- Paperback: 187 pages
- Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing; New edition edition (15 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1900924196
- ISBN-13: 978-1900924191
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 453,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The full sad, mad, funny story of the ultimate British garage band. The Troggs were the original bad boys of rock: as famous for their expletive-packed exchanges in the studio - 137 swear words in a few short minutes, as captured on the legendary "Troggs Tapes" - as the proto-punk-metal of their classic three chord garage anthems like "Wild Thing" - the ultimate in dumb rock 'n' roll. While other bands of the Sgt Pepper era were turning on and dropping out, the Troggs were getting hammered on beer and cider and knocking out raucously lascivious tunes like "I Can't Control Myself" - banned by the BBC due to its provocative lyrics. Still, somehow by chance, singer Reg Presley's mock-anthem "Love is All Around" captured the spirit of the age. REM later covered the song leading to an odd collaborative album, Anthens Andover, before Wet Wet Wet recorded it for the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral and made it a worldwide smash hit.While their rivals changed, The Troggs stayed true to their musical past, and their no-frills three chord romps eventually won them favour with a US generation raised on the Ramones at punk venues like Max's Kansas City. Respected rock writer Alan Clayson has had full access to the band and traces their history from 60s Andover rock roots to 90s covers, collaborations and corn circles. The Troggs Files also features the first ever publication of the full transcript of the legendary "Troggs Tapes," said to have inspired the movie This is Spinal Tap, together with an exhaustive discography and many rare photos
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Troggs deserve 5 stars!,
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This review is from: The "Troggs": Rock's Wild Things (Paperback)
An excellent, and sadly the only book about the legendary Troggs. The first band I ever 'met' as one of a party of 25 school kids on a day-trip to Cheddar Caves, where they were having a photo shoot for the 'From Nowhere' album cover, the memory of the day is there, and forever will be. Seeing them live over the years, Bournemouth's Winter Gardens in their hey-day, the White Buck at Burleigh in the New Forest, and so on, The Troggs have remained a favourite; not only for that million-to-one chance meeting, but also for their longevity and the fine music they have produced. And this book is an equally fine tome to the band, pains-takingly researched and produced, with rare photos and a superb discography; every Troggs fan should own a copy! And even if the only track of theirs you've heard is 'Wild Thing,' then this volume will give you the bug to investigate them even more. Champion!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Andover's finest!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The "Troggs": Rock's Wild Things (Paperback)
If you've ever wondered why Alan Clayson has been dubbed the AJP Taylor of Rock, you need look no further than this scholarly work, which dissects and then reassembles the career of one of rock's least scholarly (at least on the face of it) bands. In fact, since the Troggs remain to this day probably the most famous thing ever to have emerged from Andover (with the possible exception of Twinings tea) this book is of particular interest to anyone who has followed the Hampshire music scene. We can only assume that Clayson and Ryan have spent months poring over back copies of the Andover Advertiser, such are the meticulous details of decades of long-forgotten bands, venues and personalities involved in making this history of the Troggs the detailed and affectionate work they have long merited. Come to think of it, it's amazing that it's taken so long for their biography to appear, given their worldwide success, their hilarious yokel "wild men of rock" image, their fame as World Swearing Champions and the traditional catalogue of rip-offs, alcohol abuse, ill-health and even death. Plus, of course, the astonishing twist in the tail which has made Reg Presley a rich man on the strength of "Love Is All Around", a song he wrote 25 years previously, only to plough the proceeds into research into crop circles (very sensibly, in my opinion). It's all completely fascinating stuff, told with impressive completeness and with obvious joy. The Troggs (not actually that wild at all, didn't we know it?) richly deserve this tribute.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice look inside a group's long life with ups and downs,
This review is from: The "Troggs": Rock's Wild Things (Paperback)
This book has a long history before publishing.I contributed as a member of the fanclub and I am very happy that this statement has been published.The existence of this book has to do with the admiration for The Troggs that changed, in the eyes of the audience and the press, from a simple teenybopperband to one of the inventors of punkrock or hardrock. They are as pure as Buddy Holly was.Music with a four man band. Most of the songs were written by Reg Presley (as Buddy Holly did) and their music is both pure and basic.They always play Peggy Sue in their set as a link to their example. People appreciate this authentic form of art. Therefore it's nice to see their contacts with celebreties of the popscene of the sixties through to the nineties. Read it and you see the struggle of a band with a laugh and growing sympathy.
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