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Oingo Boingo
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To say Danny Elfman's busy these days would be an astronomical understatement, what with all the pop-culture-piercing TV theme songs ([i]The Simpsons[/i], [i]Desperate Housewives[/i]) and film scores ([i]Pee Wee's Big Adventure[/i], [i]Good Will Hunting[/i]) that he's cooked up over the past two decades. In fact, Elfman's whimsical and weird sound has become so ubiquitous in the television and film business that it's easy to forget the 17 years he fronted Oingo Boingo. Founded in the '70s by his older brother Richard as a musical theater outfit, the band went on to become one of new wave's dark-horse acts — as indebted to synth-pop as they were to Elfman's traditional music training in Africa and France. No wonder their entire Essentials playlist sounds so fresh and frenzied, from its liberal use of horns to percussion patterns that'll leave your head spinning.