“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 ...

Your favorite band of demented chickens fronted by a punk rock carrot made its way to network television recently. Radioactive Chicken Heads performed on The Gong Show, getting gonged off the stage ...

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Rick Shefchik: "In 1963, you’d turn on the radio and you’d have Roy Orbison and the Trashmen and Ricky Nelson, and the Trashmen were as big as any of those bands when 'Surfin’ Bird' hit." For sure the ...

Who doesn’t love a little “Surfin’ Bird”? The 1963 surf rock anthem from The Trashmen was a huge hit when it was first released. It climbed to no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that very year. The ...

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 ...