The Impacts were another surf band from Southern California, born in '60; disbanding in '64. The musicians consisted of Merrell Fankhauser on lead guitar, John Oliver on bass guitar, Steve Evans on rhythm guitar, Martin Brown on pedal steel guitar (the instrument that gave the band their unique sound), Joel Rose on the ubiquitous tenor sax and Steve Metz on drums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.