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The Trashmen
Minneapolis, United States • b. 1962-01-01
The Trashmen is credited on 38 releases across 18 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
38
Pressings credited
18
Albums
7
Decades active
6
In collections
Biography
The Trashmen were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1962 and are best known for their biggest hit, 1963's "Surfin' Bird", which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original line-up of the group featured guitarists Tony Andreason and Dal Winslow, bassist Bob Reed, and drummer Steve Wahrer. Along with Colorado-based contemporaries the Astronauts, the Trashmen have been described as "the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s." The band took their name from "Trashman's Blues", a song written and recorded in 1961 by Minneapolis musician Kai Ray (Richard Caire, 1935–2017), who later wrote songs for the band.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
38 releases · 18 albums · active 1965–2023
- Performance · 37
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Sing Sing Studios · Big Fish Recording · Middle Farm Studios · Ràdio Montesquiu
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Antiseen
- Radio Birdman
- The Cramps
- The Computers
- Beast In Heat
- Small Reactions
- Lost Acapulco
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