Bio

Bob Levy - vocals

Kevin Battell - bass/vocals

Matt Langone - guitar/vocals

Bob Stockl - drums

The Trash Mavericks have played in the New Jersey/NYC area for over 18 years. They have over a 100 self-penned songs and when they play on those three-set nights, they can throw into the mix other songs ranging from Steve Earle to the New York Dolls. As stated on the back of their second release "Lucky 13", the band's music gets across their "heartfelt celebration to the true rock 'n' roll, blues and country music that we deeply love and respect and grew up with."

In 2005, the band recorded and released a new CD entitled "No. 5". Longtime friend Eric Rachel (owner of the studio Trax East in South River, NJ) produced it along with the band. MP3 versions of a few of the songs can be heard on the MP3 page of this site. Songs from the CD such as "Tattletail" can also be found on the Swedish compilation called "Rockin' At The Barn Vol. 3" on Dusty Records (www.dustyrecords.se), while "Pretty Ones" can be found on Dusty Records 4th compilation, "Rockin' At The Barn Vol. 4".

Other CD releases include, "Off The Tracks" (2000), "Lucky 13" (1994) and "Bust Your Kicks" (1997). All were produced by Eric Rachel and the band and recorded at Trax East in South River, NJ. Additional recordings include a European single "I Can Tell" (sharing a side with NJ's own Mad Daddys) and an EP released in Europe on The Pure Vinyl label called "You Litter We Fine". There have also been contributions to an independent film soundtrack, and several spots on other compilation albums.

In the past years, the band has played to full houses in Madrid, Spain, and at the NXNW in Toronto, Canada. The Trash Mavericks have recently appeared on The Levis First Stage at the PNC Arts Center opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent , The Who and George Thorogood. The band has also traveled to the south, where they had appeared for four years in a row at Dave Robinson's annual "Sleazefest" and "Honky-Tonka-Rama" at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC.

As vocalist Bob Levy said in a recent interview, "We have no illusions about this business. None of us have gotten rich off of rock 'n' roll. The reason we're still doing it is because we love it. I guess rock 'n' roll is in our blood."