Funny stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YwRZ6A34HE&feature=related
They were my favorite group for several years. I worked with Danny's neighbor and good friend (who hated their music but both he and Danny loved B-movies) so I got great tickets to their Halloween shows down in Irvine - conveniently right by where I lived then. We sat right next to his wife and kid and, fortunately, right in front of the guy who always dressed as a large, red lobster. :D
Wish I could have talked with Steve (Bartek) for a while though, I've always liked his playing.
tbh - I knew little about them.
Just thought that vid was very mel brookes with a bit of the Marx bros.
It wasn't the usual cheezy attempt at zany humour by a band
I saw Oingo Boingo a few times in the 80's, always dug Bartek's playing and movements. Check out The Forbidden Zone for the OG Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo footage...and zany classic movie with a jaded edge type feel. Urgh a music war also had a tune (aint this the life, i believe) from Oingo Boingo when they were young and hungry, really great enegy...great performances from many acts in that one as well.
Urgh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-L-famo26wForbidden Zone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrkuPIt2bkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzr8phoGjXI&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Uh-AFFDys&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YPFvC-C_E&feature=related