Before we knew Danny Elfman as a film composer, he was known as the frontman to Oingo Boingo, a genre-defying new ...

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 ...

Danny Elfman had at least two compelling reasons to return to the rock concert stage and to resume writing and recording rock songs after a three-decade hiatus. But neither had anything to do with his ...

Danny Elfman was first known for his new-wave group Oingo Boingo. But that’s far from his only contribution to music. In the years since he led the band, Elfman has composed a stunning array of works, ...

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 ...

HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- Danny Elfman is heading back to the stage for a wild show this month at the Hollywood Bowl. The title alone says a lot: "From Boingo to Batman to ...

Two decades after that beloved SoCal alt rock band Oingo Boingo broke up, Johnny Vatos’ Oingo Boingo Dance Party is gaining a significant fan base. Vatos’ Boingo Dance Party, which features six ...

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.

Danny Elfman is a musician of many hats. He led the Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo in the '80s, has penned iconic themes for everything from The Simpsons and nearly every Tim Burton film to Marvel's ...

Space was one limitation, but how does anyone explain The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo? Richard Elfman didn’t, neither in a brief May 16 question-and-answer story in the Muskegon Chronicle, nor an ...

The release of Big Eyes this Christmas Day marks the 16th collaboration in 29 years between legendary director Tim Burton and equally legendary composer Danny Elfman. Theirs has been one of the most ...

LOS ANGELES — Oingo Boingo, the Southern California new wave band that rocked the 1980s with hits like “Weird Science” and “Dead Man’s Party,” was honored by the Los Angeles City Council today. Former ...