Founded: 1979
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Website Link(s): Wall Of Voodoo Stan Ridgway
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Band Members[]
- Stan Ridgway
- Marc Moreland
- Bruce Moreland
- Chas T. Gray
- Joe Nanini
- Andy Prieboy
- Ned Leukhardt
Includes Members of[]
- Drywall
- Black Randy and the Metro Squad
Band Biography[]
A New Wave group formed by a bunch of musicians who would hang out at Stan Ridgway's music studio and play with his collection of strange instruments. They had a cool sound based partially around the drum sound -- a drum machine running to keep the beat, while Joe Nanini played live, complex percussion over it. Their most successful single was "Mexican Radio", though they had some mild successes with songs like "Ring Of Fire". After Call of the West, Stan Ridgway left the band, and was replaced with Andy Prieboy. Marc Moreland and Joe Nanini have both died in the 2000s.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Dark Continent
- Call of the West
- Seven Days in Sammystown
- Happy Planet
- The Ugly Americans in Australia
- Index Masters
EPs[]
- Wall Of Voodoo
Singles[]
- Mexican Radio b/w There's Nothing On This Side
- Big City b/w Room With A View
- Far Side of Crazy b/w Wrong Way To Hollywood and Dance You F*#%ers
- Do It Again b/w Back In The Laundromat and Far Side of Crazy
- Elvis Bought Dora A Cadillac b/w Shouldn't Have Given Him A Gun For X-Mas
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Soundtracks[]
Mix CDs[]
- The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites
- The Boys And Girls Are Lifting Up Their Plates
- Thirteen Ugly Children Roll Gutterballs
- He's In The Industry
- Max Tensile Strength
- Come On And Buy It
- Aila's Mp3 Of The Week
- Dub Club: Aila - The Radio Is Broken