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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
53 releases · 18 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 55
- Other credits · 6
Studios: Kaybank Recording Corp. · ADSR Decibel Studio · Radio Baquelita · T-Vox Records
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Antiseen
- The Cramps
- Los Straitjackets
- Sex Mex
- The Strings Aflame
- Radio Birdman
- The Computers