The Troggs
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Biography
[Edit]Remembered chiefly as proto-punkers who reached the top of the charts with the "caveman rock" of "Wild Thing" (1966), the Troggs were also adept at crafting power pop and ballads. Hearkening back to a somewhat simpler, more basic British Invasion approach as psychedelia began to explode in the late '60s, the group also reached the Top Five with their flower-power ballad "Love Is All Around" in 1968. While more popular in their native England than the U.S., the band also fashioned memorable, insistently riffing hit singles like "With a Girl Like You," "Night of the Long Grass," and the notoriously salacious "I Can't Control Myself" between 1966 and 1968. Paced by Reg Presley's lusting vocals, the group — which composed most of their own material — could crunch with the best of them, but were also capable of quite a bit more range and melodic invention than they've been given credit for.
Hailing from the relatively unknown British town of Andover, the Troggs hooked up with manager/producer Larry Page (who was involved in the Kinks' early affairs) in the mid-'60s. After a flop debut single, they were fortunate enough to come across a demo of Chip Taylor's "Wild Thing" (which had already been unsuccessfully recorded by the Wild Ones). In the hands of the Troggs, "Wild Thing" — with its grungy chords and off-the-wall ocarina solo — became a primeval three-chord monster, famous not only in its original hit Troggs version, but in its psychedelic revamping by Jimi Hendrix, who used it to close his famous set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
"Wild Thing" made number one in the States, but the Troggs' momentum there was impeded by a strange legal dispute which saw their early records simultaneously released on two different labels. Nor did it help that the band didn't tour the U.S. for a couple of years. As a consequence, the fine follow-up singles "With a Girl Like You" and "I Can't Control Myself" didn't do as well as they might have. In Britain, it was a different story — they were smashes, although "I Can't Control Myself" had such an open-hearted lust that it encountered resistance from conservative radio programmers all over the globe.
The Troggs tempered their image on subsequent ballads, which utilized a sort of pre-"power ballad" approach. These weren't bad, and a few of them were British hits, but they weren't as fine as the initial blast of singles which established the band's image. "Love Is All Around," which restored them to the American Top Ten in 1968, was their finest effort in this vein. It was also their final big hit on either side of the Atlantic.
But the Troggs would keep going for a long, long time. In a sense they were handicapped by their image — they were not intellectuals, certainly, but they weren't dumb either. They wrote most of their songs, and their albums were reasonably accomplished, if hardly up to the level of the Kinks or Traffic, containing some nifty surprises like the gothic ballad "Cousin Jane," or the tongue-in-cheek psychedelia of "Maybe the Madman." By 1970, though, they were struggling. They continued to release a stream of singles, most of which had a straightforward simplicity that was out of step with the progressive rock of the time, all of which flopped, though some were fairly good.
The Troggs' image as lunkheads couldn't have been helped by the notorious Troggs Tapes, a 12-minute studio argument that was captured on tape while the band were unawares. The Spinal Tap-like dialog helped keep their cult alive, though, and as punk gained momentum in the mid-'70s, they gained belated appreciation as an important influence on bands like the Ramones and (earlier) the MC5. They found enough live work (sometimes on the punk/new wave circuit) to keep going, although their intermittent records generally came to naught. In 1992, they rose to their highest profile in ages when three members of R.E.M., which had covered "Love Is All Around," backed the Troggs on the comeback album Athens Andover.
Title: Hot Days (A Decade In the Sun) [Re-Recorded Versions]
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
Title: From Wild Thing To... Wild Thing (Compilation)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk
Title: From Nowhere... The Troggs (Remastered)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Title: The Best of The Troggs 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock
Title: Back To Back: The Troggs & Herman's Hermits
Artist: Herman'S Hermits, The Troggs
Title: 60's the Hits Go On - Love Is All Around (Re-recorded Version)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Wild Thing (Re-Recorded Version)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
Title: Hip Hip Hooray (Remastered)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Wild Thing - The Best of The Troggs (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
Title: Audio CD (Greatest Hits - Wild Thing)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
Title: Trogglodynamite (Remastered)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Troggs
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
Collections
Title: Motorcycle Road Trip
Genre: Rock
Title: Vietnam - A Musical Retrospective
Genre: Pop
Title: 60's All Time Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: #1 Smash Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '60s Surf Classics
Genre: Rock
Title: Happy Sounds Of The '60s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Mind Blowing '60s Rock Classics
Genre: Rock
Title: The All British Top 10 1965-1987, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Maximum Freakbeat
Genre:
Title: 30 Years Of Pop 60's - Sugar, Sugar
Genre: Pop
Title: The Fab 60's Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: The Most Beautiful Wedding Music Ever
Genre:
Title: Good Morning Vietnam - Words & Music of the '60s
Genre: Rock
Title: Classic Rock Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Psychedelic Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of Movie Themes
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: America's Top 40 The '60s
Title: Gold '60s Explosion
Title: Pure Sixties: The Hits
Title: 50 From The '60s!
Title: #1 Hits of the '50s, '60s & '70s (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Of The 60's Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The UK 60s Top 10
Genre: Pop
Title: The Screamin' Sixties
Title: Supergroups of the 60's
Title: Hot Fuzz (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Ultimate Unity & Love Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Love Moods Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest 60s Rock 'N' Roll Party In The World!
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Rock Gems
Genre: Rock
Title: British Treasures
Genre: Rock
Title: Hits from the Brits, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: 30 Years Of Pop 60's - House Of The Rising Sun
Genre: Pop
Title: The Big Box of '60s Rock!
Title: Ultimate Hits Of The '60s
Title: Remember The Sixties
Title: When You Were Born 1968
Genre: Pop
Title: Brit Pop of Ages (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Journey Through the 60's
Title: Ultimate 60s Hits Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Is All Around - 60's Romance & Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: 60's Jukebox Hits - Vol. 4
Title: The Ultimate '60s Collection
Title: Love Inn - '60s Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: I Love the 60's, Vol. 3 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Solid Gold - More Hits of the 60's
Genre: Pop
Title: Killer Halloween Songs of All Time
Genre: Pop
Title: The Fab Sixties Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: So Much In Love (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Great Bands
Genre: Pop
Title: The 60's - 14 Great Rockin' Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: The Best Of The 60's Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: 8 Best of 60's Rock N' Roll (Original Artist Re-Recordings)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Maison Close (Soundtrack From the Original Series)
Artist: Gast Waltzing
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Orphan Black (Original Television Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Jersey Days - Boys & Girls That Rocked (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: The State Of Mind Report
Artist: Acid Drinkers
Genre: Rock, Black Metal, Thrashcore, Punk Rock, Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Hardcore
Title: Summer In The City (CD2)
Artist: Dreamboats, The Miniskirts
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Flower Power (CD1)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Funk, Folk, Fusion