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Los Angeles, California, USA (1978 – 1995)

Richard Elfman founded the theatrical troupe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. In 1978 the remnants of the Mystic Knights formed together under lead singer Danny Elfman as the band Oingo Boingo. The hyperkinetic ska-flavored New Wave band is characterized by their manic live performances and eclectic range of songs; Elfman and the band performed for a remarkable twenty years.

The band from Los Angeles, California, USA, a pared-down version of the theatrical troupe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, released eight major albums and two live compilations, each containing songs that varied from fast-paced ska to soulful jazz to emotional rock to off-kilter pop.

Starting in 1980, Oingo Boingo spent their first three albums establishing themselves as a band with , , , and vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation, among other things lambasting “normal” society and politics for their many hypocrisies and encouraging people to think for themselves. The band made a change toward a different sound when frontman Danny Elfman recorded So-Lo in collaboration with the band and a new label, beginning a trio of “”-ish albums containing ballads and songs about life and mortality, including the famous Dead Man’s Party.
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  • lordzouk

    I need to check more out from these guys, little girls is catchy as fuck.

    5 May 8:19pm Reply

  • clowezra

    you can make a scene on the mezzanine, but don't go in the basement.

    22 Feb 8:43pm Reply

  • Perfect-System

    Such musical beauty, Danny Elfman you are an inspiration.

    18 Feb 4:04am Reply

  • SoporAeternus-

    Go! Don't you gooo!

    28 Jan 5:00pm Reply

  • MathianSim

    If only there would be a reunion. Out of all the broken-up bands I love, Oingo Boingo might be the one that I'm most desperate for a reunion of.

    17 Nov 2012 Reply

  • jolene17

    I would just like to say how happy I am to have found this band, and how sad I am to have not found them sooner.

    18 Oct 2012 Reply

  • dunnowhyimhere

    its that time of the year again

    12 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Joyful_Blue

    Only recently listened to the Forbidden Boingo stuff; certainly better late than never.

    28 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Sultanis

    Thanks PizzaInChicago, that was brilliant!

    17 Aug 2012 Reply

  • coregamer

    So, when are we getting that not-crappy release of Find You, their best song?

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • valeritcha

    s2

    26 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Witchpenis

    Can anyone send me booze in the mail?

    14 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Geno098

    So... reunion tour?

    8 Jul 2012 Reply

  • olivegreen85

    Oh, and: "I can't see my life without Oingo Boingo" [3]. ... Or, rather ... well, I CAN, because it wasn't all that long ago, really. And it was nothing worth looking at. Just SURVIVING it meant I ended up doing things I promised myself I'd never discuss. ... Hell, this life STILL ain't worth living (or looking at, or mentioning) — but at least NOW, I have something that makes me think it COULD be, someday, if I work really, REALLY hard: Hope. They gave me the hope that I might someday be something worth existing, as opposed to a useless slab of meat stuffed with pain and regret and disappointment. (Dammit, I wanted this to be all poignant and heartfelt and shit, but I don't know how to explain it better than that. Maybe it's too late and I'm too cranky for that. So I guess I just sorta ended up spewing words in some kinda order, and hoping they might find some meaning along the way to whereever they end up. Dammit, I need caffeine. Coherence is just a sweet memory at this point.)

    29 May 2012 Reply

  • olivegreen85

    Oh, goody. I'm not too late. I did SO want to be here for the big cookie — er, I mean, to be the first one to say this: Happy Birthday, Mr E.! (... Erm, in my timezone, at least: It's almost one in the morning on the 29th here.)

    29 May 2012 Reply

  • CJ155

    Only A Lad <3

    28 May 2012 Reply

  • mydesperateicon

    I can't see my life without Oingo Boingo [2]

    27 May 2012 Reply

  • pureevilmatt

    Reunion tour please and thank you.

    26 May 2012 Reply

  • nastyblood

    I always hate finding out about bands long after they have broken up. I would love to see these fucks in concert dammit! [2]

    18 May 2012 Reply

  • LunarLight

    I can't see my life without Oingo Boingo

    3 May 2012 Reply
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