The Trashmen were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1962 [1] and are best known for their biggest hit, 1963's "Surfin' Bird", [1] which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It is a combination of two R&B hits by The Rivingtons, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word"

The story of the Trashmen begins in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1955, when close friends Tony Andreason and Mike Jann were learning to play guitar. The two were country music fans, and they'd …

The Trashmen are revered by 60’s collectors as one of the great American teen-band combos of all-time, exemplifying wild, unabashed rock & roll at its most demented, barebones-basic, and lone –E …

The Trashmen are revered as the #1 garage band of all time and the all time cult Rock band of the mid '60s. Garage Rock is a raw form of Rock 'n' Roll that enjoyed its original period of success in the U.S. …

Of all the great rock ‘n’ roll groups playing around the Twin Cities in the mid-sixties, the one that really broke out into the Big Time was the Trashmen. Of course, national fame came based on the silly …

" Surfin' Bird " is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric " the bird is the word ". It has been covered many times. The song is a combination of two R&B …

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 Trashmen are listed as the artists on the A-side only, a humorous/parody song based on two tear jerker hit songs, “Old Rivers” by Walter Brennan (1962) and “Green, Green Grass of Home” by Tom …

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 th...