Danny Elfman

[Blarg]

I loved Oingo Boingo and saw them live a few times. They used to have great Halloween shows. Elfman's so talented. "Only a Lad" is just as good as when it was released. A lot of their stuff is silly and weird, like "Reptiles and Samurai," but still good fun in the same way some of David Byrne's dementia ("Animals," "Paper," etc.) can be. Lots of their other stuff has a great lyric zing to it, and the musical textures are always dense and fun.

I read somewhere about how they undeservedly remained mostly a west coast phenomenon. What a shame! These were some talented guys. I was really glad to see Elfman got a great career going even long after the band dissolved.