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The Garbage-Men is an American musical group of youths from Sarasota, Florida teaching sustainability through music.〔The Sarasota Observer: http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Slice-of-the-City/012720119996/Homemade-instruments-create-unique-image-for-The-G.〕 The band promotes recycling, a green eco-friendly message, by playing music on instruments they make from garbage and recycled materials.〔Sarasota Herald-Tribune: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101130/article/11301023?p=1&tc=pg〕 The Garbage-Men perform their instrumental interpretations of classic hits for audiences large and small at various venues including street festivals, science museums, and charity events. They can often be seen busking on street corners, including a show in Times Square, NYC.〔Sarasota Ticket: http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2012/06/08/the-garbage-men-are-hitting-the-big-apple/〕 The band has appeared on America's Got Talent, (CNN ),(NPR's Science Friday ), (TIME Magazine for Kids ), (The Blue Man Group's Invent an Instrument Contest ), and (PBS Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins ),〔Creative Loafing: http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2010/11/23/garbage-pail-kids-the-four-teenage-members-of-the-garbage-men-use-music-to-drive-home-their-eco-friendly-message/〕 the latter of which received an Emmy. The band is also referenced in the paperback edition of ''Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash'' by Pulitzer Prize–winning author, (Edward Humes ). They have volunteered to perform and help charitable non-profit organizations such as (The New York Hall of Science ), The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Giving Hunger The Blues, Sarasota County Public Library, Mote Marine Laboratory,〔WTSP Channel 10: http://sarasota.wtsp.com/news/events/world-oceans-day-makes-splash-mote/63282〕 The Museum of Science and Industry, The South Florida Museum, The Orlando Science Center, Mayors' Feed the Hungry Program, Mothers Helping Mothers, WMNF and WSRQ community radio,〔Creative Loafing Tampa: http://cltampa.com/tampa/the-garbage-mens-turn-trash-into-treasure/Content?oid=4193875#.UkcxvYYkWSo〕 and others. The band donates 100% of the proceeds from the sale of their CD to Heifer International〔Bay News Nine: http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/january/196300/The-Garbage-Men-making-plenty-of-sweet-noise〕 and other charities. The band was founded in 2010 by Ollie Gray and Jack Berry. ==Personnel== * Jack Berry - Guitar * Ollie Gray - Drums * Harrison Paparatto - Trombone, bugle, saxophone, violin, clarinet * Austin Siegel - Chromatic percussion * Evan Tucker - Bass guitar 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Garbage-Men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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