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The Best Of The Trashmen

by The Trashmen

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Surfin' Bird 02:24
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Tube City 03:20
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My Woodie 01:52
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Sleeper 02:31
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A-Bone 02:07
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Bad News 02:18
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Malaguena 02:32
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Whoa Dad! 02:46
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Ubangi Stomp 02:26
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Bird Bath 02:35
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Baja 02:10
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Heartbeat 01:43
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The Trashmen's defining moment, 1963's "Surfin' Bird," is perhaps the ultimate lightning-in-a-bottle record. Their first true studio recording, it captures the group's interminable energy and mastery of live performance. But it also is the culmination of spirit and experiment that turned it into something new and, from the perspective of 50 years, unique.

The sound wasn't one that you could build a career by repeating, but it hasn't mattered; the swaggering performance has proven to be a confident, hustling agent for the band and their history, leading the remaining members on tours all over the world in recent years and gaining them repeated exposure on television and in movies.

This collection shows them to be variously a first-rate surf band, a great protopunk outfit, solid rockers with the raw essence of the earliest originators of the sound, and adept enough to work in some comedy and country. This scope of ability and interest is probably the true basis of the band's following now. But "Surfin' Bird" has more tenacity than other bands' entire better-performing catalogs, and with it, the Trashmen created a work that is arguably today the most relevant release from that storied decade.

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released November 11, 2022

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The Trashmen Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Trashmen are one of the most stupendous, drywall-rattling surf bands ever. From Minneapolis - about as far from the beach-and-bikini scene as you can get! Anyone who's ever been severely jolted by anthems like "Surfin' Bird" and "Bird Dance Beat" knows the unparalleled joy of flailing about helplessly to Tony Andreason's blistering guitar and the manic, rumbling vocals of drummer Steve Wahrer. ... more

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