Oingo Boingo

By the way, I've been a fan since the Oingo Boingo days, and I think most people associate Oingo Boingo, generally, with "Weird Science," right?

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

I was in Oingo Boingo and Tim used to see the band in LA.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

By the way, I've been a fan since the Oingo Boingo days, and I think most people associate Oingo Boingo, generally, with "Weird Science," right?

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

So, I wrote a collection of catchy songs about the environment and got my friend, Carl Graves, who played with Oingo Boingo for years, to funk it up.

Julia Holland: Will the Next Generation Save Our Planet? Julia Holland 2011

The theatrical musical troop called The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo that I had previously been a part of did the music for Forbidden Zone.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

Among other rare gems and odd ducks are Francis Ford Coppola's "One From the Heart," a gorgeous and doomed production whose commercial impotence capsized his Zoetrope Hollywood studio; Richard Elfman's gonzo masterpiece "Forbidden Zone," with music by Oingo Boingo and a cast that includes Hervé Villechaize from "Fantasy Island" and Warhol superstar Viva; and Julian Temple's deliriously a-chronological eruption of style, "Absolute Beginners," with David Bowie and Ray Davies.

Singing and Dancing on Celluloid Steve Dollar 2011

I was in Oingo Boingo and Tim used to see the band in LA.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

The theatrical musical troop called The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo that I had previously been a part of did the music for Forbidden Zone.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More Mike Ragogna 2011

The film is rounded out by an awesomely bizarre soundtrack by the now defunct and nearly forgotten new wave group The Fibonaccis, whose musical style is reminiscent of Oingo Boingo by way of Siouxsie & the Banshees.

TerrorVision (1986) 2010

I love that this Prom looks like nothing more than an Oingo Boingo videoclip with some fluorescent stripping.

The Incredible 1980s Power Looks of Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou Glenn Dunks 2010