Wall Of Voodoo with Stan Ridgway "Tomorrow" 1983

[bmatzell]

described in Allmusic.com as a "disastrous performance," after which the band broke up backstage...

[marehtseira]

@bmatzell the performance itself was good but the band already had problems going on within and then their manager never paid them for doing this show

[jones123119]

yes marc and bruce broke up the band sky people. my bro randy jones was the singer.and a song writer.and a great singer.if they would have stayed together they would of been huge.but they did not.so they joined wall of voodoo and im glad they did cause there great. stan ridgway is very talented and different.

[LONGBEACHPUNKROCK]

I Was There!!!!!

[JMarchOHare]

All I can figure is that they weren't bigger because they were so original and unclassifiable. Genesis was only a cult band until they started mixing pop in with their prog. Wall of Voodoo is similar, except they never went mainstream as far as I know. Their stuff is way too weird for the common people. Hey, weird is GOOD!

[PnxNdd420]

THEYRE GOOD LIVE!!!!

[Rentbook2u]

Saw Wall Of Voodoo in 1981 when they were the opening act at the Daze Of Future Past Festival at the Queen's Hall Leeds. Had never heard of them until that point. They were awesome.

[MrThegooddoctor]

I saw WOV as the starter band for Oingo Boingo back in about '84 or so. It was at the Utah Fairgrounds, Cow Palace building and this was when I started collecting their music.

Fast forward 23 years when the wife and I saw Stan Ridgeway and his band in Tooele Utah, at the Trax? bar in 2007 or 8. great entertainment. The local, Hillbilly regulars were stunned and confused, drunk cowgirls started fighting and the band played on with Stan in his element, leading the circus. Go Chickenhead!

[rullrich100]

Stan Ridgway is an American treasure.

[theoriginalMaxman2]

awesome

[HateSince88]

What a voice. He was a hero here in Germany!

[howmer001]

Wall of Voodoo's last show with Stan Ridgway as frontman . . . otherwise known as the end of WofV, although they soldiered on for a few more years and a couple of crap albums with Andy Prieboy. IMHO, Stan Ridgway WAS Wall of Voodoo, and without him they were just another run of the mill LA band . . .

[sokmunkee]

Sign of true talent - they can sound as good or better live than their studio versions. I still think he looks like K.D. Lang...or her brother if she had one.

[southguy99]

Love that band

[southguy99]

Thank you Stan for all the great music

[dmkext]

I was there... Just a kid of 29.. My girlfriend just dumped me and I went on a road trip. The next thing I know I am at the Festival.... Had a good time..wonder what ever happened to Becky?.

[Uderaj72]

I love WoV. My brother saw them in Oslo late 80's. I was too stupid to go....hmmmm. Sammystown is my favourite....

[SSEanBarr]

@Uderaj72 that is NOT the real Wof Voodoo as I assume you can see and hear with this vid!!

[IamLukeSilz92]

@SSEanBarr then what IS the real wall of voodoo?

[1fatpigrat]

ass holes won't let me comment !!! fuck them !!! I will not be back !!!! see u some where else ,dude!

[1fatpigrat]

fuck utube!

[1fatpigrat]

Thanks. I did not know.

[clyde8her]

Played WAY too fast...

[1fatpigrat]

What did Marc Moreland die from?

[clyde8her]

@1fatpigrat  Kidney and liver failure.. Joe Nanini died also but from brain hemorage

[Khultan]

@clyde8her

 Rest in peace....

[feefafo]

This version is amazing! Love it!

[dopdahl]

Happy to say I was at the US Festival that day....oh so long ago...

[TheThievingBeggars]

I watch this performance daily! I love this song! Take it Chickenhead!

[12bar145ne]

guitar player fukin rocks...killer band

[intens4]

I still have the vinyl!

[Duran09007fan]

same here!

[dasvortex]

Whats wrong with tommorrow , indeed .

[HumGuitar]

Marc Moreland=affectionately known as "Chickenhead"

[tangoseven2]

marc cam jam !! awsome !!

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

What freaking tape is this??? Is this even available?

[ghlysptwld]

wonderfull but you can start to see the "mexican radio effect" sad ..... I love these guys! too bad they broke up...  and dont tell me they made another record .. it sucked

[thebigdondini]

whhaaaa - incredible guitar - Gänsehaut! I could listen to it for hours... and on and on and on...

[jessesgirl10]

I remember walking around with a "boom box" and blasting this cassette...LOL!

[ghlysptwld]

I remember walking around with a walkman.... blasting it

[psyhobill5150]

good song and they sound pretty good live

[longfade]

Wall of Voodoo. They really sincerely don't seem to care at ALL that they're playing in front of, what, 100,000 people? That's just another thing to love about them. The very antithesis of the 'rock star' persona.

[sweetqueento3SQ23]

Ha! I was so there! 11th grade at Cajon High School!

[zencolafreak]

More people should know about this group and especially Stan Ridgway.

[sincha70]

I agree this song rocks! Especially the percussion.

[RacerX929]

this song friggin rocks!

[martinihoudini]

One of the most underrated bands of the early 80s.

[Khultan]

I was the one who gave the first thumbs up to ya, Martinhoudini.

[Bumblebee303]

One of my favorit bands of all time and definitely the most unique ! :D

[SaltSeahorse]

i would jump on a time travel machine and... be just on this Stan Ridgeway vibe tingling me olde bones...

[marehtseira]

Joe Nanini rocked on drums and other percussion. This set was his (his friend's) and Stan Ridgway's last show with Wall Of Voodoo.

They left the group and WoV never reached the same success ever again.

[zencolafreak]

I was a freshman in Highschool in '83

I'm 38 now. I grew up listening to these guys.

I love em. This still makes me want to get

up and dance

[zencolafreak]

I was a freshman in Highschool in '83

I'm 38 now. I grew up listening to these guys.

I love em. This still makes me want to get

up and dance

[zencolafreak]

I was a freshman in Highschool in '83

I'm 38 now. I grew up listening to these guys.

I love em. This still makes me want to get

up and dance

[Obelisk2290]

I believe this was stans last show with them. At least according to wiki but who know

[curmudgeon99]

I remember living in Ames Iowa in 1982 and I discovered this band. (That's not easy in Ames!) Well, this group ran like wildfire through that town. (I had a radio show on the college station KPGY) This song most of all reminds me of my great and long-lost friend Sully. Wish I knew where he was now...

[RetSquid]

Go Cyclones!

[mikentosh]

Me and a buddy drove down from the S.F. bay area to the US festival. I was so stoked to see the Clash, I didnt remember where I parked my car! I walked around all nite trying to find it, carrying a bag full of crap...blanket, tshirts, camera etc. Everyone figured I must have booze or dope stashed in it! Woulda been nice if I did. I walked around all nite, finally calling my grandfather, who lived an hour away, to drive me around to find mystupid car. Other than that, It was a great show!

[mramone]

Anyone got the Oingo Boingo set from the same day?

[mwolf49]

A lot of people including me have wondered why Stan left WoV at a time when this band was on the verge of superstardom. I've never heard a legitimate reason. Usually internal strife within the band contributes to their demise. There was one show in which the promotor kept the entire purse from WoV. .Stan even sings about this. Is it possible that this was the show? Anyone know?

[zrap111]

yes, this was it, it was also the last show stan and joe would ever play with wov, as stan planned on leaving after that tour's last show (which was this one) and joe; after finding out he was gypped 10 grand or something assaulted someone by dumping food on them, and got arrested, jail? idk, but he never came back..

[castingtherunes]

Fantastic band. And Stan has great stage presence.

[librarianeric]

This was a great show! During the day we roasted, but at night we froze.

The headliners on this day were the Clash and it was the last time Mick Jones played with the band.

[caeser02]

I've always loved these guys!

[jusan69]

wonderful song great band they were favoulos they are always fantastic.

[mistarax]

Stan's touring. He's in Europe now????

[superbawestside]

And yes, Joe did die from a clot and Mark's liver failed as well... Too bad too because there definitely would have been a reunion.......

[superbawestside]

There is 2 Skulls an eye/Metrosquad, and a model citizen in this band.And when Bruce, Marks bro was in the band..add a Weirdo too! They were talented, they were great live and very cool people!!!!! They formed in the offices above the orginal Masque and decided to film score orginally, but ended up being WAYYYYYYY ahead of their time....And producing what turns out too be still very organic, very original music even today!!!!!!

[ballardlesemann]

Drummer Joe Nanini died of a blood clot in his brain Monday at his Atlanta residence afew years ago — suicide wasn't the cause. Guitarist Marc Moreland died of liver failure a few years back in France, sadly.

[mwolf49]

Stan Ridgeway dropped out of sight for years and the original drummer committed suicide. The band was way underappreciated and under promoted. Only guess who is back on tour with the "Call of the West"? That's right boys and girls. .good ol' Stan himself. I'll see the show in Atlanta. I saw them 25 years ago. .it'll be good to see the changes.

[mwolf49]

An Atlanta radio station reported Joe's death a suicide. .which of course was erroneous. I later learned that he and his wife lived 5 miles from me and we shopped and hung out in the same neighborhoods. A small world He was the most creative percussionist I have ever heard. He will be missed.

[ePhilosopher]

the drummer winks thinks... but havent we alerady done this? freebefore, why so much now? same stuff, different post coma I'M running for president. after the coma wears off. see you in twenty o eight. vote for me. i have the time machine!

[anotherbarfly]

wow, this brings back memories...cheers

[Khultan]

A manager of their's really ran off with all of their rightfully due money?!? Sheesh. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

[jetrado]

Was that the US Fest ?

[mclmlc]

my god! they were great! I wonder if they were considered a great band at their time or not! someone can tell me?

[EarlyLAPunk]

they were critical darlings. their one hit is how the public knows them. their early fans were 50 art monsters. they were records that people that were into early punk and new wave listened to. they started out at the masque, a famous punk basement on hollywood boulevard. i don't think they ever got the credit they deserved critically because they were not a new york band.

[EarlyLAPunk]

and they seemed to make an undefinable mix of sounds and influences--that somehow sounded right! i don't think they were condsidered a great band and i think it's just a great number of fans that think so. this was alt music back then, it's music that would still fall through the cracks. there's only one wall of voodoo.

[newalt]

I remember when Alt. Music was called New Wave and the groups had thier own sound (wall of voodoo, oingo boingo talking heads, devo, xtc. etc.)Too bad it's not that way today.

[theonlytruepunk]

Yep. I still never thought of WOV as "New Wave", as they all came from various LA "punk" bands, like the Eyes, the Skulls, the Weirdos, etc. They had their own truly unique sound. They were incredible.

[JeanGenie127]

It IS that way, because it WAS

that way when WE heard those tunes!!!

[HumGuitar]

Thanks for posting this. One of my favorite Wall of Voodoo tunes. Do you have any more from Dark Continent album?