Heavy Trash

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title: "Heavy Trash" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["musical-groups-established-in-2005", "american-rockabilly-music-groups", "rock-music-groups-from-new-york-(state)", "yep-roc-records-artists"] description: "American rockabilly band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Trash" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American rockabilly band ::

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Field	Value
name	Heavy Trash
image	Heavy_trash_%26_jon_spencer_@_studio_sp.jpg
caption	Jon Spencer from Heavy Trash live in São Paulo, Brazil, on April 23, 2009. Photo by Ariel Martini
image_size
background	group_or_band
origin	New York City, United States
genre	Rock & roll, neo-rockabilly, cowpunk, garage punk, garage rock
years_active	2005–present
label	Yep Roc, Crunchy Frog
associated_acts	Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pussy Galore, Madder Rose, Speedball Baby, The Sadies
website	www.heavytrash.net
current_members	Jon Spencer, Matt Verta-Ray
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| name = Heavy Trash | image = Heavy_trash_%26_jon_spencer_@_studio_sp.jpg | caption = Jon Spencer from Heavy Trash live in São Paulo, Brazil, on April 23, 2009. Photo by Ariel Martini | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = New York City, United States | genre = Rock & roll, neo-rockabilly, cowpunk, garage punk, garage rock | years_active = 2005–present | label = Yep Roc, Crunchy Frog | associated_acts = Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pussy Galore, Madder Rose, Speedball Baby, The Sadies | website = www.heavytrash.net | current_members = Jon Spencer, Matt Verta-Ray | past_members =

Heavy Trash is an American rockabilly band based in New York City, formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray (formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby). The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including rock & roll, rockabilly, blues, alternative country, and garage rock or garage punk. They are currently signed to Yep Roc Records, Bronzerat Records and Crunchy Frog Records. They once toured together with the Canadian band The Sadies, under the name of Heavy Trash and The Sadies.

Discography

• Heavy Trash – 2005
• Going Way Out with Heavy Trash – 2007
• Midnight Soul Serenade – 2009

References

References

1. Conway, Tom. (July 28, 2018). "Solo explosion next for Jon Spencer". [[South Bend Tribune]].
2. Krinsley, Jeremy. (July 2005). "Jon Spencer's Heavy Trash Project with Matt Verta-Ray Produces New Album for Fall". [[Impose (magazine).
3. Fontenot, Robert. (March 1, 2005). "Heavy Trash, Heavy Trash (Yep Roc Records)". [[OffBeat (music magazine).
4. Alesia, Tom. (September 21, 2006). "Youngblood Much More than Brass". [[Wisconsin State Journal]].

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