History Trivia / OingoBoingo

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* CreatorBreakdown: In the early '90s, after completing his music for ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Danny Elfman had a nervous breakdown while dealing with the pressures of trying to be a full-time film composer ''and'' the frontman for a rock band simultaneously. The result was a brief falling-out with Creator/TimBurton and the band eventually splitting up when Elfman decided to focus exclusively on film scores.
* HeAlsoDid: Boingo members Marc Mann and Steve Bartek contributed string and percussion production, respectively, for Music/AvengedSevenfold's SelfTitledAlbum, as exemplified with their work on ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpNO-wx3L8 A Little Piece of Heaven]]"''.
* OldShame

* ReferencedBy: The Oingo Boingo Brothers in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' are named after them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Music/DannyElfman's contract on Creator/MCARecords was originally written for him as a solo artist, as the label weren't interested in working with the entirety of Oingo Boingo; Elfman however was interested in continuing the band (which is why ''So-Lo'' featured the whole ensemble despite being billed as a solo project) and ultimately persuaded the label to sign the whole group on.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: '''VERY''' narrowly averted with Danny Elfman, who was almost asphyxiated during a show when two fans in the crowd he'd just dove into grabbed either end of his t-shirt and pulled with all their might, bunching it up around his throat. Luckily, the shirt tore right before he passed out.

--->'''Interviewer:''' Was is miserable shooting it?\\

'''Danny:''' Yeah, and I deserved it... it's the one video that I did that I had nothing to do with.

-->Interviewer: Was is miserable shooting it?
-->Danny: Yeah, and I deserved it...it's the one video that I did that I had nothing to do with.

** * OldShame: Danny Elfman has gone on record as saying that recording the video for "Weird Science" was quite an ordeal. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeFZtXPUCxs an interview]], he pretty much disavows his involvement with it.

* OldShame: Danny Elfman says that, because his social views have since changed, he's not really proud of "Capitalism" any more.

* AuthorExistanceFailure: '''VERY''' narrowly averted with Danny Elfman, who was almost asphyxiated during a show when two fans in the crowd he'd just dove into grabbed either end of his t-shirt and pulled with all their might, bunching it up around his throat. Luckily, the shirt tore right before he passed out.

* FatalMethodActing: '''VERY''' narrowly averted with Danny Elfman, who was almost asphyxiated during a show when two fans in the crowd he'd just dove into grabbed either end of his t-shirt and pulled with all their might, bunching it up around his throat. Luckily, the shirt tore right before he passed out.

* FatalMethodActing: '''VERY''' narrowly averted with Danny Elfman, who was almost asphyxiated when two fans in the crowd he'd just dove into grabbed either end of his t-shirt and pulled with all their might, bunching it up around his throat. Luckily, the shirt tore right before he passed out.