Tornadoes drummer Leonard Delaney dies at 71

Surf rock icon Leonard Delaney has died at the age of 71. The Tornadoes drummer passed away after suffering complications from Alzheimer’s disease in California on Sunday (05Oct14).
Delaney formed the band with high school friends Gerald Sanders, Norman ‘Roly’ Sanders, Jesse Sanders, and George White in 1960. They were best known for their hit song Bustin’ Surfboards, which appeared on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
Delaney played with the group regularly until 1971, and then intermittently.
He also ran a contracting and carpentry business.
Paying tribute to his late pal and bandmate, Gerald Sanders says, “Leonard played with us up until 1971 and then off-and-on until about three or four years ago when he started getting sick.
“Leonard was quiet a reserved type of person. He was hard to get to know and he was not a real outgoing emotional type of person. But, anybody that knew Leonard liked him. He didn’t have any enemies. He was an unassuming and humble type of person.”