The Bambi Molesters

{{Short description|Croatian surf rock band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Bambi Molesters

| image = thebambimolesters.jpg

| caption = The Bambi Molesters performing in 2001

| image_size = 250

| landscape = yes

| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = Sisak, Croatia

| genre = Surf rock, instrumental rock

| years_active = 1995–2018{{Cite web |date=25 July 2018 |title=KRAJ NAKON 23 GODINE! Raspao se jedan od najpriznatijih naših bendova na međunarodnoj sceni, evo što su poručili fanovima |trans-title=END AFTER 23 YEARS! One of our most acclaimed bands on the international scene broke up, here’s what they told the fans |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/spektakli/domace-zvijezde/kraj-nakon-23-godine-raspao-se-jedan-od-najpriznatijih-nasih-bendova-na-medunarodnoj-sceni-evo-sto-su-porucili-fanovima/7653045/ |language=Croatian}}

| label = Slušaj Najglasnije!, Dancing Bear, Glitterhouse Records, Kamikaze Records

| associated_acts = Chris Eckman, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey

| website = {{url|thebambimolesters.com}}

| current_members = Dalibor Pavičić
Dinko Tomljanović
Hrvoje Zaborac
Ladislava Furlan

| past_members =

}}

The Bambi Molesters were a surf rock band from Sisak, Croatia, founded in 1995.

They performed regularly in Croatia and all over Europe, often opening for the US rock band R.E.M.{{cite web|url=http://surfguitar101.com/news/story/70/|title=The Bambi Molesters: Dumb Loud Hollow Twang – Deluxe|publisher=surfguitar101.com|date=May 14, 2006|accessdate=July 4, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.muzika.hr/clanak/25508/albumi/molestiraj-me-surfom.aspx|title=Molestiraj me surfom!|language=Croatian|publisher=Muzika.hr|date=March 17, 2010|accessdate=July 4, 2013}} They released five studio albums from 1997 until 2013. In collaboration with Chris Eckman, leader of the gothic-americana band The Walkabouts, the project "The Strange" was born. In 2018, after 23 years, they announced on Facebook that they would disband 'It's time for a new era' but did not reveal any reasons.