Each new decade develops its own unique music and style, but sometimes, the trends and culture of a previous decade influence new ones. For example, as Classic Pop reports, the 1980s were kind of obsessed with the music and fashion of earlier in the 20th century, particularly the late '50s and pre-Summer of Love '60s. Tina Turner, who had hit it big in the '60s singing her heart out alongside her abusive husband, had a mind-blowingly massive comeback with "Private Dancer"; Dusty Springfield graced the Pet Shop Boys' single "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" with her cool, dulcet tones; and surf rock, which had been quietly mutating with punk and new wave for some time, had no problem surviving another decade.
On the 1981 record "Living in Darkness," California band Agent Orange is largely credited with introducing instrumental surf rock to a new generation of punks vis-à-vis their high-octane covers of surf rock classics "Misirlou," "Pipeline," and "Mr. Moto," according to the YouTube genre retrospective "Surf's Resurgence" documentary. Agent Orange covered the songs earnestly and without any silliness or satire, reportedly saying, "Instrumental surf can be punk. That's that." This resurgence would go on to inspire countless punk, garage, and surf-splinter bands, including the Mono-Men, The Mummies, the 5.6.7.8's, and The Mermen. This wasn't the sound of Top 40 in the 1980s — but it would perpetually influence college, alternative, and indie music going forward.
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