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Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Trashmen| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States|USA | genre = Rock and roll Surf rock Garage rock | years_active = 1962–1967 1982–present| Related artists = The Rivingtones , Sodom , Los Saicos , The Ramones , The Cramps , The Astronauts , The Ventures , Dick Dale | label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Tony Andreason Dal Winslow Bob Reed Mark Andreason Robin Reed| past_members = Steve Wahrer The Trashmen are a rock and roll band (music)|band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis , Minnesota , in 1962.cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 33 The group's original lineup was Tony Andreason on lead guitar and vocals, Dal Winslow on guitar and singing|vocals , Steve Wahrer on drum s and vocals, and Bob Reed on bass guitar . The group played surf rock which included elements from garage rock .
"Surfin' Bird"
The Trashmen's biggest chart-topper|hit was 1963's " Surfin' Bird ", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the later part of that year. The song was a combination of two Rhythm and blues|R& B hits by The Rivingtons , "The Bird's the Word" and " Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow ". The earliest pressings of the single (music)|single credit the Trashmen as composer s, but following a threat from The Rivingtons' legal counsel, that group was subsequently credited as composers.cite web| title = Trashmen, The - Surfin' Bird | url = http://www.discogs.com/Trashmen-Surfin-Bird/release/1717702| accessdate = April 19, 2009. Copied 3 Feb 2012 from the Rivingtons article. The early single was credited solely to the drummer (and singer) - Steve Wahrer. The song was later re-recorded by musician|artists including the Ramones , The Cramps , Silverchair , Paul Reubens|Pee-Wee Herman , Equipe 84 , and the thrash metal band Sodom (band)|Sodom . It has been used in filmmaking and television production s including, most notably, Stanley Kubrick 's Full Metal Jacket ; Vince Vaughn 's " Fred Claus "; John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters ' Pink Flamingos ; and the soundtrack to the video game Battlefield Vietnam .
More recently, the song was the subject of I Dream of Jesus|a 2008 episode of the animated series Family Guy , launching the song to #8 on the iTunes Top 10 Rock songs chart and #50 on the UK Singles Chart in 2009. Additionally, in 2010 a Facebook campaign was launched to get the song to #1 in the UK over Christmas; this was largely intended (as with Rage Against the Machine 's " Killing in the Name ", in 2009) as a protest against the takeover of the Christmas #1 spot by The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor winner's song. The track debuted in the UK Top Ten for the first time, on 19 December, at #3.
Later history
The Trashmen went on to have other hit singles on the record chart|charts . In 1964, "Bird Dance Beat" reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100|Billboard in the United States,Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5686|pure_url=yes "The Trashmen". All-Music Guide as well as becoming a top 10 hit in Canada, and a hit in Brazil.Citation needed|date=October 2010 Five other Trashmen singles charted, and overall the group released fourteen albums. A four Compact disc|CD box set of their work was released on Sundazed Records|Sundazed . http://www.sundazed.com/shop/product_info.php? products_id=271 Sundazed Box Set Item. Retrieved 21 Jan 2012.
The group disbanded in 1967 but reunited in the 1980s, playing together until the death of Steve Wahrer, who died of cancer in 1989.Steve Wahrer (born November 22, 1941 in Minnesota & nbsp;– January 21, 1989) according to The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars, pg. 252 Tony Andreason's brother, Mark, replaced Wahrer as drummer . Reed's son Robin joined as a touring member in 2009 on drums filling in for Mark Andreason.
In 1999, The Trashmen played at The Las Vegas Grind and have played select concert|gigs including Chicago (July 2007), Spain (September 2007), Chicago (November 2007), Wisconsin, and Cleveland (March 2008). They toured Europe 2009 with gigs in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and Austria. Following up again in 2010, they added Norway, Sweden and Finland to the mix.
After having toured extensively in Europe in 2009-2010, they also play selected dates and festivals in the United States.
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Label
Reissue
US 200
1963
''Surfin' Bird
Garrett
Sundazed (1995)
48http:/ / www.allmusic.com/ artist/ the-trashmen-p5686/ charts-awards Hot 200 chart position. Retrieved 21 Jan 2012.
"Green, Green Backs Back Home"/"Address Enclosed" 1967
References
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External links
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/trashmen/artist.jhtml VH1.com: The Trashmen
http://www.history-of-rock.com/trashmen.htm History of Rock - The Trashmen
http://web.archive.org/web/20010521005038/ http://citypages.com/databank/19/932/article6243.asp "Birdland Revisited: 35 years ago teen rock like the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" caught a wave across the prairies — and rode it into adulthood." Archive.org (City Pages (10/14/98))
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