Feeling nostalgic for some throwback punk attitude? The legacy of Trash – a short-lived band whose brief 1970s existence has earned them cult status among insiders – is finally being restored to its rightful pedestal in 2025 with the reissue of their double single Priorities / Look.
Formed in 1976 in Weybridge, southern England, Trash consisted of Mick Brophy (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Keith Steptoe (bass), Steve Pearce (drums), and co-lead singers Simon Wright and Jane Wimble – a loose collective of students from a small food tech college in St. George’s Hill. Musical experience wasn’t a requirement: their idols were the Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks – the rest was raw enthusiasm. Rehearsals were spontaneous, true to punk’s spirit: direct, relentless, urgent.
Their self-released double single Priorities / Look dropped in 1977, but flopped commercially. Still, the music press gave them credit – maybe because they embodied something many were missing: punk not as a pose, but as a genuine, inner compulsion. Two years later, the band was done. Today, Priorities / Look stands as a time capsule – and one that, surprisingly, feels right at home in the present day.
Priorities / Look
