From Wikipedia (but edited somewhat by me)

White Trash is a funk/hard rock/soul band from Queens, New York, which is the best borough in NYC by far (even though I’m from the Bronx). They separate themselves from other bands in their genre with their horn section, called the Badass Brass, which gives them a very funky musical sound. They enjoyed some success in the early 90s before temporarily disbanding. White Trash was heavily influenced by Motley Crue, James Brown and the Red Hot Chili Peppers¹

Friends Dave Alvin (vocals) and brothers Ethan (guitar) and Aaron Collins (bass) formed the band in 1985 and first played together at Aaron's bar mitzvah, doing covers of popular heavy metal bands of the time. Aaron also read the Havtorah beautifully during his Bar Mitzvah, according to attendees. They used several different drummers until three years later, when Aaron's high school buddy Mike Caldarella joined. In the spring of 1990 they were discovered and subsequently signed to EMI Music Publishing. They signed to Elektra Records in 1991 and released their self-titled debut album in June of 1991², which was produced by George Drakoulias and engineered by Brendan O'Brien (and the awesome cover was done by the late Jack Davis from Mad Magazine).

The album was extremely successful, fueled by the video for "Apple Pie", which was in heavy rotation on MTV's Buzz Bin and featured a great band dog-pile at the end. The song reached No. 39 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while the album charted at No. 122 on the Billboard 200. Then the band broke up temporarily. While the band was on hiatus, the other single from their album, The Crawl, was used as the theme song for MTV's The Jon Stewart Show in 1993.

Alvin continued White Trash with an entirely new lineup in 1994. Craig LeBlang took over guitar duties, Eric Brodin handled the bass, and Dave Barckow sat handsomely behind the drum kit. They released Si O Si, Que?, produced by Daniel Rey (Ramones, White Zombie, King Missile), which did not feature as much brass as on their debut album and it did not do as well as their first release for some bizarre reason. Two singles were released from the album ("Minor Happiness" and "Pig") and a tour with New Jersey band Spare Change, but by the time the album came out the music scene had changed radically due to influence of grunge rock and White Trash was viewed as too old school to be viable in the music industry. Because the music industry sucks.

White Trash disbanded until 2007 when the original line up got back together for a reunion show at the Crazy Donkey in Long Island. The reaction was so good that the band reformed and played several more shows. In 2008 Dave Alvin and Aaron Collins decided to write new material and get everyone back in the studio to record a brand new album.

In March 2009 White Trash released 3D Monkeys in Space through Gotham Gold Music. The band was touring again until the unexpected death of a heart attack of guitarist Ethan Collins in December 2016. In 2015 White Trash released Suburban Purgatory, which kicks ass also.

1. As per Chris Arbisi of the band
2. Ibid