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American stone band

Oingo Boingo
Also known as	Clowns of Death Mosley & The B-Men Boingo
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.Southward.
Genres	New moving ridge[1] ska[ii] [3]
Years agile	1979–1995
Labels	I.R.S. A&M MCA Giant
Associated acts	The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Tito & Tarantula
Past members	Leon Schneiderman Dale Turner Sam "Sluggo" Phipps Danny Elfman Steve Bartek John "Vatos" Hernandez Josh Gordon Kerry Hatch Richard Gibbs John Avila Michael Bacich Carl Graves Warren Fitzgerald Doug Lacy Marc Mann

Oingo Boingo () was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a surrealist musical theatre troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, that Elfman had led and written textile for in the years previous.^[iv]

Oingo Boingo were known for their high energy alive concerts and experimental music, which can be described as mixing rock, ska, pop, and world music.^[1] The band's trunk of work spanned 17 years, with various genre and line-up changes. Their all-time-known songs include "But a Lad", "Dead Man's Political party" and "Weird Scientific discipline".

As a stone band, Oingo Boingo started as a ska and punk-influenced^{[5] [6]} new moving ridge octet, achieving meaning popularity in Southern California. During the mid-1980s, the band changed line-ups and adopted a more pop-oriented mode, until a pregnant genre change to alternative rock in 1994. At that point, the name was shortened to but Boingo and the keyboard and horn section were dropped. The band retired after a farewell concert on Halloween 1995, for which they reverted to the name Oingo Boingo and readopted the horn section.

History [edit]

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo (1972–1979) [edit]

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo began equally a street theater troupe in Los Angeles, founded by Richard Elfman. The proper name was inspired past a fictional secret society on the Amos 'n' Andy Goggle box series called The Mystic Knights of the Sea. This version of the band employed every bit many equally 15 performers at whatever given fourth dimension, playing over thirty instruments, including some instruments built by ring members.

Richard's brother Danny Elfman joined the ring in 1974 and subsequently became its leader. The group gradually moved abroad from its street theater origins and transformed into a defended musical theater human activity. The group performed an eclectic repertoire ranging from Cab Calloway covers to instrumentals in the fashion of Balinese gamelan and Russian ballet music, and after original songs by Danny Elfman. Guitarist Steve Bartek joined in 1976 as musical co-director.

I.R.S. and A&Thousand years (1979–1984) [edit]

In 1979, Danny Elfman reformed the grouping every bit a defended rock ring, nether the new proper noun Oingo Boingo, at which betoken most existing members left. Steve Bartek and a brass trio of Dale Turner, Sam "Sluggo" Phipps and Leon Schneiderman continued with the new band. Various reasons were given for the restart as a stone ring, notably Danny's emerging musical interests and reducing the need for transportation and fix-upwardly of multiple stage sets and props. Elfman stated the shift was inspired past ska revival bands such as the Specials, Madness, and the Selecter, new moving ridge bands like XTC, Devo, and Fun Male child 3, every bit well every bit the "energy and speed" of punk.^{[7] [viii] [6] [nine]}

For some early on gigs during the reformation, the band used the shortened name The Mystic Knights (and in the animated short "Face Similar a Frog" by Emerge Cruikshank, the song "Don't Become in the Basement" is credited to that name). The name Oingo Boingo was settled on in 1979, at which point their early song "I'g Afraid" appeared on the Rhino Records Los Angeles rock and new moving ridge "up and coming" compilation, L.A. In.

That same yr, the band self-funded a promo EP record, known as the "Demo EP", for distribution to radio stations and recording industry A&R representatives to assistance land a contract. The effort paid off, as the record caught the attention of I.R.S. Records, who released a revised version of the EP in 1980; the Oingo Boingo EP.

The ring had now coalesced as an octet: Danny Elfman on lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Steve Bartek on atomic number 82 guitar; Richard Gibbs on keyboards; Kerry Hatch on bass; Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez on drums; and Leon Schneiderman, Sam "Sluggo" Phipps and Dale Turner on horns. Early success for the group came in 1980 with the song "Only a Lad" from the eponymous EP. The song aired frequently in Los Angeles on KROQ-FM and complemented the station's and so-unusual new moving ridge format.

Following regional success of "Only a Lad", the group released its start total-length album in 1981, likewise titled Only a Lad (and featuring a new recording of the song). The band released further albums Cipher to Fear in 1982 and Good for Your Soul in 1983. Although the band'south audio was termed as new wave, Oingo Boingo'due south utilize of exotic percussion, a three-slice horn department, unconventional scales and harmony, and surreal imagery was a genre-skewing combination.

In 1984, bassist Kerry Hatch and keyboardist Richard Gibbs departed to form the brusque-lived band Zuma II and Oingo Boingo went on temporary hiatus, although this was not known publicly at the fourth dimension. Elfman later claimed the two parting members had "lost the spirit", but stated, "I could never arraign everyone for losing the spirit. Information technology's very hard being an 8-piece ensemble doing what, at the fourth dimension, was non-commercial music".^[ten]

MCA years (1984–1992) [edit]

Oingo Boingo logo, adopted around the belatedly 1980s

Elfman used the 1984 hiatus as an opportunity to release a solo album, co-produced with Steve Bartek, with the remaining members of Oingo Boingo returning as session musicians. This was released equally So-Lo in late 1984. At this point, new manager Mike Gormley, who had just left the position of VP of Publicity and Asst. to the Chairman of A&M, negotiated a release from the label and signed the band to MCA Records.

Shortly subsequently releasing So-Lo, Oingo Boingo returned to performing with new bassist John Avila and keyboardist Mike Bacich. The starting time release with the new line-upward was Dead Man's Political party in 1985. The album marked a notable change towards more pop oriented songwriting and product style and became the ring's most commercially successful record. Information technology featured their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, "Weird Scientific discipline", which was written for the John Hughes motion picture of the same name.

The band appeared on a number of picture soundtracks in the early to mid-1980s, including an appearance in the picture show Back to School in 1986, performing their hitting single "Dead Man's Political party". The soundtrack to the movie Available Party included a theme song written by Elfman and a vocal unreleased on any Oingo Boingo anthology, "Something Isn't Right".

During this era, Danny Elfman also began scoring major films, kickoff with 1985'due south Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Elfman would proceed to write the scores to almost all of Tim Burton's films. Oingo Boingo guitarist Steve Bartek has orchestrated well-nigh of Elfman's film and television scores.

The album BOI-NGO was released in 1987. Post-obit its recording, Bacich was replaced by new keyboardist Carl Graves. The band'due south 1988 release, Boingo Alive, comprised "live" re-recordings of previous anthology songs on a studio soundstage, plus a new vocal, "Winning Side". This new track was also released as a single and became a No. 14 hitting on U.s. Modern Stone radio stations.

In 1990, the band released their seventh studio album, Nighttime at the Finish of the Tunnel, featuring more mellow songs than any previous release and including the singles "Out of Control" and "Flesh 'Northward Blood".

Final years (1993–1995) [edit]

Oingo Boingo continued to regularly perform alive, most notably with annual Halloween concerts at Irvine Meadows and the Universal Amphitheatre. Post-obit a short hiatus in 1992, during which time Elfman was busy scoring films, the band returned in 1993 with an increasingly different, hard-stone musical direction and debuted new cloth, such as "Insanity", "Helpless" and the unreleased song "Did It There". Shows during these years often included the and then-called "Sad Clown Orchestra" providing additional accordion and circus percussion.

That same yr, Oingo Boingo began recording an eighth studio album for new characterization Giant Records. The sessions stalled when Elfman became heavily involved writing the music for animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas with Tim Burton.^{[11] [12]} Of this period, Elfman would after reflect that, after over 15 years, he had begun losing his passion for the band.^[thirteen]

In 1994, the band consolidated their new musical style and shortened its proper noun to "Boingo". Guitarist Warren Fitzgerald joined while keyboardist Carl Graves and the horn trio were removed. This marked the only year that the band toured without the horn section.^{[14] [15]}

The previously-shelved anthology was completed with the new 5-piece line-up, including orchestral instrumentation and several songs improvised in the studio for the first time in the band's history.^[16] This was released as Boingo in 1994, and would exist the ring'south concluding studio album.

In 1995, it was announced that Boingo would be disbanding after 17 years. The band embarked on a "Farewell" tour in 1995, restoring the original horn trio and reverting its name back to Oingo Boingo, ending with a final Halloween performance at the Universal Amphitheatre. The concert was filmed and released as a live album and DVD.

Legacy [edit]

Following the band's dissolution, Danny Elfman continued composing for moving-picture show and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for his work. While he has provided the scores for Tim Burton's films almost exclusively since Pee-wee'southward Big Chance in 1985, Elfman continues to be much sought-after past other directors in the movie business as well. Elfman'south other scores accept included those for Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, Spider-Human, Big Fish, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Elfman has besides written themes for more than than a dozen TV serial, including The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Tales from the Crypt, and Desperate Housewives. Elfman almost exclusively employs sometime Oingo Boingo guitarist Steve Bartek as his orchestrator.

I was then proud to have the 4 track EP from Oingo Boingo, put that music on and just observe these great songs like "Only a Lad" and "Little Girls", and realize that this band was really a representation of what Los Angeles is. It's the cutting edge, information technology's something new, it's excitement and it's a good time. ... If you were fortunate dorsum in the day to grab Boingo live, you left A – exhausted, B – soaking wet from your own sweat and C – you couldn't wait to go to Tower Records or Music Plus to go purchase their latest album.

 – Los Angeles radio & TV host Richard Blade speaking in 2016 on the ring's impact.^[17]

In the 1990s, John Avila and Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez, along with guitarist Michael Tovar, formed the trio Food for Feet.^[eighteen] Avila and Hernandez as well formed the rhythm section of Tito & Tarantula, a Los Angeles band fronted past Tito Larriva of the Plugz and the Cruzados. Avila and Hernandez too joined Larriva and guitarist Stevie Hufstetter in a ane-off project band chosen Psychotic Aztecs. The Aztecs released one album on the Grita characterization called Santa Sangre. Doug Lacy (Boingo live keyboardist and percussionist) recruited bassist John Avila, guitarist Steve Bartek, drummer Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez, and saxophonist Sam Phipps (amidst other musicians) for a band called Doug & The Mystics. They recorded one album, New Hat, which included a embrace of the Oingo Boingo song "Try to Believe", as well as original songs and covers of songs by Frank Zappa and other artists. Doug had released 1 solo anthology previously.

In 2003, former keyboardist Richard Gibbs scored the Battlestar Galactica miniseries with composer Bear McCreary. In 2005, John Avila, Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez and Steve Bartek began contributing to the subsequent McCreary-scored Battlestar Galactica goggle box series.

Since the 2005 Halloween season, former drummer Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez has regularly put together an Oingo Boingo tribute ring for performances at dissimilar venues, mainly throughout Southern California and Arizona, including the Grove of Anaheim. Initially billed every bit the "Johnny 'Vatos' Tribute to Halloween, Featuring Former Members of Oingo Boingo",^{[19] [20]} Hernandez eventually titled the project Johnny Vatos Oingo Boingo Trip the light fantastic toe Party so Oingo Boingo Sometime Members. The group is joined intermittently by former Oingo Boingo members such as Steve Bartek, Carl Graves, John Avila and Sam "Sluggo" Phipps, while vocals are usually provided past singer Brendan McCreary, also known every bit Bt4.^[21] During the 2006 Halloween flavour, there were two "Johnny 'Vatos' Tribute to Halloween" shows: i in Los Angeles and i in Orange Canton, California, with Vatos, Bartek, Avila, Phipps, and Legacy.^[22] In 2015, Elfman officially endorsed the group as the only authorized Oingo Boingo tribute band and gave Hernandez exclusive rights to employ the names Boingo and Oingo Boingo.^[23]

In early 2007, Danny Elfman had said there would not be an Oingo Boingo reunion, due to fears that playing alive would exacerbate his, and possibly other band members', hearing loss. Not withstanding this announcement, on Halloween 2015, Danny Elfman, forth with two of the other original voices from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, Catherine O'Hara and Ken Page, performed at the Hollywood Basin, singing all of the songs from the movie with a complete orchestra, while the moving-picture show played in its entirety. Paul Reubens made a special guest appearance in an encore operation of "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", reprising his original function of Lock from the film, and the event culminated in Elfman and Oingo Boingo guitarist Steve Bartek performing "Expressionless Man's Political party" for the start fourth dimension in twenty years.

Oingo Boingo were honored with a resolution at Los Angeles Urban center Hall in April 2016. Pop L.A. radio and boob tube personality Richard Blade gave a speech nearly the ring's legacy. Several members attended the coming together from across the band'south irresolute line-ups, including Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez, founding keyboardist Richard Gibbs, John Avila, Carl Graves and Sam "Sluggo" Phipps.^[24]

Members [edit]

Discography [edit]

• Only a Lad (1981)
• Null to Fear (1982)
• Good for Your Soul (1983)
• So-Lo (1984)
• Dead Man's Party (1985)
• Boi-ngo (1987)
• Dark at the Stop of the Tunnel (1990)
• Boingo (1994)

Filmography [edit]

Appearing on screen as Oingo Boingo

• Longshot (1981)
• Urgh! A Music State of war (1981)
• Practiced Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
• Back to School (1986)
• Midnight Run (1988), as Mosley & the B-Men
• The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Cupboard (1989; music video compilation)
• Good day: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995

References [edit]

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6. ^ ^{a b} Danny Elfman (interviewee) Jools Holland (interviewer) Derek Burbidge (director) (May 1982). Urgh! A Music State of war. Warner Bros. Later on in the 70s when the punk thing started happening, I found it difficult to totally relate to the music, considering it was existent simple ... merely the energy and speed I loved. I loved fast music. And that got me inspired once again to beginning writing.
7. ^ Halfyard, Janet (2004). Danny Elfman's Batman: A Motion-picture show Score Guide. Scarecrow Printing. p. 6. ISBN978-0-8108-5126-9.
8. ^ "An interview where Danny Elfman mentions the new moving ridge and Ska influences in Oingo Boingo". Mixonline.com. May 1, 2001. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved Nov 2, 2011.
9. ^ Danny Elfman [@dannyelfman] (July 2, 2019). "Andy Partridge was a huge influence. Information technology was that kickoff year of getting back to the radio afterwards a decade long moratorium, and the music of XTC, The Specials, Selector, Madness, Fun Boy Iii, and Devo that turned me around" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. ^ Darling, Cary (May 5, 1987). "Oingo Boingo'due south Difficult Teenage Years". BAM Mag.
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16. ^ Poggi, Alison (July 1994). "The Elfman Cometh". SLAMM, San Diego's Lifestyle and Music Magazine via Flickr . Retrieved July v, 2017.
17. ^ Danger, Chris (April twenty, 2016). "Richard Blade Speaking at "Oingo Boingo Solar day" Ceremony – Los Angeles Urban center Council Chambers". Archived from the original on May 10, 2018 – via YouTube.
18. ^ "Nutrient for Feet - Food for Feet | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved Oct 20, 2021.
19. ^ "Bear McCreary". Bearmccreary.com . Retrieved October 20, 2021.
20. ^ "Johnny Vatos' 'Tribute To Halloween', Featuring Former Members of Oingo Boingo". Goldstar.com . Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
21. ^ "Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez: Official Site". Johnnyvatos.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
22. ^ "Deport McCreary – Official site". Bearmccreary.com. Archived from the original on April half-dozen, 2009.
23. ^ Smith, Steve (August vii, 2015). "Danny Elfman endorses Oingo Boingo Trip the light fantastic toe Party, Don Henley announces solo tour". San Gabriel Valley Tribune . Retrieved Baronial 29, 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
24. ^ "80s Band Oingo Boingo Performs Acoustic Set At LA City Council Meeting". CBS Los Angeles. Apr twenty, 2016. Archived from the original on Oct 31, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

External links [edit]

• The Complete History of the Oingo Boingo – by Richard Elfman
• Danny Elfman's Boingo page
• Oingo Ed site from former drum tech

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oingo_Boingo

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