Blue Wave Theory is an American instrumental rock band formed in 2007 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The group's sound is rooted in surf music of the 1960s, but often incorporates elements of other genres including reggae, punk rock, jazz, and progressive rock. The band's music is entirely instrumental and features the current lineup of Steve Rabeler (guitar), Bob Trimble (guitar), Kevin Stamper (bass), and Rob Wolleben (drums). The insistence for each musician in Blue Wave Theory to keep true to their personal styling and inspiration gives the band a distinctive stamp of uniqueness and creativity.
Blue Wave Theory (also known as BWT) and their hectic eclectic brand of music has shared the stage with some of of the world's finest surf and instrumental rock artists including Dick Dale, Messer Chups, Gary Hoey, and The Blair-Pongracic Band. BWT has also performed with many of the coolest east coast surf and retro rock bands including Mister Neutron, The Coffin Daggers, The Supertones, The Octomen, and Creem Circus. The group can seen performing at music venues throughout New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City, including the Sellersville Theater, World Cafe Live, MilkBoy, The Brighton Bar, The Anchor's Bend, Otto’s Shrunken Head, and the Coney Island Boardwalk. In addition, Blue Wave Theory has played in several east coast summer festivals including the Make Music New York Festival, Asbury Park Surf Music Festival, Bethlehem Musikfest, the Art of Surfing Festival, Twangstock, and Surfapalooza. Blue Wave Theory also performs for private events and parties including fundraisers like the Epicurean Palette at Grounds For Sculpture.
Blue Wave Theory has released 4 full-length albums of studio and live recordings: "Sing Along With Blue Wave Theory" (2018), "Beachcombing" (2017), "Superstorm" (2013), and the eponymous "Blue Wave Theory" (2009). Individual Blue Wave Theory songs have appeared on numerous instrumental surf compilation albums including "Gnarly Wave Volume One" (2016), "The Continental Magazine #23" (2015), "Surfin' Jack Flash" (2014), “Radical Waves” (2012), and “Off the Deep End” (2011). Blue Wave Theory's music has also been licensed for a wide variety of purposes including Rolling Stone marketing videos, Samsung product advertisements, DIY Network television broadcasts, Outside TV snowboarding videos, Carlsberg Beer commercials, Red Bull Media House productions, and hot rod DVD's.
Blue Wave Theory's music can be streamed online at sites such as Pandora, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. CD's and downloads are available for purchase on this website, and also from iTunes, CD Baby, Bandcamp, Amazon, and more.
Keep ridin' the waves!
New Album: Beachcombing
The new Blue Wave Theory album "Beachcombing" has shipped and is now available for purchase or download from our Bandcamp page. “Beachcombing” is a 15-song collection of live performances and previously unreleased studio recordings. Included in this release are unique Blue Wave Theory instrumental interpretations of classic hits including “Time is on My Side”, “What a Wonderful World”, and the seasonal favorite "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)". In addition this compilation contains Blue Wave Theory versions of two vintage instrumental rock classics: Neal Hefti’s “Batman Theme”, and Link Wray’s “Rumble". Rounding out the album are some new Blue Wave Theory originals including "Listening To Shells", "Haile Selassie Hits The Beach", and "Moonburn".
Beachcombing is available as a digital album or on compact disc. Price of CD includes shipping (for orders in the USA). Individual song downloads are also available.
Licensing
Blue Wave Theory's music has also been licensed for a wide variety of purposes including Samsung product advertisements, DIY Network television broadcasts, Red Bull Media House productions, hot rod DVDs, and lots of home movies. To license the music of Blue Wave Theory for your next film, video, game, presentation, or other project, please visit our iLicenseMusic page.
- Feb, 11 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- Mar, 03 Otto's Shrunken Head
- Apr, 13 The Record Collector
- Jun, 16 The Whiskey
- Jul, 16 North Star Bar
- Oct, 05 Otto's Shrunken Head
- Oct, 27 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- Jan, 23 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- Mar, 08 Likety Split
- Apr, 06 Otto's Shrunken Head
- May, 18 The Record Collector
- Jun, 22 Woolly Mammoth
- Aug, 03 Sellersville Theater
- Aug, 23 Long Beach Island Longboard Classic
- Jan, 09 Otto's Shrunken Head
- Mar, 08 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- May, 31 The Rotunda
- Jul, 12 Asbury Lanes
- Aug, 02 Musikfest
- Aug, 22 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- Aug, 23 Long Beach Island Longboard Classic
- Nov, 30 Sellersville Theater
- May, 09 American Bar & Grille
- Jul, 11 Asbury Lanes
- Jul, 18 Bus Stop Music Cafe
- Jul, 31 Ocean City Music Pier
- Apr, 02 Otto's Shrunken Head
- May, 04 MilkBoy
- Jun, 26 Private Party
- Jul, 10 Coney Island Boardwalk
- Jul, 23 Waynestock
- Aug, 14 Coney Island Boardwalk
- Aug, 27 Asbury Park Surf Music Festival
- Sep, 25 Grounds For Sculpture
- Oct, 01 Collingswood Music
- Nov, 26 The Asbury Hotel
- Feb, 04 The Anchor's Bend
- Apr, 01 Otto's Shrunken Head
- Apr, 22 Ottobar
- May, 06 Private Party - Bayville, NJ
- May, 27 May Fair
- Jun, 20 The Brighton Bar
- Jul, 20 Collingswood Classic Cruise
- Jul, 29 Retro Fest
- May, 05 Otto's Shrunken Head
- Jun, 16 Private Party
- Jun, 21 Make Music Cobble Hill
- Sep, 29 Blueprint Brewing Company
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
Otto's Shrunken Head
New York City, NY
The Record Collector
Bordentown, NJ
The Whiskey
Annapolis, MD
- Surfapalooza III
Otto's Shrunken Head
New York City, NY
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
Likety Split
Philadelphia, PA
Woolly Mammoth
Philadelphia, PA
Long Beach Island Longboard Classic
Beach Haven, NJ - August 23, 2013)
Otto's Shrunken Head
New York, NY
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
The Rotunda
Philadelphia, PA
- The Rotunda, located at 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA, is a community-gathering place that is fueled by the belief that art is a catalyst for social change and that the arts can lead to the formation of meaningful partnerships between the University of Pennsylvania and surrounding neighborhoods.
- Opening the show is Tony DeSimone & the River Mercy Band
- Admission is FREE!
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Asbury Lanes
Asbury Park, NJ
- The 1st Annual Asbury Park Surf Music Festival is poised to become one of the largest instrumental surf rock music events in the United States!
- The festival will feature live performances from many of the premier instrumental surf rock music groups in the northeastern United States including The Coffin Daggers, Blue Wave Theory, The Sharkskins, The 9th Wave, The Brigantines, Bongo Surf, Plato Zorba, & Los Pocos Locos.
- Sponsored by Jetty, BandsOnABudget.com, Russo Music, Kane Brewing Company, Lightly Salted Surf Mercado, Pop-Break.com, DiPinto Guitars, Rozbern Surfboards, and NESMA (North East Surf Music Alliance).
- Food! Drinks! Surf Movies! Classic Cars! Local Vendors! Fun!
- Don't miss it!
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Musikfest
Bethlehem, PA
- Musikfest is a 10-day event with hundreds of (mostly) free shows. It is considered to the nation's largest non-gated music festival.
- Blue Wave Theory performs on the Plaza Tropical stage.
- Admission is FREE for our performance!
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
Long Beach Island Longboard Classic
Beach Haven, NJ
Sellersville Theater
Blue Wave Theory opens for guitar hero Gary Hoey at one of the finest music venues in the Philadelphia area!
Tickets and More Information
American Bar & Grille
Lancaster, PA
Asbury Lanes
Asbury Park Surf Music Festival
Bus Stop Music Cafe
Pitman, NJ
Ocean City Music Pier
Art of Surfing Festival, Ocean City, New Jersey
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St, New York, NY 10009
MilkBoy
1100 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Ballast Point Party (for the Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo America). This event is open to the public and free!
Private Party
Harleysville, PA
Coney Island Boardwalk
Time and location will be announced soon.
Waynestock
Jackson, NJ
Coney Island Boardwalk
Asbury Park Surf Music Festival
Join us for the 3rd annual Asbury Park Surf Music Festival.
The Anchor's Bend, Grand Arcade at Convention Hall. 1300 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712
Grounds For Sculpture
Blue Wave Theory will be performing during the Epicurean Palette fundraising event in New Jersey's beautiful Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ • 08619
Collingswood Music
Blue Wave Theory with Creem Circus and Dixy Blood.
Collingswood Music, 9 Lincoln Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108
Doors: 6:30 / Showtime: 7:00
The Asbury Hotel
210 5th Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
BWT performs 2 sets: at 9PM and 11PM
The Anchor's Bend
The Anchor's Bend
1300 Ocean Ave
Asbury Park, NJ
Blue Wave Theory is performing as part of the Red Bull Switchboard event.
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St, New York, NY 10009
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Private Party - Bayville, NJ
May Fair
678 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ
The Brighton Bar
121 Brighton Ave, Long Branch, NJ 07740
Collingswood Classic Cruise
756 Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ
Retro Fest
2300 LINCOLN HIGHWAY EAST, LANCASTER, PA
Otto's Shrunken Head
Otto's Shrunken Head, 538 E 14th St, New York, NY 10009
Private Party
Cape May, New Jersey
Make Music Cobble Hill
Make Music Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NY) is part of the Make Music New York Festival.
Blueprint Brewing Company
1571 Gehman Rd, Harleysville, PA
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Listening To ShellsThis video clip is taken from a live TV performance of our show at the Bethlehem Musikfest on August 2nd, 2014. -
Funk / Surf #49Here's our instrumental version of the James Gang classic, recorded live at the Bethlehem Musikfest on August 2nd, 2014.
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