Wall of Voodoo

Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.

Wall of Voodoo released a self-titled EP in 1980 which featured a synthesizer-driven cover of the Johnny Cash song, "Ring of Fire". The band's first full-length album, Dark Continent, was released in 1981.

The band released their biggest-selling album, Call of the West in 1982. "Mexican Radio" was their only Top 100 hit in the USA and the video for the song got a great deal of exposure on the newly formed MTV.

In 1985, they released Seven Days In Sammystown, with the first single, "Far Side Of Crazy" which reached number 23 on the ARIA charts. In 1988, the band split up as Andy Prieboy and Marc Moreland went on to solo careers.

In July 2006, a Stan Ridgway-fronted Wall of Voodoo performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Orange County as an opening band for Cyndi Lauper. A remastered coupling of Dark Continent and Call of the West was released by in November 2009.