I notice that some people selected "the hell is surf music?" in the poll. The best-known surf band is (was), of course, the Beach Boys. You know, "Surfin' USA"? "Good Vibrations"? "California Girls"? Well, this particular sub-genre of music is alive and well and it's not only a bunch of crazy Californians (or Australians, or anywhere else you might think of when you think "surfing") that make it.
razorjak suggested The Isotopes in his comment, a "Rochester NY surf-rock band with a mad scientest/geeks in labcoats schtick." (And you know how I likes me the mad scientist schtick.)