Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for their eclectic style that blended rock, ska, pop, and funk with elements ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Wednesday was declared "Oingo Boingo Day" in the city of Los Angeles ... band was founded in 1972 as a performance art group by Richard Elfman. He later passed on leadership ...

Yes and no; the trademarks are there, but the now horn-free, newly string-laden music is mostly darker, and closer to Nine Inch Nails than the show tunes and ska that informed Oingo Boingo.

First of all, you have to start with Only a Lad which is where they’re transitioning from The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and The Forbidden Zone, from being a weird performance art troupe ...

Elfman says he's had stage fright his whole life...so after his Oingo Boingo days, he never felt the need to return to stage. He has performed at the Bowl many times before for "The Nightmare ...