Surfdog Records

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Surfdog Records is a record label and music publishing company based in Encinitas, California with close ties to the local music and surfing communities. Its roster is diverse and includes artists of the rock, punk, swing, rockabilly, reggae, lounge and alternative genres. It has released albums by Brian Setzer, the Butthole Surfers, Agent 51, Gary Hoey, Pato Banton, Sprung Monkey, Slightly Stoopid and Echobrain (featuring former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted), among others. Surfdog Records was founded by a guy named Dave Kaplan in 1993. Dave was an artist manager until 1985 when he singed his first ever band, UB40 to Surfdog. Surfdog music has been featured in many motion pictures including Dude Where’s My Car? Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Mission Impossible 2, Stuart Little, The Real World. Surfdog Records have released three M.O.M (Music For Mother Ocean) albums, and those three albums contributed to the most donations in Surfdog history. The three M.O.M albums feature very big artists like Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Sublime, James Taylor, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Buffett, No Doubt.