Wall of Voodoo
US Festival
1st Day (New Wave)
May 28th 1983
As requested by Sir Billy, this is the footage from US Fest 83.
Must say I really enjoyed it and have probably not given this band
the attention they deserve.
I had three versions but they all seem the same quality
sourced from a VHS tape.
Some notes from an old info file are below.
regards
Titus
Setlist:
1. Ring of Fire
2. Call Box (1-2-3)
3. Animal Day
4. Lost Weekend
5. Back In Flesh
6. Fun Zone
7. Mexican Radio
8. Tomorrow
9. Call of the West
Personnel:
Stan Ridgway - Lead Vocals, Harmonica Guitar on "Lost Weekend"
Marc Moreland - Lead Guitar
Bill Noland - Keyboards, Trumpet on "Ring of Fire" and "Call of the West"
Chas T. Gray - Synthesizers, Keyboards, Bass Guitar on "Mexican Radio"
Joe Nanini - Drums, Percussion, Pots, Pans, Gun
Additional Drummer - Possibly Louie Rivera (Unconfirmed): Snare, Bongos
Notes:
This was the very last date booked for the Call of the West tour.
They had been playing around 4-5 shows per week for nearly 9 months by now!
According to Ridgway, after the set, Joe Nanini was arrested
for dumping a big bowl of potato salad on a groupie.
After this show, Ridgway, Nanini, and Noland all left the group.
It is unclear if Noland left or if his contract simply expired
- he was brought in after "Call of the West" was released
and did not appear in the Mexican Radio MTV video
that was filmed over Labor Day weekend, 1982.
Dubbed "The Tour of Virtue," some of the band members in hindsight
attribute the break up, along with unrealistic expectations
from the record company and out of control behavior related to drug abuse.
Joe Nanini went on to co-found The Lonesome Strangers in 1984
before going solo after their first tour.
Stan Ridgway went solo and collaborated on and off with Bill Noland for decades.
Wall of Voodoo re-formed in 1984, bringing back Bruce Moreland on Bass
and hiring Andy Prieboy on lead vocals, and Ned Leukhardt on drums.
"New Voodoo" was a very different band, seldom playing anything written with Stan
other than "Back in Flesh" and "Red Light" - They disbanded in the spring of 1989.
