Comments on: 20 Band Name Etymologies or, Dancing About Architecture (With Myself) http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2009/07/27/20-band-name-etymologiesor-dancing-about-architecture-with-myself/ Beyond Words explores our experiences with language, culture, and the world through our day-to-day interactions. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kri http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2009/07/27/20-band-name-etymologiesor-dancing-about-architecture-with-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Kri Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:59:30 +0000 http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/?p=3107#comment-1073 Hey I just wanted to point something out about the Oingo Boingo etymology - there is no one single explanation for the name, just a series of jokes that band members have told interviewers over the years. Richard Elfman, (Danny Elfman's older brother) the man who started The Mystic Knights Of the Oingo Boingo doesn't even remember where he got the name from. Fans have been debating this for years and years, but all we can do is speculate. Hey I just wanted to point something out about the Oingo Boingo etymology – there is no one single explanation for the name, just a series of jokes that band members have told interviewers over the years. Richard Elfman, (Danny Elfman’s older brother) the man who started The Mystic Knights Of the Oingo Boingo doesn’t even remember where he got the name from.

Fans have been debating this for years and years, but all we can do is speculate.

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