Album teaser

A free download from Bash the Trash's first album THINK BIG.  The drums are watercooler jugs, with a suitcase for a kick drum; the bass is made of a drawer, a board and weedwhacker cord.  Music and lyrics by John Bertles and Carina Piaggio, performed by Bash the Trash

Ice Cream Tragedy

Bash the Trash builds, performs and educates with musical instruments made from recycled and reused materials.  Our family-friendly festival shows feature rockin' tunes, fun singalongs and wild instrumentals with our junk instruments.  Not just a percussion group that plays on odd things, our invented instruments include strings, woodwinds and brass as well as percussion - we even allow a few "real" instruments to join us onstage.  Bash the Trash and its alter-ego The Junksters are the performing arm of Bash the Trash® Environmental Arts, founded and directed by the husband-and-wife creative team of John Bertles and Carina Piaggio.

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