Surfin' Bird

Description

Back in print, pressed on canary yellow vinyl! Hailing from the winter heart of Minneapolis, the Trashmen achieved cult immortality with a series of encased surf anthems and reckless garage-rock gems, best illustrated by their immortal anthem "Surfin' Bird," two and a half minutes of inspired and wacky chaos that has never been matched. But "Surfin' Bird" is just the tip of the iceberg of the 1964 album that bears the song's name. The only album the band released during their original run, Surfin' Bird demonstrates that the Trashmen were not a novelty act or a one-hit wonder, but a brilliant and original band that filtered its R&B and surf influences through its own joyfully deranged sensibility to create some of the most reckless and uninhibited rock 'n' roll of their time. LL held.