Three disc boxed set charting the UK's 1980s Garage Punk revival - otherwise known as Trash. All of the key players are here, including Thee Milkshakes, The Sting-Rays, The Cannibals, The Prisoners, The Barracudas, The X-Men, The Tall Boys, and many, many more. Featuring 60 of the finest must-have scene hits, lesser known deep cuts and underexposed nuggets. Produced in association with The Sting-Rays' Alec Palao with liner notes from Mike Spenser, Lenny Helsing and Vic Templar. In the early-to-mid-'80s, an unlikely set of bands resurrected the spirit of mid-'60s Garage Punk - fusing that sound with elements of the Psych, Mod, Rockabilly and Psychobilly, and greasing the wheels of this new machine with a thick slab of post-punk sensibility. Bands across the UK began to shout and holler like they hadn't in years, capturing their work on often rough and ready recordings, issued on Big Beat, Hangman, Hit Records, Media Burn, Creation and other equally fried labels. From London, Medway and the South East to Edinburgh and beyond, the Trash movement spread, quickly reaching out into Europe and beyond. Here in the UK, Trash finally enjoyed its moment in the sun in 1984, when four of the scene's key bands appeared on Channel 4's flagship music show The Tube. Spiky, brash, loud and unfettered by delusions of grandeur, this is the sound of the post punk UK music scene looking backwards whilst moving forwards.
