Star Tribune

Timeline of the Trashmen (1962-2015)

Spring 1963: A year after forming, the Trashmen road-trip to California and come back as surf-rockers. Summer 1963: Drummer Steve Wahrer improvises an early version of "Surfin' Bird" at Chubb's ...
Post-Bulletin

The Trashmen were more than junk in 1964 music scene

“Surfin’ Bird” could have been one of the most annoying and forgettable novelty tunes in the history of rock ‘n’ roll music. Instead, it became the No. 1 hit in Minnesota in early 1964, and made it to ...
Los Angeles Times

U.K. chart wars: The Trashmen’s 1963 surf classic ‘Surfin’ Bird’ challenges ‘X Factor’ winner Matt Cardle*

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Reason No. 785 that “there will always be an England”: The U.K. pop ...
MinnPost

The Bird’s the Word: Twin Cities songs about birds

We must by now have reached the moment that The Trashmen predicted: At long last, it must be that everybody’s heard that the bird is the word. After all, when this local surf-rock band welded together ...
Star Tribune

Minnesota's 'Surfin' Bird' makers the Trashmen are riding another wave

Dick Clark smugly asked those words in 1964 at the end of what has to be one of the strangest "American Bandstand" performances in the show's 47-year history. He clearly didn't expect Minnesota's ...