The Ventures

E333754
instrumental rock band musical group rock band

The Ventures are an influential American instrumental rock band, often credited with popularizing surf rock and inspiring generations of guitarists worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
The Ventures canonical 5
The Ventures (through songwriter Johnny Durrill) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental rock band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1958 ⓘ
associatedWith Mosrite guitar ⓘ
surface form: Mosrite guitars
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn 1958 ⓘ
foundedInCity Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
founder Bob Bogle ⓘ
Don Wilson ⓘ
genre garage rock ⓘ
instrumental rock ⓘ
proto-punk ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
space age pop ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2008 ⓘ
hasFanbase Japan ⓘ
influenced guitarists worldwide ⓘ
influencedGenre instrumental rock ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
instrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
member Bob Bogle ⓘ
Bob Spalding ⓘ
Don Wilson ⓘ
Gerry McGee ⓘ
Howie Johnson ⓘ
Leon Taylor ⓘ
Mel Taylor ⓘ
Nokie Edwards ⓘ
notableAlbum Surfing ⓘ
The Ventures in Space ⓘ
Walk, Don’t Run, Vol. 2 ⓘ
notableFor influencing generations of guitarists ⓘ
instrumental guitar-driven arrangements ⓘ
popularizing surf rock ⓘ
strong popularity in Japan ⓘ
notableWork Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii Five-O

Perfidia ⓘ
Pipeline ⓘ
Walk, Don't Run ⓘ
surface form: Walk, Don’t Run

Wipe Out ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Dolton Records ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
GNP Crescendo ⓘ
Liberty Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
sales over 100 million records worldwide ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Ventures ⓘ
Hey Joe → hasNotableCoverArtist → The Ventures ⓘ
Liberty Records → notableArtist → The Ventures ⓘ
Orchids in the Moonlight → notableRecordingBy → The Ventures ⓘ
California Sound → associatedAct → The Ventures ⓘ
Dark Lady → associatedAct → The Ventures ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ventures (through songwriter Johnny Durrill)