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Stan Ridgway
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Stan Ridgway’s tenure with Wall of Voodoo may have launched him to semi-stardom, but his solo musical style is more blues rock, almost Americana-ish, than WoV’s big hit “
Mexican Radio.” Multiple solo albums and collaborations later, Ridgway morphs with each release.
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway (born Stanard Ridgway Funsten, 5 April 1954 in Barstow, California) was the original lead singer for the band Wall of Voodoo, singing on their debut EP and first two albums, including their only hit song, “Mexican Radio”. Wall Of Voodoo’s genesis was in a Hollywood company called “Acme Soundtracks”, a commercially unsuccessful venture founded in 1977 in Hollywood by Ridgway. Ridgway’s intent for the company was to provide soundtrack music for independently produced low-budget horror films; unfortunately, the company found few takers for its services. Instead, Acme Soundtracks evolved into a band that played live shows.
The band was named Wall Of Voodoo by Ridgway before their first gig in reference to a comment made while recording and overdubbing a Kalamazoo Rhythm Ace drum machine, a gift to Ridgway by writer and iconic voice over artist Daws Butler, partner to Stan Freberg, voice of Yogi Bear and many other Hanna-Barbera characters. When someone jokingly compared the multiple drum machine and farfisa organ laden recordings to Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, Ridgway commented it sounded more like a “Wall Of Voodoo”, and the name stuck.
Mexican Radio.” Multiple solo albums and collaborations later, Ridgway morphs with each release.Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway (born Stanard Ridgway Funsten, 5 April 1954 in Barstow, California) was the original lead singer for the band Wall of Voodoo, singing on their debut EP and first two albums, including their only hit song, “Mexican Radio”. Wall Of Voodoo’s genesis was in a Hollywood company called “Acme Soundtracks”, a commercially unsuccessful venture founded in 1977 in Hollywood by Ridgway. Ridgway’s intent for the company was to provide soundtrack music for independently produced low-budget horror films; unfortunately, the company found few takers for its services. Instead, Acme Soundtracks evolved into a band that played live shows.
The band was named Wall Of Voodoo by Ridgway before their first gig in reference to a comment made while recording and overdubbing a Kalamazoo Rhythm Ace drum machine, a gift to Ridgway by writer and iconic voice over artist Daws Butler, partner to Stan Freberg, voice of Yogi Bear and many other Hanna-Barbera characters. When someone jokingly compared the multiple drum machine and farfisa organ laden recordings to Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, Ridgway commented it sounded more like a “Wall Of Voodoo”, and the name stuck.
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Stan Ridgway "Calling Out To Carol"
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Stan Ridgway - Goin' Southbound
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Stan Ridgway - Salesman
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Into the Sun
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Camouflage
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The Big Heat
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Drive She Said
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Salesman
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Lonely Town
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Goin' Southbound
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Mexican Radio
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Drive, She Said
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Can't Stop The Show
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Pile Driver
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A Mission in Life
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Calling Out to Carol
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Dogs
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Peg and Pete and Me
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Shoutbox
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Accattone1989 wrote:
klawa muza wam powiem, w polsce też się słucha czasami! pozdr! GREAT
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eXoletus wrote:
Camuflage - the one
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trishtan wrote:
I don't like the current default picture. It looks like his face is melting.
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icaro2416 wrote:
un artista atípico.
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Reductorsonico wrote:
Hi there! There are some new photos of Stan in lastfm. Please enter and vote for your favourite..
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brendanvox wrote:
The show last nite was not very good, but I still love you.
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
if Bob Dylan was good, he would sound like Stan
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CrimsonJupiter wrote:
Hey all, i made a group for Wall of Voodoo (http://www.last.fm/group/Wall+of+Voodoo). Come join it if you like :)
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Tr1xx wrote:
Anyone notice the similarity between Camouflage and Johnny Cash's Ghost Riders In The Sky?
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Kobemmo wrote:
that Stan Ridgeway have taken some of the scrobbles...
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Anhedonium wrote:
Seems strange that as of 3/08 there are only 51,000 + listens.
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Anhedonium wrote:
King for a day is one of the greatest songs! I love it. Makes me laugh every time I hear it.
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alfvaen wrote:
WTF? Anyone else just have Stan scrobble as Stan Ridgeway J.E.D. [sic]? That's definitely not the way my MP3 file is tagged, I double-checked.
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dcramer wrote:
In the LastFM player thingy it lists similar artists as Wall of Voodoo, Thomas Dolby, Shriekback, Joe Jackson, Ultravox. That list is more like it. Of those, only Joe Jackson is in the similar artist lists on the site (even after you click See more). Ironic that the site doesn't list Wall of Voodoo as a similar artist.
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Johnnysblade wrote:
Yeah...lastfm isn't very good at picking similar artists. It said that u2 is similar to The Cure...but I hear no similarties
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trishtan wrote:
IanSchultz: I was just going to ask the same thing.
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repete86 wrote:
Only 31k listens?!?!? Yikes!
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JoeIsListening wrote:
CD Player - $30. The Big Heat by Stan Ridgway - $12. But I think she did it better last year / before her boyfriend broke her arm - Priceless.
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Jazzzzzzzzzz wrote:
talkin' wall of voodoo, ace !
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Iconus wrote:
I modeled my life after I wanna be a boss. I only have a few more items on the list to hit...Mars here I come!
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- freestyle-789, cinciandree, wouazO and 2 other people added Stan Ridgway to their libraries. 8 hours ago
- ipozgaj tagged Stan Ridgway with ‘alternative’, ‘rock’, ‘pop’ and ‘80s’. Wednesday evening
- M1970, kaytiej, cordaa and 12 other people added Stan Ridgway to their libraries. 9 days ago
- chiptotec tagged Stan Ridgway with ‘totec radio’. last month
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- Haddy50 tagged Stan Ridgway with ‘rock’ and ‘singer-songwriter’. last month
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- gerreper tagged Stan Ridgway with ‘testing the water’ and ‘blues’. last month
- visnu80, Squarshy and honorableworm added Stan Ridgway to their libraries. August 2008
- lordfeepness tagged Stan Ridgway with ‘seen live’. August 2008
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