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Los Angeles, California, USA (1980 – 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. Their style can best be defined as “undefinable.”
Starting in 1980, Oingo Boingo spent their first three albums establishing themselves as a band with quirky, bizarre, sarcastic, and anti-conformist 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 “new wave”-ish albums containing ballads and songs about life and mortality, including the famous Dead Man’s Party.
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. Their style can best be defined as “undefinable.”
Starting in 1980, Oingo Boingo spent their first three albums establishing themselves as a band with quirky, bizarre, sarcastic, and anti-conformist 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 “new wave”-ish albums containing ballads and songs about life and mortality, including the famous Dead Man’s Party.
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On the Outside
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Just Another Day
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Nasty Habits
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No One Lives Forever
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You Really Got Me
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What You See
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Controller
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Shoutbox
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Alteredbeast47 wrote:
my favourite band ever. for me nothing beats a bit of boingo
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TheGreatKitteh wrote:
Little girls <3
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feefafo wrote:
Aww...another picture change. I quite liked the MK one. Still, at least it's still a pretty neat pic.
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feefafo wrote:
Ha - the most recent related journals are all mine! Guess I can't say anything without it ending up at Boingo.
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alexia_N wrote:
Oh wow the picture changed
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Kinga_Vicious wrote:
Picture change! That's a surprise :D
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feefafo wrote:
Oh! Picture change! Mystic Knights (and Devil Danny) FTW.
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Nonclique343 wrote:
Danny started the guyliner trend.
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beancos wrote:
stay ♥
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Kinga_Vicious wrote:
Genius band.
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Kinga_Vicious wrote:
If you search for deeper meaning in Boingo songs, you'll find it. If you don't... they're just fun. That's the genius of it. <3 [2]
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ohh1972 wrote:
If you search for deeper meaning in Boingo songs, you'll find it. If you don't... they're just fun. That's the genius of it. <3
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K-Willa wrote:
it's stuck in my head since halloween
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Kinga_Vicious wrote:
I love little girls :D xD [2] They make feel so baaad XD
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CataHairCombs wrote:
Danny & Co, a salute to the voices that murmered me to sleep and who gave me the glasses through which the world looked like it held a promise of humour and sweet melan collie
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feefafo wrote:
@Tender-L: Oh, wow. I never thought about it like that. Eeh - I hope I can get the DVD from my parents for Christmas! They REALLY need to rerelease it.
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Ackibear wrote:
@beenyisagreeny: I had no idea either until I actually gave this band a try. I was surprised when I found out.
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Tender-L wrote:
It's been 14 years since the band's farewell gig. But well, Boingo hasn't been forgotten yet, Boingo 4ever!
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beenyisagreeny wrote:
a lot of people I talk to have no idea Danny Elfman was in this band.
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prophetpope wrote:
Oingo Boingo is awesome, they should have loads of plays ,really. Danny Elfman is shitfamous, makes me wonder why this band isn't.
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