# Trumpets in rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681 "2015-10-25T01:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/41 "2015-10-26T12:48:32Z")
Don McGlashen, lead singer of The Mutton Birds, played a [euphonium](https://www.flickr.com/photos/17270214@N05/11322321786/in/album-72157624446740265/) on several songs. He still plays it at solo gigs as well. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/42 "2015-10-26T12:53:40Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Would INXS count? Correct me if I am wrong. I only remember them having sax, courtesy of guitarist Kirk Pengilly. Did they have trumpet too? In other four-letter acronym bands, NOFX has a lot of trumpet, courtesy of musical polymath genius El Hefe. While they do have some ska influence, [they also rip that horn over stuff that is decidedly not ska.](https://youtu.be/qnFVMkTWaBw?t=14m50s) ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/43 "2015-10-26T13:30:52Z")
A slight hijack, but hopefully you will be happy to know that kids these days are enjoying trumpets in some of the current hits. Cheerleader by OMI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGflUbPQfW8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGflUbPQfW8) currently 15 on the charts. From a few years ago, 50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSBFehvLJDc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSBFehvLJDc) (actually a pretty funny video featuring “the Hoff”) And of course Trumpets by Jason Derulo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOAfz0H4f00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOAfz0H4f00) This post about current music brought to you by a 50 something old fart. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/44 "2015-10-26T13:52:51Z")
Careful with the Jason Derulo Link… It may be considered NSFW. I’ve asked a Mod to spoiler box it. Sorry, I knew the song but hadn’t watched the full video. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/45 "2015-10-26T14:00:54Z")
I think Adam and the Ants had a trumpet in there. Not seeing it on wiki, but I’m thinking of the song ‘Desperate but not serious’ Got it - Martin Dover on trumpet. - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate\_But\_Not\_Serious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_But_Not_Serious) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/46 "2015-10-26T17:32:09Z")
Belle And Sebastian had trumpet player Mick Cooke as the only horn in their line-up from 1998-2013. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/47 "2015-10-26T18:11:13Z")
Does Buckaroo Banzai’s [pocket cornet](http://www.pocketcornets.com/assets/images/db_images/db_peter_weller_benge_21.jpg) count? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/48 "2015-10-26T19:41:19Z")
**Morphine** didn’t even have a guitar player, just drums, bass, horn, and vocals. I don’t think the horn was a trumpet though. Similarly, **Chicago** is well known for their horn section, but I’m not sure of the exact role the trumpet played in their sound. I’d call **Stevie Wonder** rock, and he definitely had a trumpet in a lot of his music. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/49 "2015-10-26T20:00:05Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > How about “Guilty as Charged” from the _Walk Hard_ soundtrack. Maybe obvious to most people, but that’s intentionally in the style of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”, which kind of qualifies – it has more than one trumpet, but not a real full horn section. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/50 "2015-10-26T20:07:55Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > **Morphine** didn’t even have a guitar player, just drums, bass, horn, and vocals. I don’t think the horn was a trumpet though. Similarly, **Chicago** is well known for their horn section, but I’m not sure of the exact role the trumpet played in their sound. I’d call **Stevie Wonder** rock, and he definitely had a trumpet in a lot of his music. Morphine had a saxophone, rather than brass. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/51 "2015-10-26T22:13:07Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Cool, thanks for posting that, it was completely new to me. > > I really like the singer’s cap, but the _clip-on braces holding up jeans under a big belly_ look, while a classic in terms of timelessness, is not actually a good look. Yeah, but on the list of “Fashion Crimes of the 1970s” it is not even in the top 100. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/52 "2015-10-27T14:16:31Z")
Peter Sellers with [“Trumpet Volunteer”](https://youtu.be/gtZGBiT8AlQ?t=4m05s) for the win! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/53 "2015-10-27T15:42:07Z")
[You Can Feel It All Over](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtgF1w5LsZY) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/54 "2015-10-27T15:45:43Z")
Every time I see this thread’s title, I keep thinking about a trumpet version of Deep Purple’s _In Rock_! ---
**Author:** ![groovie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@groovie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groovie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/55 "2015-10-27T15:58:11Z")
Eric Matthews is an accomplished trumpet player and has released numerous recordings that feature the instrument. His first single ‘Fanfare’ featured the trumpet prominently, that was some 20 years ago. Eric Matthews Fanfare video. Well this one is kinda rock-y. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/56 "2015-10-27T16:14:30Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > Every time I see this thread’s title, I keep thinking about a trumpet version of Deep Purple’s _In Rock_! Since you mention it, a brass ensemble arrangement of “Child in Time” would sound pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/57 "2015-10-28T04:47:52Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I only remember them having sax, courtesy of guitarist Kirk Pengilly. Did they have trumpet too? > > In other four-letter acronym bands, NOFX has a lot of trumpet, courtesy of musical polymath genius El Hefe. While they do have some ska influence, [they also rip that horn over stuff that is decidedly not ska.](https://youtu.be/qnFVMkTWaBw?t=14m50s) I think you are right and I’m wrong, mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681/58 "2015-10-28T21:17:37Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > Morphine had a saxophone, rather than brass. Yeah, but a saxophone wins the “woodwind that wishes it was brass” award every time. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681.md?page=2)