Trend Is Dead! Records Dead! Records began issuing ten band compilation cassettes involving bands from the Blo/No scene, alongside other groups from across the United States. The first CD released by Trend Is Dead! Records was the "Trendy Compilation" in 1998. Trend Is Dead! Records Trend Is Dead! Records (stylized tREND iS dEAD! records) is an independent record label in Normal, Illinois. The label was founded in 1995 and released titles on cassette and vinyl before switching to compact discs. Trend Is Dead! is recognized for its punk releases, although some have delved into experimental, rock, garage, industrial, and hardcore. The label has released
Monte Video and the Cassettes Monte Video and the Cassettes Monte Video and the Cassettes were a New Zealand band that had a hit single "Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang". Monte Video and the Cassettes consisted of Murray Grindlay. Murray was an ex-member of 1960s New Zealand band, The Underdogs, but is better known today in New Zealand as the writer and voice of many advertising jingles (notably the Crunchie train robbery advertisement, perhaps New Zealand's longest-running television ad). The album contains the single "Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang". Other songs include "Who's calling?," "All Night Long" and "Sheba