The Troggs
The Troggs was a beat band from Andover in Hampshire in the south of England . The group experienced its most successful period in the 1960s. Originally the band was called "The Troglodytes" ( English for "The Cave Dwellers"). Her most famous song is Wild Thing from 1966.
history
The Troggs were founded in 1964 and was the manager of the Kinks , Larry Page , contracted 1965th The band made their recordings on the label "Page One Records" by Larry Page, who first recommended the formation to CBS , where the debut single Lost Girl appeared. The Troggs' first and biggest hit was the single Wild Thing (originally by Jordan Christopher & the Wild Ones, 1965), written by Chip Taylor , which hit number 2 on the UK charts and number 1 on the US charts. Combining a simple, catchy guitar riff with flirty lyrics, it quickly became a garage rock standard.
Other hits were With a Girl Like You (July 1966), I Can't Control Myself (September 1966) and Any Way That You Want Me (December 1966). The Troggs took their mostly rather simple and aggressive songs quite the punk - rock anticipated. With Love Is All Around and Night of the Long Grass , the Troggs successfully turned temporarily to hip psychedelic music in 1967 . On 12 October 1968, the band made an appearance in the Radio Bremen -Fernsehsendung Beat Club , 1971 With a Girl Like You in the ZDF telecast disco .
As the chart success waned, the band broke up in March 1969. Ronnie Bond was the first to do a solo recording ( Anything for You , single March 1969), followed by Reg Presley with Lucinda Lee in April. Chris Britton released his solo album As I Am that same year. The band formed anew that year, with former Plastic Penny bassist Tony Murray, who replaced Staples, and reunited in 1974 under Larry Page, who now ran Penny Farthing Records . The resulting cover version of the Beach Boys hit Good Vibrations and a reggae version of Wild Thing did not bring the desired success.
In 1992 the Troggs recorded the album Athens Andover with the help of REM , which received consistently good reviews. The songs on it were never played live. Manager Larry Page had reactivated his old Page One label for the album.
Chris Britton's As I Am solo LP from 1970 is the Troggs rarity most sought after today.
The Troggs were still active until 2011 and were planning two concerts in Germany in December of that year. In January 2012, however, the sick singer Reg Presley announced his retirement after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on February 4, 2013. A founding member, drummer Ronnie Bond, died in 1992. Dave Wright, another founding member, died on October 10, 2008.
Cover versions
- The most famous cover version of Wild Thing was played by Jimi Hendrix in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival .
- The British pop rock band Fancy reached the top 20 on the US Billboard charts in 1974 with their version of Wild Thing .
- In 1994 the Troggs hit Love Is All Around was brought back to the charts by the Scottish band Wet Wet Wet (15 weeks number 1 in Great Britain).
Band members
- Reg Presley (actually Reginald Ball), (born June 12, 1941 in Andover, Hampshire - † February 4, 2013), vocals
- Dave Wright (David Frederick Wright), (born January 21, 1944 in Winchester , Hampshire; † October 10, 2008) vocals, rhythm guitar.
- Chris Britton, (born January 21, 1945 in Watford , Hertfordshire ), guitar
- Pete Staples, (born May 3, 1944 in Andover, Hampshire), bass
- Ronnie Bond (actually Ronald Bullis), (born May 4, 1940 in Andover, Hampshire, † November 13, 1992), drums
- Tony Murray (Anthony Murray), (born April 26, 1943 in Dublin , Ireland ) bass guitar
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 UK
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 US
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| 1966 | From Nowhere / Wild Thing (US) |
DE4 (28 weeks) DE |
- |
UK6 (16 weeks) UK |
US52 (16 weeks) US |
First published: July 1966
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| 1967 | Trogglodynamite |
DE15 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
UK10 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1967
|
| 1968 | Love is all around | - | - | - |
US109 (9 weeks) US |
First published: May 1968
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1967: cellophane
- 1968: Mixed Bag (UK) / Hip Hip Hooray (DE)
- 1970: Contrasts
- 1970: As I Am (solo album by Chris Britton)
- 1975: The Troggs
- 1976: The Trogg Tapes
- 1981: Black Bottom
- 1989: Au
- 1992: Athens Andover
Awards
- 1995: in the category “Promotional Song of the Year” for Wild Thing
literature
- Greg Shaw: The Troggs . In: ders. (Ed.): The British are coming. From the childhood days of English rock music . From the American by Walle Bengs. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1983, 220–222; there also a complete discography up to 1972.
Web links
- The Troggs at Allmusic (English)
- The Troggs at Discogs (English)
- The Troggs at peter-haefele.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Martin C. Strong: The Great Rock Discography, 6th edn. . Canongate, 2002, ISBN 1-84195-312-1 .
- ↑ For more information on the title, see: Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 204.
- ↑ Sean Michaels: The Troggs' Reg Presley diagnosed with lung cancer. In: guardian.co.uk. The Guardian , January 27, 2012, accessed September 28, 2016.
- ^ Troggs singer Reg Presley is dead. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , February 5, 2013, accessed September 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US
- ↑ Helmut Radermacher: RSH Gold Award 1995. In: rsh-history.de. Retrieved September 28, 2016.