Rock Musician. He was the lead guitarist for the musical group, 'Wall of Voodoo.' The group formed in Los Angeles, California, and also included singer/songriter Stan Ridgway, bassist/keyboardist Bruce Moreland, keyboardist Charles T. 'Chas' Gray, and drummer Joe Nanni. The band released their self-titled debut album, "Wall of Voodoo" in 1980, and "Ring of Fire" the same year. In 1981 they released the album, "Dark Continent." In 1982 Bruce Moreland left the group and they released "Call of the West" album which included there biggest hit song, "Mexican Radio." In 1983 they played at the U.S. Music Festival and Stan Ridgeway left that same year to pursue a solo career, and he was replaced by Andy Prieboy in 1985. In 1985 they relesed the albums, "Seven Days In Sammytown" and "Happy Planet." Three years later in 1988 they relesed the album, "The Ugly Americans In Australia." That same year the band disbanded. The band's other songs include, "Crack The Bell" "Red Light" "Two Minutes Till Lunch" "Animal Duty" "Full Of Tension" "Me And My Dad" "Back In Flesh" "Tsetse Fly" "Call Box" "This Way Out" "Good Times" "Tomorrow" "Lost Weekend" "Factory" "Look At Their Way" "Hands Of Love" "Spy World" "They Don't Want Me" and "On Interstate 15." Marc Moreland died on March 13, 2002, at the age of 44.
Rock Musician. He was the lead guitarist for the musical group, 'Wall of Voodoo.' The group formed in Los Angeles, California, and also included singer/songriter Stan Ridgway, bassist/keyboardist Bruce Moreland, keyboardist Charles T. 'Chas' Gray, and drummer Joe Nanni. The band released their self-titled debut album, "Wall of Voodoo" in 1980, and "Ring of Fire" the same year. In 1981 they released the album, "Dark Continent." In 1982 Bruce Moreland left the group and they released "Call of the West" album which included there biggest hit song, "Mexican Radio." In 1983 they played at the U.S. Music Festival and Stan Ridgeway left that same year to pursue a solo career, and he was replaced by Andy Prieboy in 1985. In 1985 they relesed the albums, "Seven Days In Sammytown" and "Happy Planet." Three years later in 1988 they relesed the album, "The Ugly Americans In Australia." That same year the band disbanded. The band's other songs include, "Crack The Bell" "Red Light" "Two Minutes Till Lunch" "Animal Duty" "Full Of Tension" "Me And My Dad" "Back In Flesh" "Tsetse Fly" "Call Box" "This Way Out" "Good Times" "Tomorrow" "Lost Weekend" "Factory" "Look At Their Way" "Hands Of Love" "Spy World" "They Don't Want Me" and "On Interstate 15." Marc Moreland died on March 13, 2002, at the age of 44.
Bio by: The Silent Forgotten
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