Trash Theory
@trashtheory.bsky.social
Loner. Rebel. Music Chronicler. he/him
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NEW VIDEO: Circa 1995, Tricky was perhaps the coolest individual in Britain, separate from the retroism of Britpop, but getting glowing press, dating Bjork and having David Bowie himself gush over how awesome he is. The reason for all this was his debut, Maxinquaye. Here is its story:
Exploring Tricky & Maxinquaye: The 90s Bowie? | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NEW VIDEO: Circa 1995, Tricky was perhaps the coolest individual in Britain, separate from the retroism of Britpop, but getting glowing press, dating Bjork and having David Bowie himself gush over how awesome he is. The reason for all this was his debut, Maxinquaye. Here is its story:
Did you watch the last video I put out? As comparatively few people watched its possible it got restricted - maybe Mr Blobby is just too raw for YouTube. It's a good time! If you haven't already, give it a watch, share it about. And new video out tomorrow!
youtu.be/YYDv6uHNv6Y
youtu.be/YYDv6uHNv6Y
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Did you watch the last video I put out? As comparatively few people watched its possible it got restricted - maybe Mr Blobby is just too raw for YouTube. It's a good time! If you haven't already, give it a watch, share it about. And new video out tomorrow!
youtu.be/YYDv6uHNv6Y
youtu.be/YYDv6uHNv6Y
NEW VIDEO: The second in the series of weirdo UK chart-toppers, here is a look at the 90s. Elsewhere there was the mainstreaming of grunge and gangsta rap, but in the UK we had the giant pink and yellow pear-shaped thing that scared children and other odd things. Take a look!
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW VIDEO: The second in the series of weirdo UK chart-toppers, here is a look at the 90s. Elsewhere there was the mainstreaming of grunge and gangsta rap, but in the UK we had the giant pink and yellow pear-shaped thing that scared children and other odd things. Take a look!
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Sabrina Carpenter is a gen x lounge singer trapped in the body of a Polly Pocket. Sabrina Carpenter is countryfied britpop. Sabrina Carpenter is a paper maché Ann Margaret. Sabrina Carpenter is David Foster Wallace in a peignoir set. Sabrina Carpenter is postmodernism itself. Sabrina Carpenter is.
September 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Sabrina Carpenter is a gen x lounge singer trapped in the body of a Polly Pocket. Sabrina Carpenter is countryfied britpop. Sabrina Carpenter is a paper maché Ann Margaret. Sabrina Carpenter is David Foster Wallace in a peignoir set. Sabrina Carpenter is postmodernism itself. Sabrina Carpenter is.
NEW VIDEO: After MySpace, but before Spotify truly took hold, a bunch of waistcoated indie folk groups were stomping, clapping and hey-ing their way into our hearts. Just over a decade later and it's considered the worst thing to happen to music since Simon Cowell. Here is who to blame.
The 7 Songs To Blame For Stomp Clap Hey
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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September 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW VIDEO: After MySpace, but before Spotify truly took hold, a bunch of waistcoated indie folk groups were stomping, clapping and hey-ing their way into our hearts. Just over a decade later and it's considered the worst thing to happen to music since Simon Cowell. Here is who to blame.
NEW VIDEO: Do you ever think about how aggressively uncommercial In The Air Tonight is? It's glacially slow, its first lyrics don't appear until a minute and a half in and its powered for the most part by a drum machine: yet debut single of perhaps the most famous drummer ever.
youtu.be/U0kCxNj_4hs
youtu.be/U0kCxNj_4hs
Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight & That Drum Fill | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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August 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW VIDEO: Do you ever think about how aggressively uncommercial In The Air Tonight is? It's glacially slow, its first lyrics don't appear until a minute and a half in and its powered for the most part by a drum machine: yet debut single of perhaps the most famous drummer ever.
youtu.be/U0kCxNj_4hs
youtu.be/U0kCxNj_4hs
NEW VIDEO: If you were a US punk band in the 80s, you weren't doing it for the money. Punk rock was a calling. There were no material rewards. And that's what The Offspring thought too... until they became one of the biggest selling rock bands of the 90s. Hear their full story:
youtu.be/Pfi8iX3Y938
youtu.be/Pfi8iX3Y938
How The Offspring Popped Punk: From Smash to Pretty Fly For A White Guy
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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July 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW VIDEO: If you were a US punk band in the 80s, you weren't doing it for the money. Punk rock was a calling. There were no material rewards. And that's what The Offspring thought too... until they became one of the biggest selling rock bands of the 90s. Hear their full story:
youtu.be/Pfi8iX3Y938
youtu.be/Pfi8iX3Y938
NEW VIDEO: Have you ever wondered how Shaddap You Face got to number one in the UK? How about the electro-documentary of 19, or the wonderfully goofy Star Trekkin'? Here are the "how" stories for these songs, plus 7 more. The Most Bizarre UK No.1s of the 1980s. Check it out!
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1980s
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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July 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW VIDEO: Have you ever wondered how Shaddap You Face got to number one in the UK? How about the electro-documentary of 19, or the wonderfully goofy Star Trekkin'? Here are the "how" stories for these songs, plus 7 more. The Most Bizarre UK No.1s of the 1980s. Check it out!
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from the writer of GUY RITCHIES ALADDIN
GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS
Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte
GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS
Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte
June 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
from the writer of GUY RITCHIES ALADDIN
GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS
Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte
GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS
Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte
NEW VIDEO: The B-52's are known for many things: Wigs, Rock Lobster, that Tomacco episode of The Simpsons where they reworked Love Shack into Glove Slap. This might make you think them slight, a novelty, but they are more important than you think.
youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo
youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo
Tragedy, Togetherness & Rock Lobster: The B-52's Story
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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June 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW VIDEO: The B-52's are known for many things: Wigs, Rock Lobster, that Tomacco episode of The Simpsons where they reworked Love Shack into Glove Slap. This might make you think them slight, a novelty, but they are more important than you think.
youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo
youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo
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The second instalment in the ‘alt-rock horror comics’ series - Mudhoney’s Touch Me I’m Sick.
June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The second instalment in the ‘alt-rock horror comics’ series - Mudhoney’s Touch Me I’m Sick.
NEW VIDEO: My timing is terrible. TEN DAYS AGO The Cult's unifying rock anthem She Sells Sanctuary had its 40th birthday. YESTERDAY was World Goth Day. Either would've been a great day to release this video. Instead it's National Taffy day, watch a video on The Cult.
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youtu.be/LEuRBQo-QEY
The Cult, SHE SELLS SANCTUARY & Living Life Loud | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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May 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW VIDEO: My timing is terrible. TEN DAYS AGO The Cult's unifying rock anthem She Sells Sanctuary had its 40th birthday. YESTERDAY was World Goth Day. Either would've been a great day to release this video. Instead it's National Taffy day, watch a video on The Cult.
youtu.be/LEuRBQo-QEY
youtu.be/LEuRBQo-QEY
What is your favourite British "alternative" single of 1985?
May 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
What is your favourite British "alternative" single of 1985?
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May 10th 1994
One of the greatest days
One of the greatest days
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
May 10th 1994
One of the greatest days
One of the greatest days
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If you can’t handle me at my Dance Yourself Clean 0:00-3:05 you don’t deserve me at my Dance Yourself Clean 3:06-8:56
May 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you can’t handle me at my Dance Yourself Clean 0:00-3:05 you don’t deserve me at my Dance Yourself Clean 3:06-8:56
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SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
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FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
🎵
FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?
May 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
🎵
FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
🎵
FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?
NEW VIDEO: Paul McCartney is pretty well known as a musician. But even as familiar as the former Beatle is, he still has moments in his back catalogue that hit you from out of left-field. For example learn the story of McCartney II, his 1980 homemade dive into Synth-Pop.
youtu.be/yNLGbGJLzcU
youtu.be/yNLGbGJLzcU
When Paul McCartney When Synth-Pop ["Temporary Secretary"] | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW VIDEO: Paul McCartney is pretty well known as a musician. But even as familiar as the former Beatle is, he still has moments in his back catalogue that hit you from out of left-field. For example learn the story of McCartney II, his 1980 homemade dive into Synth-Pop.
youtu.be/yNLGbGJLzcU
youtu.be/yNLGbGJLzcU
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A celebration of the discography of PJ Harvey via a bunch of loose, doodly sketches of album covers.
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A celebration of the discography of PJ Harvey via a bunch of loose, doodly sketches of album covers.
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This is all going to get harder, but they literally cannot legislate you out of existence. When tomorrow arrives, you will still be here, you will still be who you are, and we will all still be here with you.
The U.K. Supreme Court rules that Britain's equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female. The ruling means a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.
UK Supreme Court rules that equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female
The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is all going to get harder, but they literally cannot legislate you out of existence. When tomorrow arrives, you will still be here, you will still be who you are, and we will all still be here with you.
NEW VIDEO: Well kinda... Here is my revisit of the development of Synth-Pop video I made four years ago, now twice as long with a bunch of bands and artists I forgot about including Stevie Wonder, DEVO, Sparks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, John Carpenter, and many many more.
youtu.be/NLuSOMzSy9k
youtu.be/NLuSOMzSy9k
Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop Revisited
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW VIDEO: Well kinda... Here is my revisit of the development of Synth-Pop video I made four years ago, now twice as long with a bunch of bands and artists I forgot about including Stevie Wonder, DEVO, Sparks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, John Carpenter, and many many more.
youtu.be/NLuSOMzSy9k
youtu.be/NLuSOMzSy9k
NEW VIDEO: This time we look at Violent Femmes, their legacy as a building block in alternative rock, folk punk and alt country, “Blister In The Sun” not being a song from the 90s, and the weird moment where the band showed up on Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Check it out!
youtu.be/8XP706O7uzY
youtu.be/8XP706O7uzY
"Blister In The Sun", Violent Femmes & The Band Out of Time
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW VIDEO: This time we look at Violent Femmes, their legacy as a building block in alternative rock, folk punk and alt country, “Blister In The Sun” not being a song from the 90s, and the weird moment where the band showed up on Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Check it out!
youtu.be/8XP706O7uzY
youtu.be/8XP706O7uzY
Blue Monday is 42 years old today! Learn more about the track that truly got New Order out of the shadow of Joy Division, the vital link between "I Feel Love" and the future of dance music, in this classic episode of New British Canon.
youtu.be/70LF-MIX1xw
youtu.be/70LF-MIX1xw
Everything You Know About “Blue Monday” is Probably Wrong I New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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March 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Blue Monday is 42 years old today! Learn more about the track that truly got New Order out of the shadow of Joy Division, the vital link between "I Feel Love" and the future of dance music, in this classic episode of New British Canon.
youtu.be/70LF-MIX1xw
youtu.be/70LF-MIX1xw
Gorillaz's debut single Clint Eastwood was released 24 years ago today! Learn how it all came together in this classic episode, as a quartet of cartoons introduced the world to their unique collision of trip-hop, post-punk, reggae, spaghetti westerns and George Romero.
youtu.be/ew6E4mIgh0o
youtu.be/ew6E4mIgh0o
CLINT EASTWOOD & The Birth of Gorillaz | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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March 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Gorillaz's debut single Clint Eastwood was released 24 years ago today! Learn how it all came together in this classic episode, as a quartet of cartoons introduced the world to their unique collision of trip-hop, post-punk, reggae, spaghetti westerns and George Romero.
youtu.be/ew6E4mIgh0o
youtu.be/ew6E4mIgh0o
Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair album is 40 today! Shout, shout and let it all out by watching this classic video on the boys from Bath, and learn about the struggles of making their landmark second album, as well as their darker Janov-inspired debut.
youtu.be/Ke3xktAJgyg
youtu.be/Ke3xktAJgyg
Tears For Fears - Dancing To Their Own Trauma ("Mad World") | New British Canon
YouTube video by Trash Theory
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February 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair album is 40 today! Shout, shout and let it all out by watching this classic video on the boys from Bath, and learn about the struggles of making their landmark second album, as well as their darker Janov-inspired debut.
youtu.be/Ke3xktAJgyg
youtu.be/Ke3xktAJgyg
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Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.