The Breakaways Surf Band, Who We Are...

Craig Skelly: Guitar. 

Craig, a native from Southern Cal, founded the Breakaways over 12 years ago.  He loves surf guitar and now has a small collection of guitars and amps to play them through... His pride of the pack is a ‘64 Lake Placid Blue Fender Stratocaster.  Plug that into his Vintage Fender Showman and Fender Reverb Tank and you are back in surf city. 

Rick Rock:  Drums.

Rick has been sitting in with us for years and now has more time to devote to his favorite hobby, drumming!  Rick's surf drum chops are natural because he is a avid surfer.  He shapes and creates custom surf boards under the Rick Rock Surfboards name. 

Alan Niizawa:  Bass.

Alan was originally a drummer in the surf band “Goofy Foot” and then “the Breakers”.  He had played drums with us occasionally and when he got the call to play bass, he rose to the occasion.  He was playing bass with Bruce in the band “mid life crisis”, and now he is really having a crisis because he is in 2 bands. 

Bruce McCoy:  Guitar

Bruce was originally in the 60’s surf band “the Nocturnes” as their drummer.  He would sit in with us on drums from time to time and then we heard him play guitar.  Wow!  We asked him to hock his drums for a Stratocaster and he had been riffing with the band ever since.  Living in Huntington Beach, surf city, gives him the proximity to the beach and salt air that he keeps the surf vibe even when he is mowing the lawn.  But, being in an original surf band in the 60’s, we know surf music is in his blood.