Junk Yard Band

Junk Yard Band
Junk Yard Band
Origin	Washington, D.C., USA
Genres	Go-go
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Def Jam; Street;
Members	Buggs, Gene Pratt, KC, Mo Shorter, Wink-O, Daniel Baker, Demi-Doc, T-Bob, Dre Dog, Bruce Bailey, Dave Ellis aka 32, Plucky, Mike Strong, Jasper, Blue Eye Darryl, Peetey, Black Pooh, Jason Lane
Past members	Heavy One, Shorty Pop, Lil Derrick

The Junk Yard Band is a Washington, D.C–based go-go band, founded in the early 1980s by children playing on improvised instruments.^[1] They are best known for their songs- "Sardines" and "The Word."

^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. pp. 262, 279. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

[TheBeat1stEd-1] Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. pp. 262, 279. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

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