The Sandals, also known as the Sandells, were an early, influential surf rock band formed in 1964. The Sandals formed in San Clemente, California, in the early 1960s, and were the first surf group to score a major surf film. Originally called The Sandells, the band took a demo tape of their practice sessions to World Pacific Records in Los Angeles where they met filmmaker Bruce Brown. For several years, Brown had used light jazz music from the World Pacific catalog in the soundtracks to his surfing films