WALL OF VOODOO with STAN RIDGWAY
The Index Masters
© 2005 ryko
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The one that started it all back in 1979 - Featuring vocalist Stan Ridgway. The first Wall Of Voodoo EP - newly re-issued on Ryko w/ Ring Of Fire, Long Arm and more - plus Bonus Live Tracks.
tracks
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albums you will love
- STAN RIDGWAY LIVE! IN NYC: 1996 @ The Mercury Lounge NYC
- STAN RIDGWAY AND PIETRA WEXSTUN: CD Soundtrack for Mark Ryden's "The Blood Show"
- STAN RIDGWAY AND DRYWALL: Barbeque Babylon
- STAN RIDGWAY: SNAKEBITE: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs
- HECATE'S ANGELS: saints and scoundrels
- STAN RIDGWAY: Holiday In Dirt
- STAN RIDGWAY: The Way I Feel Today! (crooning the classics)
- HECATE'S ANGELS: Hidden Persuader
- STAN RIDGWAY: anatomy
- STAN RIDGWAY: Black Diamond
- STAN RIDGWAY: Songs That Made This Country Great
- STAN RIDGWAY: The Big Heat
- WALL OF VOODOO WITH STAN RIDGWAY: Call Of The West
genres you will love
galleries you will love
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notes
Stan Ridgway now at myspace.com: http://www.myspace.com/officialstanridgway
Reviews / Harp Magazine
CD Reviews
Stan Ridgway with Wall of Voodoo
The Index Masters Rykodisc
Wall of Voodoo, The Index Masters
Wall of Voodoo was a duality of ABC simplicity and DNA complexity. Their spaghetti mecha-twang seemed so rudimentary: three or four chords, robotic drumming, basic keys and programming, nerdy vocals and lyrics that said what they meant (or required scant interpretation). Simultaneously, it felt utterly sophisticated. Stan Ridgway's robo-honking techno-poetry was out-of-time; Marc Moreland's guitar transcended far out; even the rudimentary approach seemed highly abstract. The Index Masters (originally released in 1980, then given a new title and enhanced with live tracks in 1991 and re-reissued now with a leftover live one, "The Passenger") revives the discussion. Were Wall of Voodoo just geeks rocking for status? Were they geniuses slumming in an inferior medium? Did "Longarm" predict the rash of downsizing and outsourcing? Can Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" work in a totally different context? Was Ennio Morricone just a band away from himself being Wall of Voodoo? The coolest thing about Wall of Voodoo is that "yeah" answers all of the above.
By Randy Harward
First printed in Jan/Feb 2006