10-29-2020, 11:40 AM
If Devo and The Residents had a bastard child...
I worked Oingo Boingo at the HJK in 88 for RM. They played just prior to a 3-show Grateful Dead run - a Valentine show run. Boingo's show was poorly attended so Bill Graham, in all his wisdom, had us give out free tickets to the Deadheads who had already begun to camp in the park outside the venue. Miracle tickets. The Deadheads outnumbered the Boingo fans maybe 3 to 1, but the band opened with Dead Man's Party, and they killed it. Still one of my fav tunes. After that, we were all Oingo Boingo fans. It was an incredible dance party - like the best opening act for the Dead at the time. I remember skanking my ass off and I don't remember anything from the three nights of GD that followed (but most of those memories are pretty blurry anyway). That Oingo Boingo show was magical.
I worked Oingo Boingo at the HJK in 88 for RM. They played just prior to a 3-show Grateful Dead run - a Valentine show run. Boingo's show was poorly attended so Bill Graham, in all his wisdom, had us give out free tickets to the Deadheads who had already begun to camp in the park outside the venue. Miracle tickets. The Deadheads outnumbered the Boingo fans maybe 3 to 1, but the band opened with Dead Man's Party, and they killed it. Still one of my fav tunes. After that, we were all Oingo Boingo fans. It was an incredible dance party - like the best opening act for the Dead at the time. I remember skanking my ass off and I don't remember anything from the three nights of GD that followed (but most of those memories are pretty blurry anyway). That Oingo Boingo show was magical.
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