Andy Prieboy

Who is Andy Prieboy?

Andy Prieboy is a musician, author. He was lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo from 1983 to 1988. He went on to record solo albums, musicals and write a novel. He was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in East Chicago, Indiana.

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.

Later, he replaced Stan Ridgway as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo when 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.

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.