Trashcan Darlings
Encyclopedia
Trashcan Darlings was a band from Oslo
. They described themselves as the pioneer
s of Glam-Punk
and a mix of Ramones
, Kiss
,
Sex Pistols
and New York Dolls
.
Their debut single "I Just Wanna Die (On A Chemical High)" was released in 1999. The same year they signed to a German
record label
(East Side Records). After that they toured through Germany, France
and Austria
.
Since 2000 they are also playing in Switzerland
.
In the summer of 2008 the band announced their retirement, after singer Strange? Gentle said he wanted to quit the band due to lack of inspiration. The rest of the band did not want to continue without Strange? and split up. Their last show was in Oslo on December 13, 2008.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. They described themselves as the pioneer
Innovator
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s of Glam-Punk
Glam punk
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and a mix of Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
, Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
,
Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
and New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
.
Band history
The band was founded by Doll and Gentle in 1995.Their debut single "I Just Wanna Die (On A Chemical High)" was released in 1999. The same year they signed to a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
record label
Record label
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(East Side Records). After that they toured through Germany, France
France
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and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Since 2000 they are also playing in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
In the summer of 2008 the band announced their retirement, after singer Strange? Gentle said he wanted to quit the band due to lack of inspiration. The rest of the band did not want to continue without Strange? and split up. Their last show was in Oslo on December 13, 2008.
Albums
- Episode I: The Lipstick Menace – LPLP albumThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
(2002; East Side Records; Germany) - Episode I: The Lipstick Menace – CD (2004; East Side Records; Germany)
- Episode I: The Lipstick Menace - CD (2005; Wizzard In Vinyl; JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Getting Away With Murder - CD (2006; East Side Records / StrangeDolls Records; Germany/NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
) - Getting Away With Murder - PicLP (2007; East Side Records; Germany/NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
)
Singles
- I Just Wanna Die (On A Chemical High) -7” (1999; StrangeDolls Records; Norway)
- Johnny Is A Drag-Queen -7” (1999; Siri; Norway)
- Gore Gore Boys And Splatter Pussies -10” (2000; East Side Records; Germany)
- Gore Gore Boys And Splatter Pussies -MCDMaxi singleA maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
(2000; StrangeDolls Records; Norway) - Holiday In My Head -EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(2001; East Side Records; Germany) - Trashcan Darlings / Silver -SplitSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
7"(2002; StrangeDolls Records; Norway) - Trashcan Darlings / The Revolvers -Split EP (2003; East Side Records; Germany)
- Tunes From The Trashcan -7"(2004; East Side Records; Germany)
- Tunes From The Trashcan -MCD (2004; StrangeDolls Records; Norway)