Spotify Release Info
Track: Perfect System
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Album: Only A Lad
Artist Bio
Name: Oingo Boingo
Spotify Genres: new wave
Followers: 498,761
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Biography
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 since 1976 and written material for in the years previous. Oingo Boingo were known for their high energy live concerts and experimental music, which can be described as mixing rock, ska, pop, and world music. The band's body of work spanned 17 years, with various genre and line-up changes. As a rock band, Oingo Boingo started as a ska and punk-influenced new wave octet, achieving significant popularity in Southern California. During the mid-1980s, the band changed line-ups, and adopted a more pop-oriented style, until a significant genre change to alternative rock in 1994. At that point, the name was shortened to simply "Boingo" and the horn section was dropped. The band retired after a farewell tour in 1995, for which they reverted to the name Oingo Boingo and readopted the horn section. [b]Line-up:[/b] Danny Elfman (1979-1995) - composer, music director, lead vocals, brass, violin, guitar, percussion Steve Bartek (1979-1995) - guitar, vocals, percussion, horn arrangements, accordion Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez (1979-1995) - drums, percussion Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (1979-1993, 1995) - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, percussion, backing vocals Leon Schneiderman (1979-1993, 1995)- baritone & alto saxophones, flute, instrument design and construction, percussion, backing vocals Dale Turner (1979-1993, 1995) - trumpet, trombone, percussion, guitar, backing vocals Dan Schmitt (1979-1980) - keyboards Jeff Breeh (1979) - bass Kerry Hatch (1979-1984) - bass guitar, vocals, bass synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (1980-1984) - keyboards, synthesizer, trombone, percussion, backing vocals David Eagle (1980) - drums Michael Bacich (1984-1987) - keyboards, backing vocals John Avila (1984-1995) - bass guitar, bass synthesizer, percussion, accordion, backing vocals Carl Graves (1987-1993) - keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals Warren Fitzgerald (1993-1995) - guitar, backing vocals
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad
Year: 1981
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Art Rock, Post-Punk, Ska