Годы существования: 1958 — …
Место образования: Вашингтон, США
Состав The Ventures:
Дон Уилсон (Don Wilson) – гитара
Ноки Эдвардс (Nokie Edwards) – гитара (с 1960)
Джерри Макги (Gerry McGee) – гитара (с 1968)
Боб Спелдинг (Bob Spalding) – гитара, бас (с 1981)
Леон Тейлор (Leon Taylor) – ударные (с 1996)
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Боб Богл (Bob Bogle) – гитара, бас (1958-2009)
Мэл Тейлор (Mel Taylor) – ударные (1962-1996)
Дискография The Ventures:
Walk Don’t Run – 1960
The Ventures – 1961
Another Smash!!! – 1961
The Colorful Ventures – 1961
Twist with the Ventures – 1962
Twist Party, Volume 2 – 1962
Mashed Potatoes And Gravy – 1962
Going to the Ventures’ Dance Party! – 1962
The Ventures Play Telstar and The Lonely Bull – 1963
Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures – 1963
Surfing – 1963
The Ventures Play the Country Classics – 1963
Let’s Go! – 1963
The Ventures In Space – 1964
The Fabulous Ventures – 1964
Walk, Don’t Run, Vol. 2 – 1964
The Ventures Knock Me Out! – 1965
Play Guitar with The Ventures – 1965
Play Guitar, Vol. 2 – 1965
Play Guitar, Vol. 3 – 1965
Play Guitar, Vol. 4 – 1965
The Ventures A Go-Go – 1965
The Ventures Christmas Album – 1965
Where the Action Is! – 1966
The Ventures/Batman Theme – 1966
All About the Ventures – 1966
Go With the Ventures! – 1966
Wild Things! – 1966
Guitar Freakout – 1967
Super Psychedelics – 1967
$1,000,000 Weekend – 1967
Play Guitar, Vol. 7 – 1967
Flights of Fantasy – 1968
The Horse – 1968
Underground Fire – 1969
Hawaii Five-O – 1969
Swamp Rock – 1969
10th Anniversary Album – 1970
New Testament – 1971
Theme from «Shaft» – 1972
Joy: The Ventures Play the Classics – 1972
Rock and Roll Forever – 1972
Jim Croce Songbook – 1974
Best of Pops Sounds – 1974
The Ventures Play the Carpenters – 1974
Now Playing – 1975
Hollywood – 1976
Rocky Road: The New Ventures – 1976
Sunflower ’76 – 1976
TV Themes – 1977
Latin Album – 1979
Chameleon – 1980
60’s Pops – 1981
St. Louis Memory – 1982
The Last Album on Liberty – 1982
NASA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album – 1983
The Ventures Favorites
Guitars on Mars – 1997
Wild Again – 1997
New Depths – 1998
Walk Don’t Run 2000 Nancy Sinatra vocal on «Kicks» – 1999
Plays Southern All Stars – 2001
The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits – 2002
Christmas Joy – 2002
Gold – 2003
Ventures Forever – 2004
Ventures a Go-Go – 2005