Stop Sign (9/93, 11/00) Non-musicians make up the Trash Percussion section, where the rule is: if it's not an endangered species, it's an instrument. The stop sign is a common trash instrument, though a bit loud. It's a handy way to keep the Band from being run over while marching across the street without a parade permit.

Mannequin (11/86), Soviet Politics (11/86) Trash members are free to devise any instrument they can carry which makes little or no sound. Sometimes, the choice of a trash instrument reveals odd fetishes... and sometimes it reveals that you haven't finished your reading for Soviet Politics.

Pink Flamingos, Muffler (10/94) The ideal trash instrument makes little or no sound, like a pair of pink flamingos. (And pink flamingos make about as much sense in a band as on your front lawn.) A car muffler as a musical instrument? The Irony! The Irony!

Band Crossing (11/94), Trash Line (Wisk) (5/95) Go ahead; hit us. We need the insurance money. Who needs a color guard when you've got a trash line? Memorable trash choreography has included kicklining in The Cross, to the tune of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Eggplant Fish I'm not exactly sure what it is. Looks kinda like a cross between a fish and an eggplant. (I'll resist the obvious comment about trying to tune a fish.)

Trash Section (11/86) The whole trash section. How many of the following instruments can you locate: inflatable kiddie pool and plunger, kiddie lawnmower, bongos, kazoo, tennis racket/air guitar, cookie tin, toilet seat, battery-powered electric guitar, the Earth, dual beer pitchers, Budweiser cans, tamborine, groovy fish, and artificial leg. Extra credit: Where's Waldo?