LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Oingo Boingo performed acoustic versions of two of the band's biggest hits at Wednesday's Los Angeles City Council meeting, where they were also honored with a resolution.

Feel free to use the following controversial statement to bolster your own superior music taste if it’s to your fancy: Oingo Boingo is one of the best, most rewarding and ingenious bands of all time.

Most horror fans know Danny Elfman as the composer of choice for filmmaker Tim Burton–and too many others to name. But before working with orchestras scoring soundtracks, Elfman held major street cred ...

Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for their eclectic style that blended rock, ska, pop, and funk with elements of avant-garde and world music. The band was active primarily between 1979 ...

Oingo Boingo, the musically complex octet that was the centerpiece of California ’80s new wave has been dead for 20 years. But Dead Man’s Party, an Oingo Boingo tribute band, has been a SoCal ...

LOS ANGELES — Oingo Boingo, the Southern California new wave band that rocked the 1980s with hits like “Weird Science” and “Dead Man’s Party,” was honored by the Los Angeles City Council today. Former ...

Led by original Oingo Boingo drummer Johnny “Vatos” Hernandez and featuring Oingo Boingo members — guitarist Steve Bartek, bassist John Avila, saxophonist Sam “Sluggo” Phipps, and keyboardist Carl ...

“Love in the Time of COVID” is one of the most compelling and inventive songs of the pandemic. The quirky tune is accompanied by a visually stimulating video, but that shouldn’t be surprising since ...

What do you do when you're one of the biggest film composers in Hollywood with a rock 'n' roll past? You combine the best of both worlds, which is what former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman did ...