In 2004 the project "trashcanation" was founded by the singer and guitarist Thorsten Ruge. At first he appeared solo and with self-written songs. After a successful guest performance the bassist Tim Borgwardt joint the band in 2007, whom Thorsten knew from various cd recordings made in Tim's Subline-Sound-Studio. During the recording of the new cd "wanted - dead or alive" in December 2008 the drummer Björn Warn was "recruited" and the band was complete. Spreading out fresh and happy mood leaving mix of Folk, Country, Pop and Rock, which is acoustically presented by "trashcanation", they conquer ever since collective the stages in Northern Germany leaving exhalted audience between Flensburg and Uelzen. After many eventful years in various bands one gets the impression that those Three have finally achieved their destination. Their audience can tell due to their harmony and easeful friskiness shown once they hit stage. As a result of their previous shared work they recorded in spring 2009 the cd "Rise". Its title describes very nicely their development and their slowly but surely "coming-on-age" of the band "trashcanation". Finally after a short but convincing introduction Carolin “Caro” Ivens from Hamburg-Eimsbüttel completed the band with her violin and with this adds a new element to trashcanation’s sound in may 2010 Thorsten Ruge Born 7th May 1964 in Hamburg, Germany. Being a little boy I already discovered my affection for music. Without a selective style I listened to what I liked. With the age of 15 I aimed for a certain music tendency. The fifties and the Neo-Rockabilly, the end of the seventies and eighties meant my first contact towards the scene. I became a "Teddyboy". But also Punk interested me. Bands like The Ramones and The Clash changed my musical directions. Only in 1983 I decided to change my dreams of making music into reality. Inspired by a band called The Alarm I began to learn the guitar. This band, especially their front man Mike Peters, changed my life. With a friend of mine I founded the project "The untouchable hands". Between 1983 and 1987 we practised as much as we could to progress. Out of this time songs like "Glory days", "Broken boy", "World of different hopes" and "See me now" derived and the idea for the song "The liar" was born but only accomplished 20 years later. Due to a conflict the project of the "hands" found its end in 1987. Henceforth I played for myself to improve my guitar and I was constantly looking for new songs. In the mid 90th I played a couple sessions with a friend and wrote the song "Take a train" In 2006 I founded my own project called "trashcanation". In the meantime I produced four albums. Everything that was meant for the bin turned suddenly out as an idea: "trashcanation" was born!! Tim Borgwardt Born 28th June 1969 Tim, being singer and bassist of the band "Twisted Harmony" since 1996, which is a heavy metal band from Wahlstedt (Germany). He ran from 2002 to 2007 the Subline Sound Studio in Wahlstedt, in which among others the "trashcanation"-CDs were recorded. In May 2007 he decided - after he took part as a guest musician at the "trashpoint.three" - to join trashcanation as bassist and background singer. Björn 'Büm' Warn Only with the "late" age of 21 and due to the fact that I started to play spontaneously tact firm I became the drummer of a band I felt close to. They wanted me to continue and since their ex-drummer wasn't in need of his set anymore, I simply went ahead and bought it. That was the beginning... It followed a long lasting odyssey throughout various bands, such as "Colours of Spring", "Headquarter", "One-Piece-Cake", "Paralaiz", just to name some until by the same coincidence I started to play the drums I happen to come to "Trashcanation". Actually all I wanted, was to return the key for the rehearsal room, while "Trashcanation" was remixing their new CD, when they recruited me immediately... Caro started to play the violin at the age of 7 years and loves her instrument. After gathering 10 years of experience within the field of classic music she played in a folk-rock-band parallel she continued to play classic music alone and in various orchestras. But her interest in regard to folk- and rock music increased more and more. Finally, after a long pause, she again played in a folk-rock-band, which however dissolved pretty soon. Then she “fell across” the boys of trashcanation and her travelling around found an end!

The Alarm / Mike Peters