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The Trashmen
Released 1990

Dal Winslow Interview On KSMP TV, August, 1965
01:11
98 plays

Surfin' Bird
05:52
4,425 plays

Rumble
02:39
269 plays

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- 1
- Lets Go Trippin'
- 02:58
- 241 plays

- 2
- Baja
- 02:28
- 201 plays

- 3
- Lovin' Up A Storm
- 03:42
- 165 plays

- 4
- Malaguena
- 02:50
- 163 plays

- 5
- Green Onions
- 03:11
- 190 plays

- 6
- Surfin' Bird
- 05:52
- 4,425 plays

- 7
- Henrietta
- 03:01
- 139 plays

- 8
- Rumble
- 02:39
- 269 plays

- 9
- Bird Dance Beat
- 03:09
- 154 plays

- 10
- King Of The Surf
- 02:51
- 134 plays

- 11
- The 'Trashmen Report' On WDGY Radio, March, 1964
- 01:59
- 107 plays

- 12
- Mash Potatoes
- 03:11
- 132 plays

- 13
- The 'Trashmen Report' On WDGY Radio, March, 1964
- 03:11
- 103 plays

- 14
- Ubangi Stomp
- 02:22
- 139 plays

- 15
- Dal Winslow Interview On KSMP TV, August, 1965
- 01:11
- 98 plays

- 16
- Same Lines
- 02:21
- 129 plays

- 17
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
- 05:28
- 116 plays

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album review

Although marketed as a surf band, Minnesota's Trashmen were decidedly landlocked by geography, but not by spirit. The group's odd mix of surf, R&B, sneering garage pop, and psychotic instrumentals made them one of the most eccentric and interesting of the groups that sprang up around the surf craze of the early '60s. This delightful collection of rare live tracks shows the kind of offhand, humorous dementia that they channeled into their shows, climaxing in a near six-minute version of their wacky masterpiece, the manic "Surfin' Bird." But this was a surprisingly versatile and nimble band, and their versions here of Booker T. & the MG's' "Green Onions" and James Brown's "Mashed Potatoes" spotlight a funky little R&B groove, while "Same Lines" sneers along with the best of 1960s garage punk, and "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" is skillfully executed faux doo wop. Two of the songs here ("Bird Dance Beat," "King of the Surf") were recorded at the Home School for Girls at the Saux Centre in Minnesota in 1966, and the mere thought of young, impressionable girls listening to this band of goofy maniacs is a sobering one. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide