Oingo Boingo
(1980) IRS Records

Only a Lad
Violent Love
Ain't This the Life
I'm So Bad



 




Lyric Sheet


The Band:
(I am not 100% sure about this.. my copy of the ep doesn't have the line-up listed. I've been
informed that keyboardist Richard Gibbs had not joined the band at this point in time and that it
might actually be one of the Forbidden Zone guys performing keys here. Aside from this,
I'm assuming the line up on this ep is the same as Only a Lad. E-mail me if I am wrong.)

Steve Bartek - Lead Guitar
Danny Elfman - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
?? - Keyboards
Kerry Hatch - Bass, Vocals
Johnny (Vatos) Hernandez - Drums
David Eagle - Drums (on one of the 10" versions)
Sam (Sluggo) Phipps - Saxes (Tenor)
Leon Schneiderman - Saxes (Baritone)
Dale Turner - Trumpet


History of this Release:
The Oingo Boingo ep was released on vinyl in three forms (all in 1980):
A 10" demo version; A 10" standard release; and a 12" standard release.
As of March, 1997... this ep has not been released on cd format.
The IRS label has since ceased to exist.

 

additional information provided by a visitor to the site:

From: "Patrick LaVallo" <lavallo@silcom.com>
To: <mattro@raptorial.com>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:53:36 -0700

Hi, I sent you an earlier letter about the "Stay" album. I also have something to say about the "first" album. It is actually called "oingo boingo demo EP". Only 137 were made, and were all hand screen painted by Elfman (so I was told). I bought one from some guy I met in Los Angeles about 10 years ago for 300 dollars. I was extremely lucky. I think they are impossible to find. Some of the band members told me (after one show at san diego state a way back) that they don't even have one. I vowed never to sell mine. I might consider for $10,000 though, but I doubt it.

PL



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