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: Trogglodynamite (Remastered)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Title: From Nowhere... The Troggs (Remastered)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Audio CD (Greatest Hits - Wild Thing)
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
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: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Troggs
Artist: The Troggs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Alternative
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
Collections
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 6
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 7
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 9
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 10
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 21
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 28
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 44
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 50
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Latest And Greatest Rock Bands CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Hits Pop Classics CD 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Pop Classics CD 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs - The Memories CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Rock Generation CD2
Genre: Rock
Title: Enjoy Nr. 1 Hits CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: Pacha Ibiza Flower Power CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Los 100 Mejores Lentos De La Historia Cd5
Genre: Pop
Title: Esta Noche Cruzamos El Mississippi
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Best Sixties Album In The World... Ever! CD1
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Box (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: The British Beat: Best Of The '60s CD1
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop
Title: Top 100 Pop Love Songs CD 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 100 Pop Love Songs
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Legends Of Rock
Title: 101 Christmas Songs Disc 3
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Flower Power: Groovin' Disc 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 500 Classic Rock Songs Vol. 3 CD3
Genre: Hard Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: The Best Of 60'S Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Super Oldie Hits Vol 2
Title: Absolute 60s (CD2)
Title: That Weekend Feeling... (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Daily Mail: The Ultimate Romance Album (Disc 2)
Genre: Orchestral, Pop
Title: Pop Highlights - 16 Internationale Hit - Oldies - Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Highlights - 16 Internationale Hit - Oldies - Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Sounds Of The The Sixties - 1967 (CD3)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Deep Roots Of The Ramones
Genre: Punk, Rockabilly
Title: Battlefield Vietnam
Genre: Trance, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Freakbeat Freakout
Genre: Rock, Garage Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Gods Of Guitar - C4
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Sixties Classics (CD1)
Title: 100 Sixties Classics (CD2)
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again Volume 1 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Sixties Album Ever (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Love Songs 2003 (CD1)
Title: Happy Days Are Back Again Volume 5 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Retro
Title: Super Rock Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Purely Hits Of The 60s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Purely Hits Of The 60s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Of Classic Rock Kiss FM (CD10)
Genre: Rock
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