California, we were fighting the Vietnam War, gas cost 30 cents per gallon and Bob Dylan caused a folk music uproar by using an electric guitar. The Minneapolis-based garage band visited the West ...

“Surfin’ Bird” could have been one of the most annoying and forgettable novelty tunes in the history of rock ‘n’ roll music. Instead, it became the No. 1 hit in Minnesota in early 1964, and made it to ...

With “Big-Time Hockey in a Small Mountain Town,” the benefit game between the NHL Alumni All-Stars and the Trashmen of Aspen, now less than a week away, it’s time to meet some of the local hockey ...

Having already garnered one national tournament title this winter, the Trashmen of Aspen, the valley’s senior elite men’s ice hockey team, are off to Las Vegas today in an effort to secure another.

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Timeline of the Trashmen (1962-2015) From their formation in 1962 to last year's album with Deke Dickerson, their first in 25 years. By Chris Riemenschneider January 22, 2015 at 12:57PM ...

Sep. 30—Former Post Bulletin reporter Thomas Weber shares the story of the Trashmen and it took none other than the Beatles to keep this Minnesota foursome out of the No. 1 spot. The Post Bulletin ...