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Oingo Boingo is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of XTC, Save Ferris, Devo, Perry Farrell and The Specials. Those roots explain a lot about how Oingo Boingo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Talking Heads, The Fixx, Self, Thompson Twins and The Buggles, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Warrior, Mr. Bungle, Ozomatli, Tito & Tarantula and I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Oingo Boingo, reaching back through XTC and forward to Warrior. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Oingo Boingo was an American rock 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 previously led and written material for.
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Oingo Boingo connections
Oingo Boingo grew out of XTC, Save Ferris, Devo and Perry Farrell, shares an orbit with Talking Heads, The Fixx, Self and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Warrior, Mr. Bungle, Ozomatli and Tito & Tarantula. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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