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Track: Skin
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel

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Name: Oingo Boingo
Spotify Genres: new wave
Followers: 519,355
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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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Release: Oingo Boingo - Skin
Year: 1990
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Alternative Rock

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LYRICS

This is someone else's story
Someone that I never knew
This is someone else's body

Am I getting through to you

If you peel away the armor is something underneath

If you look below for hidden treasure underneath another layer

Are you hiding underneath the skin



If you peel away the skin is there anybody there

If you peel away the skin is there anybody there

If you peel away the armor is it too late to begin

Is there anybody hiding if you peel away the skin



Now a spark has passed between us now

A momentary recognition

Something lost and something gained

And something shared that feels strange

Something cold that will not go away



There's a heart as cold as ice

In a vault that's made of stone

Over years the walls got higher

Over years the walls have grown



Is there anybody in there in this self inflicted tomb

If you peel away the layers is there someone in this room

If you peel away the skin, if you peel away the skin



This is someone else's story

Someone that I never knew

This is someone else's body

Am I getting through to you



If you peel away the layers is there anybody there

If you peel away the armor is something underneath

If you look below for hidden treasure underneath another layer

Are you hiding underneath the skin