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released by a band who is too young to have a greatest
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Granma's House (IRS) contains what American folk
legend Wall of Voodoo is cosmic synthesizer and
quirky guitar gone south of the border.
This is what "new music" is all about-recycling old
music in new and creative ways. In Wall of Voodoo's
case, it's traditional Mexican music thrown in with
electric guitars and synthesizer. All of this combines to
create interesting new concepts in music. Unusual per
haps, but interesting.
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This album contains all of the classics, including "Call
of the West" and "On Interstate 15," an instrumental
Also included are Wall of Voodoo'3 two best known and
best like songs, "Ring of Fire" and "Mexican Radio"
remember the bizarre video with a band member's head
in a pot of beans.
Bizarre is what this band is all about and that strange
ness comes through on Stan Ridgeway vocals. On songs
such as "Red Light," hi3 urgency is transported with his
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with their off-key, almosi spook-house approach to
playing.
Wall of Voodoo started out in Los Angeles with Ridge
way (vocab, keyboard) and Marc Moreland (guitar) as
the Film Soundtrack Co. Their one project was record
ing a version of the Marlboro theme (Magnificent
Seven) for an American Cancer Society television ad.
They soon changed their name and added Druce More
land (bass, keyboard), who later left the band, Chas
Grey (synthesizer, bass, and vocals) and Joe Nanini
(drums, vocals).
Supposedly the band is still together minus Ridgeway,
who now is working on an upcoming solo album and
possibly other movie soundtracks. His previous solo pro
ject was with Steward Copeland of the Police for the
Rumble Fish soundtrack.
But with Ridgeway gone, the band's music just won't
be the same without his hilarious talk-singing.
Granma's House was, strangly enough, released in the
United Kingdom, where they wonder what the big deal is
about. If they only knew what they were missing.
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