Andy Prieboy
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Andy Prieboy is a musician
, author
, and former morgue
attendant. He was born in Los Angeles, California
and raised in East Chicago, Indiana
.
He replaced Stan Ridgway
as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo
after Ridgway left the band in 1983. Seven Days In Sammystown was the first Wall of Voodoo album featuring Prieboy. This was followed up by Happy Planet and finally Ugly Americans in Australia, which was a live album they recorded to fulfill their recording obligations to IRS Records.
After leaving Wall of Voodoo, Prieboy signed with MCA Records
as a songwriter and went to work on new material for his first solo record ...Upon My Wicked Son
, which featured the song "Tomorrow Wendy," about a woman dying of AIDS
. The song featured a duet with Johnette Napolitano
, whose band Concrete Blonde
also recorded the song and released it on their album Bloodletting the same year. It was also covered by the industrial project System Syn
in early 2000s. Linda Ronstadt
and Emmylou Harris
covered his song "Loving the Highway Man" from the same album. Prieboy then released an EP
called Montezuma Was a Man of Faith
which featured a Country
rendition of Whole Lotta Love
by Led Zeppelin
, featuring an uncredited Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde. Prieboy's second solo album was entitled Sins of Our Fathers
.
In the mid-to-late '90s Prieboy played shows at the Los Angeles
hipster club Largo
with Rita D'Albert where they worked on an ongoing musical, White Trash Wins Lotto; a Gilbert and Sullivan
-esque treatment of the rise and fall of an Axl Rose
-like character. It was also performed at the Roxy Theatre
on the Sunset Strip
for three sold out weekend-long engagements as well as two sold out weekends at New York's PS 122. Prieboy and crew also performed a medley from White Trash on the Conan O'Brien
show.
Prieboy is also the co-author with Merrill Markoe
of the novel The Psycho Ex Game, based on his song "Psycho Ex".
, he resides in Los Angeles and released two CDs of new material, The Questionable Profits of Pure Novelty and Don't Tell That Guy Anything. He plans to write a follow-up novel, and has released several songs via his website for online purchase.
Early in his career, he was in the San Francisco art band Eye Protection, which had one track on the compilation Rising Stars of San Francisco: "Take Her Where The Boys Are". They also recorded a 7-inch single called "Elroy Jetson" with a b-side of "Go Go Girl" on Eleph Records.
His Wall of Voodoo hit "Far Side of Crazy
" is featured in the film Head Office
. His demo for the song "Man Talk", which would finally appear on the album ...Upon My Wicked Son
, was featured in the early Brad Pitt
film Cutting Class
as well as other unreleased Wall of Voodoo demos. These same demos appeared in the film C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
. He also appears in the film Blood and Concrete along with a few of his original songs.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, and former morgue
Morgue
A morgue or mortuary is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification, or removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or otherwise...
attendant. He was born in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and raised in East Chicago, Indiana
East Chicago, Indiana
East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana. The population was 29,698 at the 2010 census.-Geography:East Chicago is located at ....
.
He replaced Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway
Stanard 'Stan' Ridgway is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums and was the original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo...
as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave group from Los Angeles 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.-Formation:...
after Ridgway left the band in 1983. Seven Days In Sammystown was the first Wall of Voodoo album featuring Prieboy. This was followed up by Happy Planet and finally Ugly Americans in Australia, which was a live album they recorded to fulfill their recording obligations to IRS Records.
After leaving Wall of Voodoo, Prieboy signed with MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
as a songwriter and went to work on new material for his first solo record ...Upon My Wicked Son
...Upon My Wicked Son
...Upon My Wicked Son is the first solo album by Andy Prieboy, released in 1990 . The album cover is "Fallen Angel" by David Sandlin."On the Road Again" is a cover of the Canned Heat song, whose lyrics inspired the album's title...
, which featured the song "Tomorrow Wendy," about a woman dying of AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. The song featured a duet with Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.- Solo career :...
, whose band Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2004, and once again in 2010.-Biography:...
also recorded the song and released it on their album Bloodletting the same year. It was also covered by the industrial project System Syn
System Syn
-Members:*Clint Carney performs all studio music, vocals and lyrics. Aside from System Syn, he is the front man for the band Fake and plays keyboard and backing vocals for Imperative Reaction and God Module...
in early 2000s. Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
and Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
covered his song "Loving the Highway Man" from the same album. Prieboy then released an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
called Montezuma Was a Man of Faith
Montezuma Was a Man of Faith
Montezuma Was a Man of Faith is an EP by Andy Prieboy, released in 1991 . The EP cover is an original stained glass piece created by Judith Schaechter. The inner photograph and image on the CD are by Ann Marie Aubin....
which featured a Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
rendition of Whole Lotta Love
Whole Lotta Love
"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...
by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, featuring an uncredited Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde. Prieboy's second solo album was entitled Sins of Our Fathers
Sins of Our Fathers (Album)
Sins of Our Fathers is the second solo album by Andy Prieboy, released in 1995 . The album cover graphic is by Josh Agle and is based on "Hougoumont" by Robert Gibb...
.
In the mid-to-late '90s Prieboy played shows at the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
hipster club Largo
Largo (nightclub)
Largo is a nightclub and cabaret in Los Angeles, CA, known informally as Café Largo or Club Largo, known for its retinue of musical and comedic performers and for the Friday night "residency" of singer-songwriter Jon Brion, which has made the club a must-visit for fans and professional...
with Rita D'Albert where they worked on an ongoing musical, White Trash Wins Lotto; a Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
-esque treatment of the rise and fall of an Axl Rose
Axl Rose
W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...
-like character. It was also performed at the Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre is a famous nightclub, on the Sunset Strip, in West Hollywood, California. The Roxy is owned by Lou Adler and Adler's son, Nic, who operates the club.- History :...
on the Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip
The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile-and-a-half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with Hollywood at Harper Avenue, to its western border with Beverly Hills at Sierra Drive...
for three sold out weekend-long engagements as well as two sold out weekends at New York's PS 122. Prieboy and crew also performed a medley from White Trash on the Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....
show.
Prieboy is also the co-author with Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe is an author, an Emmy Award-winning television writer and a sometime standup comedienne.-Career:Markoe attended the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a B.A. in Art in 1970 and an M.A. in 1972...
of the novel The Psycho Ex Game, based on his song "Psycho Ex".
, he resides in Los Angeles and released two CDs of new material, The Questionable Profits of Pure Novelty and Don't Tell That Guy Anything. He plans to write a follow-up novel, and has released several songs via his website for online purchase.
Early in his career, he was in the San Francisco art band Eye Protection, which had one track on the compilation Rising Stars of San Francisco: "Take Her Where The Boys Are". They also recorded a 7-inch single called "Elroy Jetson" with a b-side of "Go Go Girl" on Eleph Records.
His Wall of Voodoo hit "Far Side of Crazy
Far Side of Crazy
"Far Side of Crazy" is a song by the New Wave group Wall of Voodoo. It was released as a 7" and 12" single in 1985. It is arguably the band's second biggest hit. Although it never charted in its native US, it reached #23 in the Australian Charts and stayed in the top 100 for 21 weeks. It was...
" is featured in the film Head Office
Head Office
Head Office is a 1985 American comedy film, produced by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Masur, Michael O'Donoghue, Ron Frazier, Merritt Butrick and was directed and written by Ken...
. His demo for the song "Man Talk", which would finally appear on the album ...Upon My Wicked Son
...Upon My Wicked Son
...Upon My Wicked Son is the first solo album by Andy Prieboy, released in 1990 . The album cover is "Fallen Angel" by David Sandlin."On the Road Again" is a cover of the Canned Heat song, whose lyrics inspired the album's title...
, was featured in the early Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
film Cutting Class
Cutting Class
This article is about the film. For the song, see Cutting Class . For the crime, see truancyCutting Class is a 1989 horror film directed by Rospo Pallenberg and written by Steve Slavkin. The film was Brad Pitt's first major role.-Plot:...
as well as other unreleased Wall of Voodoo demos. These same demos appeared in the film C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. is a 1989 comedy horror film, directed by David K. Irving, written by M. Kane Jeeves and stars Brian Robbins, Tricia Leigh Fisher and Bianca Jagger.-Plot:...
. He also appears in the film Blood and Concrete along with a few of his original songs.
Studio Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Upon My Wicked Son | Doctor Dream Records |
| 1995 | Sins of Our Fathers | Doctor Dream Records |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Montezuma Was a Man of Faith Montezuma Was a Man of Faith Montezuma Was a Man of Faith is an EP by Andy Prieboy, released in 1991 . The EP cover is an original stained glass piece created by Judith Schaechter. The inner photograph and image on the CD are by Ann Marie Aubin.... |
Hot Mustard Records/Doctor Dream Records |