The Trashmen
The Trashmen is a Founded in 1962, American surf rock band.
Biography
The band was formed in 1962 in Minneapolis from the band founded in 1959 Jim Thaxter & the Travelers. With their hit Surfin 'Bird, a combination of the pieces The Bird 's the Word and Papa - Oom- Mow - Mow the doo-wop vocal group The Rivingtons, provided with some crazy text lines and distinctive drums, they reached 1964 number four on the Billboard Hot 100. after the first edition of the Single apportion Trashmen as authors of the piece, was given after a thorough legal advice on the following pressings of the single The Rivingtons as composers. From the title appeared in later years several cover versions, including The Beach Boys and The Ramones, The Cramps, as well as of the German thrash metal band Sodom. In addition, the tune is contained in various movies (for example, in Full Metal Jacket, in Werner - will Beinhart later and Pink Flamingos! ), In television series (for example, in the series Family Guy ) as well as in computer games (for example, in Battlefield Vietnam and in the preview of Magicka Vietnam).
Following the temporary breakup of the band in 1967 there was a revival in 1982; The band then played until the death of Steve Wahrers in 1989 on the original line. The vacant post of the drummer took over Tony Andreasons brother Mark, with the band still occasionally occurred in the 1990s.