A Girl Like You’, penned by mainstay Reg Presley (vocals), actually seized the top spot. These were smashes in North America, too. Intermittent successes later and the recurrence of Troggs numbers in the repertoires of countless US garage bands were a solid foundation for a lucrative post-Top 40 career that has embraced a link-up with R.E.M. for 1991’s ...
The Bad Times Are Good’, was followed by domestic triumphs before a Top 40 finale with 1971’s country-flavoured ‘Hello Buddy’. Styles & Forms | Sixties | Rock Personalities | The Troggs | Sixties | Rock ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1982–99, 2004–present) Scottish group Marti Pellow (vocals), Neil Mitchell (keyboards), Graeme Clark (bass) and Tom Cunningham (drums) were exponents of blue-eyed soul with a pleasing pop edge. Chart success was immediate in 1987 with ‘Wishing I Was Lucky’ and continued for a decade. Cover version of The Troggs’ ‘Love Is All Around’ from film Four Weddings And ...
the word’. Her debut single ‘Piss Factory’ (1974) describes the boredom of working in a factory, something the punks could relate to. Britain was not without its proto-punk bands. The Troggs had a hit single in the UK in 1966 with ‘Wild Thing’, based on a three chord riff and the archetypical example of their ‘caveman rock’. The Kinks also had ...
The roots of punk lie in rock’n’roll, itself a rebellious spin-off from rhythm and blues. ‘Louie Louie’, written by Richard Berry in 1955 and a US No. 2 hit for The Kingsmen in 1963, is often cited as the first punk song with its raw sound and almost indecipherable lyrics (nonetheless investigated by the FBI for obscenity). The song ...
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