www.mermen.net

Jim Thomas – Guitar Martyn Jones – Drums Allen Whitman – Bass

Booking inquiries:

Dynamic Artists 2163 Meeker Ave., #219 Richmond, CA 94804 510-558-4000 Phone 510-558-4002 Fax info@dynamicartists.com www.dynamicartists.com

"A cult surf band? San Francisco's MERMEN are neither label conscious nor road warriors, which makes theirregular beachings at the Continental Club a Statue of Liberty buried in the sand. Jim Thomas, self taught guitarsavant and body suited Blue Crush titan, doesn't give a flying anchovy about the music industry, he just wants to pullyou under the white water of his Sonic Youth tidal wave. Melodies like "The Goodbye" and "Merry Go Round" willwreck your vessel on the reefs of their beauty. All hail Neptune."

Raul Hernandez - AUSTIN CHRONICLE Texas

"Jim Thomas is a master of the ethereal, infusing his playing with textures from all corners of the progressive rockkingdom. Thomas is at one with his artistry, allowing his creative instincts---as vast as the sea itself--to guide himinto new musical territory. Bristling sheets of guitar swell, then recede, then swell again, sometimes crashing infoamy sprays of feedback onto craggy rhythms, other times simply rippling toward the horizon on convolutedstreams of reverb. The MERMEN have long played on the power of the cinematic, but Thomas virtuosity doesn'tallow for chaos---it allows only for boundless beauty, awe inspiring compositions and a startling inspiration. To seethe ocean through his eyes is to see it for all its mysticism, and to hear it from his perspective is to truly understandthe musicality of its ebb and flow."

ALIBI New Mexico

"Cascading waves of dreamlike sound.. .Amazing! The Mermen have the oceanic thing down pat."

VILLAGE VOICE New York

"Supposing a period of conscious abstinence did allow me to access the realms of the nature spirit voices, I wouldexpect to pick up a seashell, hold it to my ear and hear the sound of the MERMEN. That experience would be assurreal as seeing these psychedelic-surf rock masters perform high atop a pirate ship in the middle of the desert,which I actually did see at Burning Man. One of the best modern surf bands, these mythical musicians can induceaudiences into a trance or a dancing frenzy. Their watery expansive sound seems to bubble up straight from the seasbriny depths."

METRO SANTA CRUZ California

"The MERMEN have managed to instill a level of zeal within a rarefied, but rabid core of followers, a fan base thatincludes not only some of the the most legendary figures in surfing but many of the nations most snobbishlyparticular record store clerks as well. For anyone who's ever felt like pulling the plug on the pushy points of viewand in your ear mewlings of countless lead vocalists, the lyric-less MERMEN are nevertheless one of the morearticulate combos working that vast no mans land that lies just beneath the nations celebrity radar. The MERMENare never skittish about throwing their audience anything from a challenging curve-ball to a comfortable cover-tunecantaloupe."

ASBURY PARK PRESS New Jersey

"Whenever the term "surf rock" is uttered, one usually thinks of Dick Dale or The Ventures, Fender amps with a tonof reverb, and goofy guys in goofy Hawaiian shirts. This wasn't the case on Saturday night, though. Sure theMERMEN played a lot of up-tempo, heavily reverbed guitar and "Wipeout"-esque tunes, but this band had depth,warmth, humility, and more rock influences under their sleeves than one might imagine. I walked in expecting tohear the typical but in return got something that was at times alluring, powerful, classical, and rolled by at breakneckspeed. I picked up a CD (which the merch girl could describe only as "good, really good") which has since turnedinto my new favorite."

CHARLESTON CITY PAPER South Carolina

"In a just world, the MERMEN would need no introduction; the mere mention of their name would be enough toincite crowds to venture (pun fully intended) out on a pre-holiday Thursday night. The MERMEN have beenthrashing through psychedelic surf instrumentals for over a decade, releasing one of the most mind bending albumsof the genre. Let freedom ring--right through your cerebral cortex."

CITY WEEKLY Utah

Exiling the generic to the oldies bin since 1989, The MERMEN are considered by fans, press anddetractors alike as the outright leaders of an instrumental rock and surf music genre remix/re-evolution. What makes The MERMEN unique is a deep and solitary originality. That stylistic originality threshedwith a potent musical vitality remains ever-present throughout the bands twenty-year history, from theirraw beginnings in San Francisco clubs to their current renaissance. Through that time The MERMENhave won more critics awards, readers poll awards, and have appeared on more "best of" lists than anyother San Francisco Bay Area band (see web site listing on www.mermen.net).

As Alternative Press observed, "It’s the band's ability to harness the currents of 70's punk anger, 80'shardcore emotionalism, and 90's grunge as well as diving into the 60's" that sets them apart. This ismusic to feed more than just your head and body.

When big-wave surfer/ filmmaker Grant Washburn, director of MAVERICKS (Clearwater Films)decided that The MERMEN's music would make the appropriate soundtrack to his spectacularMAVERICKS big-wave surfing documentary, it was an affirmation of the MERMEN's authenticity. Big-wave surfer Jeff Clark has crowned The MERMEN "the official band of Mavericks," a declarationthat The MERMEN's music is the real thing.

Hear them live and see why, when it comes to The MERMEN, words aren’t necessary.

Awards and Recognition:

● "Best of the Bay" 2002, SF BAY GUARDIAN● "One of the Best 100 Bay Area Bands of All Time" (both critics list and Reader's

poll) 2001 by SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/ EXAMINER ● "Bammie" awards (2 years) 1996-1997, BAM MAGAZINE● "Best Local Band" (reader's poll--2 years) 1996-1997, SF BAY GUARDIAN ● "Wammie" award 1996, SF WEEKLY● "Best Albums of the Year" list 1995, ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ● "Best-of-Year" list 1995, GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE● "Best-of-Year" list 1995, GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE● "Goldie" Critics Award Winner 1995, SF BAY GUARDIAN● #1 most played record album of the year, KUSF, San Francisco 1995● #3 most played record album of the year, KUSF, San Francisco 1994

Film / Television Credits:

● Full-length feature films (original music): OCEAN TRIBE (1997), THE MISSION (1997), MAVERICK'S(1998), LOCAL BOYS (2003), MAVERICK'S SURF CONTEST DVD (2006), PIPELINE MASTERS (2006),QUEST FOR FEAR (2008)

● Featured music in MERCEDES BENZ TV advertisement (aired January 2003)

● Television (original music): NASH BRIDGES, RESURRECTION BOULEVARD, MTV's REAL WORLD,COMEDY CENTRAL ("COMICS COME HOME") ABC SPORTS, SURFER MAGAZINE (ESPN)

● Featured music on one of the best selling video games of all time: ROAD RASH 3D (ELECTRONICARTS) along with KID ROCK, and SUGAR RAY

The Mermen have performed or toured with:

·Cake·David Byrne·Tiny Tim ·Nancy Sinatra·Lee Hazlewood·Hot Tuna·The Cramps·Morphine·Pennywise·Rancid·David Lindley

·Dirty Three·Henry Kaiser·Jimmy Buffett·String Cheese Incident·Chris Isaak·The Four Non Blondes·Dick Dale·The Ventures·Midnight Oil·Smashmouth·Babatunde Olatunji

Discography

1989 Krill Slippin (MESA) 1993 Food for Other Fish(MESA)

1994 Live at the HauntedHouse( MESA)

1995 A Glorious LethalEuphoria (ATLANTIC)

1996 Songs of the Cows(ATLANTIC)

2001 The Amazing CaliforniaHealth and Happiness Roadshow(V2/MESA)