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The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in Britain and America, including their most famous song, Wild Thing. The Troggs were from the town of Andover in southern England. The band were originally called The Troglodytes (troglodyte meaning "cave dweller").

Band members

Reg Presley - born Reginald Maurice Ball on 12 June 1943 at 17 Belle Vue Road, Andover, Hampshire - lead vocals
Chris Britton - born Charles Christopher Britton on 21 January 1945 in Watford, Hertfordshire - lead Guitar
Pete Staples - born Peter Lawrence Staples on 3 May 1944 at Andover War Memorial Hospital, Andover, Hampshire - Bass Guitar
Ronnie Bond - born Ronald James Bullis on 4 May 1943 in Dene Road, Andover, Hampshire. Died on 13 November 1992 at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire - Drums
Tony Murray - born Anthony Murray on 26 April 1943, in Dublin, County Dublin, Eire - Bass guitar

Biography

The Troggs formed in 1964 and were signed by the manager of The Kinks, Larry Page in 1965. They recorded on Page's Page One Records, and Page also leased them to CBS for debut single "Lost Girl".
   In 1990, the first hit for the band Spiritualized was a cover of "Anyway That You Want Me". This cover was later used in the movie Me and You and Everyone We Know.
   "With a Girl Like You" is featured uncut in a school dance scene from the 1991 Nicole Kidman/Noah Taylor movie Flirting.
   In 1991, "Love Is All Around" was covered by R.E.M. during live performances and was released later that year as a B-side on their "Radio Song" single. They also performed an acoustic version of the song on MTV's Unplugged.
   In 1994, Scottish band Wet Wet Wet's version of the song spent fifteen weeks at number one in the UK after its inclusion in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
   A modified version of "Love Is All Around" was featured in the film Love Actually (2003), performed by actor Bill Nighy.
   An in-studio tape of Reg Presley's running commentary on a recording session, filled with in-fighting and swearing (known as "The Troggs Tapes") was widely circulated in the music underground, and was included in the Archaeology box set. The in-group infighting is believed to be the inspiration for a scene in the comedy film This Is Spinal Tap where the band members are arguing. Some of this dialogue was sampled by the California punk band The Dwarves on their recording of a cover version of a Troggs song, "Strange Movies".

Discography

Albums

Studio/live albums

From Nowhere...The Troggs (1966) Fontana (UK #6)

Wild Thing (1966) Atco (US #52)

Trogglodynamite (1967) Page One (UK #10)

Cellophane (1967) Page One

Love Is All Around (1968) Page One

Mixed Bag (1968) Page One

Trogglomania (live) (1970) Page One

Contrasts (1970) DJM

Troggs (1975) Penny Farthing

The Troggs Tapes (1976) Penny Farthing

Live at Max's Kansas City (1981) Max's Kansas City

Black Bottom (1982) New Rose

AU (1990) New Rose

Athens Andover (1992) Essential

Noteworthy compilations

Best of The Troggs (1967) Page One (UK #24)

Best of The Troggs volume II (1969) Page One

With a Girl Like You (1975) DJM

Vintage Years (1976) Sire

The (Original) Troggs Tapes (1976) DJM

Hit Single Anthology (1991) Fontana

Archaeology (1967-1977) (1993) Fontana (3 CD Box Set)

The EP Collection (1996) See For Miles

Singles

Lost Girl (1966) CBS

Wild Thing (1966) Fontana/Atco (UK #2, US #1)

With A Girl Like You (1966) Fontana (UK #1, US #29)

I Can't Control Myself (1966) Page One/Atco (UK #2, US #43)

Any Way That You Want Me (1966) Page One/Fontana (UK #8)

Troggs Tops EP (1966) Page One

Give It To Me (1967) Page One/Fontana (UK #12)

Night Of The Long Grass (1967) Page One/Fontana (UK #17)

Hi Hi Hazel (1967) Page One (UK #42)

Love Is All Around (1967) Page One/Fontana (UK #5, US #7)

Troggs Topps Volume 2 EP (1967) Page One

Little Girl (1968) Page One (UK #37)

Surprise Surprise (1968) Page One

You Can Cry If You Want To (1968) Page One/Fontana

Surprise Surprise (1968) Fontana (US only)

Hip Hip Hooray (1968) Page One/Fontana

Evil Woman (1969) Page One (UK)

Evil Woman (1969) Page One (US)

Wild Thing/I Can't Control Myself (1969) Page One

Easy Lovin' (1970) Page One

Lover (1970) Page One

The Raver (1970) Page One

Lazy Weekend (1971) DJM

Wild Thing (new version) (1972) Jam

Everything's Funny (1972) Pye

Listen To The Man (1973) Pye

Strange Movies (1973) Pye

Good Vibrations (1974) Penny Farthing

Wild Thing (reggae version) (1975) Penny Farthing

Summertime (1975) Penny Farthing

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1975) Penny Farthing

I'll Buy You An Island (1976) Penny Farthing

Feeling For Love (1977) Penny Farthing

Just A Little Too Much (1978) Raw

I Love You Baby (1982) New Rose

Black Bottom (1982) Stage Coach

Every Little Thing (1984) Ten-Virgin

Wild Thing '89 (1989) Big Wave

Don't You Know (1992) Essential

Wild Thing (1992) Lifetime (The Troggs featuring Oliver Reed and Hurricane Higgins)

Wild Thing (1993) Weekend (The Troggs featuring Wolf) (UK #69) Further Information

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