Tag: Oingo Boingo

Watch: Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek reunite to perform 'Dead Man's Party'

Watch: Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek reunite to perform ‘Dead Man’s Party’

Back in 2013, former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman sang in concert for the first time since that band’s demise in 1995, taking the mic during an orchestral performance of some of the beloved film scores he’s composed for director Tim Burton’s work. He did it again this weekend, and sang an Oingo Boingo song, too.

Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo spices up 'Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party' in 1986

Vintage Video: Oingo Boingo spices up ‘Disneyland’s Summer Vacation Party’ in 1986

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back to 1986, and this clip of Oingo Boingo performing on the network TV broadcast “Disneyland’s Summer Vacation Party” on a bill that also included Kenny Loggins, Adam Ant, Miami Sound Machine, The Bangles, Chubby Checker and more. Watch it here.

Danny Elfman's 'So-Lo' album reissued on CD after more than a decade out of print

Danny Elfman’s ‘So-Lo’ album reissued on CD after more than a decade out of print

Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman’s lone solo record — 1984’s appropriately titled So-Lo — has been reissued on CD for the first time in more than a decade by the Varese Sarabande label, which has supplemented the nine-song album with a lone bonus track: the original mix of single and album opener “Gratitude.”

Watch 90 minutes of footage from US Festival ’83: INXS, The Clash, Oingo Boingo and more

Watch 90 minutes of footage from US Festival ’83: INXS, The Clash, Oingo Boingo and more

Take a trip back to the 1983 installment of the US Festival — a four-day event over Memorial Day Weekend that year that drew an alleged 670,000 music fans into the middle of nowhere in California — with this 90-minute collection of footage from the fest’s “New Wave Day,” featuring performances by The Clash, INXS, Oingo Boingo, The English Beat and more.

Danny Elfman brings Tim Burton-themed show back to Los Angeles this Halloween

Danny Elfman brings Tim Burton-themed show back to Los Angeles this Halloween

Former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman returned to the concert stage for the first time in 18 years last fall, conducting and singing at a handful of dates in the U.K. and U.S. — and he’ll now reprise that performance at a pair of Los Angeles-area concerts at Halloween.

Video: Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman sings publicly for first time in 18 years

Video: Oingo Boingo’s Danny Elfman sings publicly for first time in 18 years

Earlier this month in London, Danny Elfman took the concert stage for an ultra-rare live appearance celebrating his film scores for director Tim Burton that concluded with something even more rare: Elfman took the mic for his first public vocal performance since Oingo Boingo’s demise nearly 18 years ago.