, Randy Leago on sax, and Tim Bonhomme on keyboards). Totten, who joined the Beach Boys in 2001 and became musical director in 2007, has done a tight but relatively unpolished recording that reflects the energy of both ’62 and ’77.
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