Oingo Boingo

Their film scores have included Batman, Good Will Hunting, Proof of Life, Men in Black, and dozens more. Elfman also wrote the theme for The Simpsons. In 1990, he founded a child-actor support group. Frontman Danny Elfman has had a very successful film scoring career since, often using Boingo guitarist Steve Bartek as orchestrator. As a result, Petersen returned to university and obtained a degree in literature that helped him to go on to write sixteen adventure novels. Oingo Boingo amicably parted ways after their annual Halloween concert in 1995, because it was "time." The final concert is available on both audio and video recordings. Difficult times followed his almost instantaneous disappearance from the Hollywood spotlight. Around 1994 it was yet again shortened, this time to "Boingo". Petersen's fame brought recording offers and although his singing voice was limited, he had hit record singles with songs such as My Dad and Lollipops and Roses that made it into the Billboard Hot 100.

Because of the expense and difficulty of maintaining an ensemble of this size, Danny Elfman decided in 1976 to reduce both the band and its name, dropping the "Mystic Knights" moniker. However, he achieved stardom as a teenage heartthrob on The Donna Reed Show, an ABC family sitcom that ran from 1958 to 1966. Unfortunately, very little recorded material from this period exists. Paul Petersen started out in show business at the age of ten when he became a "Mousketeer" on the Mickey Mouse Club. Most of the members performed in whiteface and clown makeup; a typical show would contain music ranging from the 1890s to the 1950s (some of which was covers, some of which was original material either parodying or based on music of another era.) This version of the band had as many as 15 members at any one time, playing over 30 instruments between them. William Paul Petersen (born September 23, 1945 in Glendale, California) is an American movie actor, singer, novelist, and activist for child stars. In this incarnation, the band was essentially a musical theatre troupe.

They also made a cameo appearance as the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo in the movie Forbidden Zone, written and directed by Richard Elfman, the brother of Danny Elfman. The band made an appearance playing their hit "Dead Man's Party" on stage in the memorable party scene in the movie Back to School. Their most famous song, "Weird Science" was, in fact, written for the John Hughes movie of the same name. The band is probably best known for appearing on a number of soundtracks in the early-to-mid-1980s.

An early version of the band (who produced a novelty record about kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst, "You've Got Your Baby Back") was known as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Oingo Boingo was the band of composer Danny Elfman from the mid-1970s to October 31, 1995. 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection ~ Oingo Boingo (2002, compilation). Anthology (1999, compilation).

Farewell (1996, live, final concert). Boingo (1994). Best O' Boingo (1991, compilation). Dark At the End Of the Tunnel (1990).

Stay (1990, compilation released in Brazil only). Skeletons In the Closet (1989, compilation). Boingo Alive (1988, live album recorded on a sound-stage). BOI-NGO (1986).

Dead Man's Party (1985). So-Lo (1984, album by Danny Elfman, later considered to be an official Oingo Boingo album). Good For Your Soul (1983). Nothing To Fear (1982).

Only a Lad (1981). Oingo Boingo (4-song EP) (1980). You've Got Your Baby Back (1976).