Some of Oingo Boingo's most popular songs include "Weird Science" – featured in the 1985 movie of the same name. It reached ...

Most horror fans know Danny Elfman as the composer of choice for filmmaker Tim Burton–and too many others to name. But before working with orchestras scoring soundtracks, Elfman held major street cred ...

The band Oingo Boingo first began as a theater troupe called The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, a moniker inspired by the 1950s television series Amos ‘n’ Andy, in which there was a fictional ...

McKian in the front of the stage and Johnny Vatos behind the kit with Oingo Boingo Former Members. (Photo by Michelle Alvarez/Green-Eyed Blonde Photography) As the days grow shorter and nights get ...

Oingo Boingo, the musically complex octet that was the centerpiece of California ’80s new wave has been dead for 20 years. But Dead Man’s Party, an Oingo Boingo tribute band, has been a SoCal ...

It’s funny how life works out sometimes. As a kid, I loved my music icons. As a teenager, I loved bands like Led Zeppelin, Boston, AC/DC, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rick James and Prince. I know, it’s an odd ...

Feel free to use the following controversial statement to bolster your own superior music taste if it’s to your fancy: Oingo Boingo is one of the best, most rewarding and ingenious bands of all time.