The Troggs
The Troggs
Rock Artist Management have had the pleasure of booking The Troggs now for over 20 years. The bad ave headlined many tours and festivals and is still Fronted by the legendary Reg Presley along with original guitarist co founder Chris Briton. The lineup is completed by Pete Maggs and Pete Lucas both having been with The Troggs for many years.
Wild Things
Arguably, the best-known song by The Troggs is "Wild Thing". "Wild Thing" became a huge number 1 hit in England and in the US, in 1966.
Other major hits include
Lost Girl 1966 Top 30
Wild Thing 1966 Number 1
With A Girl Like You 1966 Number 1
I Can't Control Myself 1966 Number 2
Any Way That You Want Me 1966 Number 8
Give It To Me 1967 Number 12
Night Of The Long Grass 1967 Number 17
Hi Hi Hazel 1967 Top 30
Love Is All Around 1967 Number 1
Little Girl 1968 Number 37
Strange Movies 1973 Top 30
Good Vibrations 1974 Top 30
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1975 Top 30
The Legacy
The Troggs are widely seen as a highly influential band whose sound was one inspiration for garage rock and punk rock. For example, Iggy Pop of the Stooges has cited[citation needed] the Troggs as influential to their sound, and the early version of British pop-punk pioneers Buzzcocks featured I Can't Control Myself in their live repertoire. The Ramones are also amongst punk bands who cited the Troggs as an influence. The MC5 covered "I Want You" at their live shows and recorded the song for the album "Kick out the Jams", although they renamed it "I Want You Right Now".
The Jimi Hendrix Experience famously covered "Wild Thing" during their appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, introducing it as the British/American joint "national anthem", and climaxing with Hendrix burning his guitar
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 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 the Troggs song "Strange Movies".
Tour Dates
The Troggs continue to tour the world constantly.
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