The Ventures
AMERICAN INSTRUMENTAL ROCK BAND
Howie Johnson (drummer); The 2,000 Pound Bee; The Versatones; Ventures, The; The New Ventures; Gerry McGee; The Colorful 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.