The Troggs are a legendary British classic rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire, England in 1964. They were initially known as the Troglodytes. They are best known for three hits which charted very well in the United States, more specifically the songs Wild Thing, With A Girl Like You, and Love Is All Around. These three songs each sold over one million copies and were awarded gold discs. The song Wild Thing was also mentioned by Rolling Stone magazine and included at number 257 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In addition, this song was an important influence on the development of two other notable sub-genres of rock music, namely garage rock and punk rock.
British classic rock band the Troggs in 1966. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
The music of the Troggs was a mixture of garage rock, proto-punk, and freakbeat. They are one of the best and most important British classic rock bands. Throughout the passage of time, they went through several line-up changes and released a total number of 9 studio albums, 3 EPs (i.e. extended plays), 5 live albums, 16 compilation albums, 2 video albums, and 44 singles. Their studio albums are as follows (listed in the chronological order of their release):
- From Nowhere (1966; titled Wild Thing in the United States of America)
- Trogglodynamite (1967)
- Cellophane (1967)
- Mixed Bag (1968; the album was known as Love Is All Around in North America and Hip Hip Hooray respectively in a series of countries in Europe)
- The Troggs (1975)
- The Trogg Tapes (1976)
- Black Bottom (1981)
- Au (1989)
- Athens Andover (1992)
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- The band’s page on www.wikipedia.org (in English)
- The band’s biography page on www.allmusic.com
- The band’s discography on www.wikipedia.org (in English)
- The band’s official website on www.thetroggs.co.uk