Ventures

The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band, formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar in the United States and across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the group remains especially revered in Japan, where they tour regularly to this day. The classic lineup of the band consisted of Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bogle (initially lead guitar, switched to bass), Nokie Edwards (initially bass, switched to lead guitar), and Mel Taylor (drums).
==Links to Peel==
Peel would play some tracks from the group on his programmes, especially their track, Ram-Bunk-Shush. It is not currently known whether he played some of their material in the 60's, whilst working on radio stations in America and the UK.
==Shows Played==
;thumb|220x220px1974
*14 February 1974: No Trespassing (LP - Walk Don't Run) Dolton
;1981
*12 January 1981: Walk Don't Run
;1988
*08 February 1988: Ram-Bunk-Shush (LP - The Ventures) London
;1994
*29 July 1994: Ram-Bunk-Shush
*06 August 1994 (BFBS): Ram-Bunk-Shush
;1995
*15 December 1995: 'Ram-Bunk-Shush (CD-The Original)' (Disky)
*16 December 1995 (BFBS): 'Ram-Bunk-Shush (CD-The Original)' (Disky)
*23 December 1995 (BFBS): 'Honky Tonk (LP-Walk Don't Run)' (Dolton)
;1998
*18 November 1998: The 2,000 Pound Bee (Pt 1) (7") Liberty
;2000
*13 March 2000 (BFBS): 'Ram-Bunk-Shush (LP-The Ventures)' (Dolton) (JP: 'And if you put the Ramones and the Ventures together, what would you have? The Ramonetures. Can't possibly happen, can it? Oh yes it can, and it has.')
*20 March 2000 (BFBS): 'Ram-Bunk-Shush (LP-The Ventures)' (Dolton) (JP: 'And if you put the Ramones and the Ventures together, what would you have? The Ramonetures. Can't possibly happen, can it? Oh yes it can, and it has.')
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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