Reg Presley was working as a bricklayer in the summer of 1966 when he heard that
Wild Thing, the Chip Taylor song he'd recorded with a bunch of mates calling
themselves The Troggs, had gone to Number 1 in the UK. He put down his trowel
and never picked it up again. The Troggs version of Wild Thing became a
much-loved classic with an enduring influence on later bands and a particular
inspiration both to garage rock and punk, with Iggy Pop and The Ramones citing
them as seminal influences. It also triggered a series of major Troggs hits,
including With A Girl Like You, I Can't Cont...