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Boi-ngo
''Boi-Ngo'' (stylized as ''BOI-NGO'') is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1987. Production ''Boi-Ngo'' was the third Oingo Boingo album to be self-produced by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek (including ''So-Lo''). The tracks "Pain", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Not My Slave" were released as singles. Several other songs, "Remember My Name," "Inside", "Mama" and "Find You", were recorded for the album but not included. An earlier song, "Cinderella Undercover", first performed in 1981, was also recorded but cut from release. "Mama" saw a limited release on a 7-inch vinyl box set edition of ''Boi-Ngo'' as the album's final track. New recordings of both "Cinderella Undercover" and "Mama" were subsequently featured on the "live in the studio" album ''Boingo Alive'' in 1988. The song "Happy" was also recorded in the album sessions for release on the '' Summer School'' soundtrack, under Danny Elfman's name. In film and television "Home Again" appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boingo Alive
''Boingo Alive'' is a double album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1988. It was performed and recorded live in a rehearsal studio with no audience, with the band performing songs from previous albums and two previously unreleased songs to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the band's beginning. Background According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', as well as the album's sleeve sticker and promotional material, ''Boingo Alive'' was recorded live on a soundstage over nine nights in July 1988. The sticker and ads also read, "Hear our greatest hits the way they were meant to be heard—live". After Oingo Boingo migrated from A&M Records/ I.R.S. Records to MCA Records in 1984, A&M had retained ownership of the band's previous recordings, but by 1988 the band became legally able to re-record their old material. Frontman Danny Elfman stated that ''Boingo Alive'' was a project the band had been planning for years, as they had been unhappy with the sound of their studio re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boingo (album)
''Boingo'' is the eighth and final studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo. It was the band's only album recorded for their new label, Giant Records, as well as the only album to be released by the band's 1994–95 line-up. Music After 1990's ''Dark at the End of the Tunnel'', frontman Danny Elfman felt he was again "starting to get bored" with the band's musical direction and that a change was necessary to stay active. In 1994, he decided to reshuffle the band's line-up without a horn section or keyboards and add second guitarist Warren Fitzgerald. However, horn players Sam Phipps, Leon Schneiderman and Dale Turner, as well as keyboardist Marc Mann, are credited in the album's liner notes. ''Boingo'' was a dramatic departure from all the band's previous album releases, featuring longer song structures with a mix of acoustic and electric guitars. Orchestral arrangements appear on several tracks, orchestrated and conducted by lead guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man's Party (album)
''Dead Man's Party'' is the fifth album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1985. The album contains the only two singles by the band to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "Weird Science (song), Weird Science" at number 45, and "Just Another Day" at number 85. The album cover art is an homage to the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, Día de Los Muertos. Composition Elfman stated that he wrote the album's lead single, "Weird Science (song), Weird Science", spontaneously in his car, after receiving a call from director John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes about composing a song for his upcoming Weird Science (film), film of the same name. The song went on to become the band's most commercially successful single, which Elfman later regretted, as he believed it "just didn't feel like it was really a part of [the band's] repertoire". In film and television "Just Another Day" was featured as the opening theme for the 1985 film ''That Was Then... Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo () was an 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 and written material for in the years previous. Their highest charting song, " Weird Science", reached No. 45 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. 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. Their best-known songs include "Only a Lad", " Little Girls", " Dead Man's Party" and " Weird Science". 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 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Avila
John Avila is an American bassist and music producer, best known for being in the new wave band Oingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995. Career Avila co-founded the music group ''Food for Feet'' in 1981, and played with them until 1991. In 1984, he joined Oingo Boingo, replacing bassist Kerry Hatch. He played with Boingo until 1995. Avila has worked with many other musical acts including Psychotic Aztecs and Neville Staple Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, is a Jamaican-born English singer, known for his work with the 2 Tone ska band the Specials, as well as with his own group, the Neville Staple Band. He also per ... in his backing band "The Hitmen". Avila owns and operates the recording studio, ''Brando's Paradise''. He is currently the bass player in the Los Angeles-based multi-media group the ''Mutaytor'' and ''The Gama Sennin''. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avila, John Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Phipps
Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (born 1953) is an American saxophone player, best known for being a member of the new wave band Oingo Boingo. Early life Sam Phipps was born in Los Angeles, California. He played piano and trombone from an early age, but an interest in surf rock lead him to begin playing saxophone at age 15. Between 1971 and 1972, Phipps attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Prior to the formation of Oingo Boingo, Phipps met future members Danny Elfman and Leon Schneiderman while they were friends of his sister. ''Oingo Boingo Farewell - A Brief History: Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo'' YouTube Career Music While performing in Europe with singer and pianist |
Dale Turner (trumpeter)
Dale Turner (born 1943 in Minnesota) is an American trumpet player, best known for being a member of the American new wave band Oingo Boingo. Career Music Turner was a member of Oingo Boingo for the entire length of the band's existence, from 1972 to 1995. Although primarily playing trumpet, he also played trombone, guitar, percussion, and provided backing vocals for the band. According to former front man Danny Elfman in 1983, Turner "keeps an eye on us and makes sure that we don't get too far out of hand" and "he could spank every one of them .., with the exception of saxophonist Sam "Sluggo" Phipps. He has also performed with Garth Hudson, including a track on the Raging Bull soundtrack. IMDb Television and film Turner appeared with Oingo Boingo in the feature film[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Fowler
Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films. He is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. Bruce Fowler is participating in the Band from Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Jon Larsen's Strange News from Mars, featuring Zappa alumni Tommy Mars and Arthur Barrow. He also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings. Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator. Discography With Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention *''Over-Nite Sensation'' – 1973 *'' Apostrophe (')'' – 1974 *''Roxy & Elsewhere'' – 1974 *''Bongo Fury'' – 1975 (Captain Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Waters Willard
Maxine Waters Willard (born Maxine Waters on July 14, 1945, in Texas) is an American singer, best known for her backing vocals. She is sister to Oren Waters, Luther Waters, and Julia Waters Tillman. Maxine and Julia Waters are sometimes referred to as "The Waters Sisters". They are featured on Michael Jackson's 1982 album '' Thriller'', and in the documentary film ''20 Feet from Stardom ''20 Feet from Stardom'' is a 2013 American documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville and produced by Gil Friesen, a music industry executive whose curiosity to know more about the lives of background singers inspired the ...''. References External links * Living people Singers from Texas American session musicians 1945 births {{US-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Twillie (actress)
Carmen Beth Twillie (born April 8, 1950) is an American actress and singer. She is a longtime friend of Tommy Morgan and has appeared as guest contralto soloist with Morgan's choir. She is best known for singing the Elton John and Tim Rice song "Circle of Life" in the beginning of the 1994 Disney animated feature film ''The Lion King''. She provided the singing voice of Stormella in the 1998 Christmas animated film '' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie'' and she was a singer in the 1997 animated film ''Cats Don't Dance''. She does a few of small voice roles in the 1993 stop-motion animated film ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' as the Undersea Gal and the Creature under the bed. She also appeared on the ''Chowder'' episode "Sing Beans" doing one of the voices for the sing beans alongside voice actors Jess Harnell, John DiMaggio, and Tara Strong. She also is a backup singer, having appeared on several albums released by artists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Dionn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Wild (1986 Film)
''Something Wild'' is a 1986 American action comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme, written by E. Max Frye, and starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film has some elements of a road movie combined with screwball comedy. Plot Charlie Driggs is a conventional yuppie investment banker who works in New York City. After he leaves a greasy spoon diner without paying, a wildly dressed woman with a brunette bob who calls herself Lulu confronts him. Lulu offers Charlie a ride downtown but instead heads for New Jersey and throws his beeper from the moving car. Lulu openly drinks liquor while driving and stops in a town to buy more. While Charlie phones his office, Lulu — unbeknownst to him — robs a liquor store. Charlie claims the cash he is carrying is for his Christmas club account, but Lulu persuades him to pay for a room at a roadside motel. Once inside she handcuffs him to the bed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Gatica
Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's international collaborations include producing artists singing in over six languages. Gatica's career is highlighted by humanitarian projects including We Are the World, We Are The World 25 for Haiti, Hands Across America and Voces Unidas Por Chile. He has received 17 Grammy Awards and 24 nominations. Early life and career Gatica was born in Rancagua, Chile in a musical family. His grandparents owned a bar in Rancagua where they played the piano and the harp. His uncles Arturo, Orlando, María and Lucho Gatica were singers. Lucho Gatica is widely known in Latin America as the “King of Bolero”. At age 9, Gatica's father died of an illness and his mother had to travel to the United States to look for employment. He moved in with his grandmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |