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Halloweens were no longer
acceptable since Oingo Boingo called it quits in '95; the holiday would never be the same without them.
Because of this, Dead Man's Party, the Oingo Boingo tribute band
began to form in the
later part of 2000, beginning the endeavor to re-create the Halloween cheer that so many other
Southern Californians had come to know as Oingo Boingo's "Dead
Man's Party."
The band started out with Rob on vocals, Axel Clark on drums
and Mike Ryon on lead guitar. Rob was a huge Oingo Boingo
fan, Axel and Mike were both very familiar with Oingo Boingo and
thought the project sounded like fun, and the three had worked
together before; both in the studio and in another
band. Things
seemed to click pretty well, so slowly the rest of
the band was recruited. Everything continued to go so well that, even before
finding a horn section, the band went ahead and booked their first show.
Then things got sticky.
The horn section that the guys had intended to work with never seemed to
have the time to rehearse. It was now just over three months
before the gig, and Dead Man's Party was stuck. Luckily,
they were informed about a great SKA band from San Diego that had an incredible horn
section; a band called Skanic. The guys contacted the Skanic
horn section and invited them to a rehearsal. Fortunately,
they were all Oingo Boingo fans themselves. They liked what they heard,
and the band was set.
On October 26, '01 - three months later - Dead Man's Party played
their first show
at the House of Blues, Anaheim. It had been a long journey, and
now they faced a packed house of Oingo Boingo fans expecting to be
entertained...or else. Thankfully, the crowd accepted them and the
show went great.
Though Dead Man's Party was originally intended to be primarily a
Halloween band, Oingo Boingo fans kept asking when they were playing next.
The guys started booking other shows throughout the year, with a
seemingly ever-growing fan base. After a few
band member changes and over five years later, Dead Man's Party
finds themselves playing around Southern California about once a month and still loving it.
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