Artist The Trashmen
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The Trashmen
Even though Minneapolis is as far from an ocean as you can get in North America, it still deserves a mention in any history of '60s surf rock, thanks to The Trashmen and their monster 1964 hit "Surfin' Bird." Combining two earlier tunes by The Rivingtons, "Bird" stands above its source material, and most other surf songs of the era, thanks to its manic energy and sheer eccentric charm. Rock's gradual loss of innocence left The Trashmen behind, and they broke up in the late '60s, but a reunited quartet (sans original drummer and vocalist Steve Wahrer, who died in 1989) is papa-oom-mow-mowing again.
Updated 11/11/2009
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