# Andy Prieboy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Prieboy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Prieboy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Prieboy > Source revision: 1339380047 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American musician, songwriter, and author}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2010}} '''Andy Prieboy''' (born April 17, 1955[http://www.discogs.com/artist/536234-Andy-Prieboy Discogs – ''Andy Prieboy'' – profile and discography]) is an American musician, songwriter, and author. He was lead singer of the band [Wall of Voodoo](/source/Wall_of_Voodoo) from 1983 to 1988. Later, he produced solo albums, musicals, and a novel. ==Life and career== Prieboy was born in Los Angeles and raised in [East Chicago, Indiana](/source/East_Chicago%2C_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](/source/b-side) of "Go Go Girl" on Eleph Records. In 1983, he replaced [Stan Ridgway](/source/Stan_Ridgway) as lead vocalist of [Wall of Voodoo](/source/Wall_of_Voodoo). ''[Seven Days in Sammystown](/source/Seven_Days_in_Sammystown)'' was the first Wall of Voodoo album to feature Prieboy, which was followed by ''[Happy Planet](/source/Happy_Planet_(Wall_of_Voodoo_album))'', and finally ''[The Ugly Americans in Australia](/source/The_Ugly_Americans_in_Australia)'' (a live album recorded to fulfill their recording obligations to [IRS Records](/source/IRS_Records)). His first Wall of Voodoo single "[Far Side of Crazy](/source/Far_Side_of_Crazy)" is featured in the film ''[Head Office](/source/Head_Office)''.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091183/soundtrack Head Office Soundtrack] His demo for the song "Man Talk", which would finally appear on the album ''[...Upon My Wicked Son](/source/...Upon_My_Wicked_Son)'', was featured in the early [Brad Pitt](/source/Brad_Pitt) film ''[Cutting Class](/source/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.](/source/C.H.U.D._II%3A_Bud_the_C.H.U.D.)''. He also appears in the film ''Blood and Concrete'' along with a few of his original songs (in that movie, [Jennifer Beals](/source/Jennifer_Beals) sings his song, "One Girl in a Million"). After leaving Wall of Voodoo, Prieboy signed with [MCA Music Publishing](/source/MCA_Inc.) as a songwriter and went to work on new material for his first solo record ''[...Upon My Wicked Son](/source/...Upon_My_Wicked_Son)'', which featured the song "[Tomorrow Wendy](/source/Tomorrow_Wendy_(song))," about a woman dying of AIDS. The song featured a duet with [Johnette Napolitano](/source/Johnette_Napolitano), whose band [Concrete Blonde](/source/Concrete_Blonde) also recorded the song and released it on their album ''[Bloodletting](/source/Bloodletting_(Concrete_Blonde_album))'' the same year. The music video was directed by [Thomas Mignone](/source/Thomas_Mignone). [MTV](/source/MTV) initially rejected the song's lyrical content and tone but Prieboy and Mignone decided to feature the decaying cities of [Hammond](/source/Hammond%2C_Indiana) and [Gary](/source/Gary%2C_Indiana) in [Indiana](/source/Indiana) as the "Wendy" character and the video received [Buzz Bin](/source/Buzz_Bin) status at MTV. The song was also covered by the industrial project System Syn in early 2000s. [Linda Ronstadt](/source/Linda_Ronstadt) and [Emmylou Harris](/source/Emmylou_Harris) covered his song "Loving the Highway Man" from the same album. Prieboy then released an [EP](/source/Extended_play) called ''[Montezuma Was a Man of Faith](/source/Montezuma_Was_a_Man_of_Faith)'' which featured a [country](/source/Country_music) rendition of "[Whole Lotta Love](/source/Whole_Lotta_Love)" by [Led Zeppelin](/source/Led_Zeppelin), featuring an uncredited Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde. Prieboy's second solo album was entitled ''[Sins of Our Fathers](/source/Sins_of_Our_Fathers_(Album))''. In the mid- to late-'90s, Prieboy played shows at the Los Angeles club [Largo](/source/Largo_(nightclub)) with Rita D'Albert where they worked on an ongoing musical, ''White Trash Wins Lotto''; a [Gilbert and Sullivan](/source/Gilbert_and_Sullivan)-esque treatment of the rise and fall of an [Axl Rose](/source/Axl_Rose)-like character. It was also performed at [the Roxy Theatre](/source/the_Roxy_Theatre) on the [Sunset Strip](/source/Sunset_Strip) for three sold out weekend-long engagements as well as two sold out weekends at New York City's [PS 122](/source/PS_122). Prieboy and crew also performed a medley from ''White Trash'' on the [Conan O'Brien](/source/Conan_O'Brien) show. Prieboy is also the co-author with [Merrill Markoe](/source/Merrill_Markoe) of the novel ''The Psycho Ex Game'', based on his song "Psycho Ex". Markoe and Prieboy have lived together since 2004.{{cite news|last=Wadler|first=Joyce|title=Merrill Markoe on Puppets and Monkey Portraits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/garden/qa-the-comedy-writer-merrill-markoe.html|accessdate=March 13, 2013|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=October 26, 2011}} He released several songs via his website for online purchase. In 2012 Prieboy released the four-song downloadable EP ''Every Lady Gets A Song'', featuring accompaniment by former [Dils](/source/Dils) bassist Tony Kinman and [Devo](/source/Devo) drummer [David Kendrick](/source/David_Kendrick).[https://music.apple.com/us/artist/andy-prieboy/200040163 iTunes – ''Andy Prieboy'' – Music] On December 20, 2016, he released his lost album ''Virtue Triumphs''. The album was left unfinished and abandoned in 1992; it was meant to be the follow-up to his first solo work, ''...Upon My Wicked Son''. A corporate regime change ultimately swept him out, and the album stayed behind.{{cite web|last1=Prieboy|first1=Andie|title=Virtue Triumphs|url=https://andyprieboy.com/album/433196/virtue-triumphs|website=andyprieboy.com|publisher=Andy Prieboy|accessdate=December 29, 2017}} This was his first body of work that was not beholden to Wall of Voodoo. == Discography == === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Label |- | 1990 || ''[...Upon My Wicked Son](/source/...Upon_My_Wicked_Son)'' || Doctor Dream Records |- | 1995 || ''[Sins of Our Fathers](/source/Sins_of_Our_Fathers)'' || Doctor Dream Records |- | 2016 || ''Virtue Triumphs: The Lost and Unfinished Album 1990 - 1992 Vol. 1'' || Andy Prieboy |- | 2022 || ''One and One Make Three'' || Andy Prieboy |} === EPs === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Label |- | 1991 || ''[Montezuma Was a Man of Faith](/source/Montezuma_Was_a_Man_of_Faith)'' || Hot Mustard Records/Doctor Dream Records |- | 2010 || ''The Questionable Profits of Pure Novelty'' || Andy Prieboy Music |- | 2010 || ''Don't Tell That Guy Anything (Sketchbook Volume 1)'' || Andy Prieboy Music |- | 2011 || ''Every Lady Gets a Song'' || Andy Prieboy Music |- | 2019 || ''Every Night of My Life'' || Andy Prieboy |} === Singles === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date !! Title !! Label |- | 1990 || "[Tomorrow Wendy](/source/Tomorrow_Wendy_(song))" || Doctor Dream Records |- | 2008 || "Shine" || Andy Prieboy Music |- | 2008 || "Shine 2" || Andy Prieboy Music |- | 2012-10-05 || "The Death of New Wave" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2013-04-08 || "My Happy Ending" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2013-04-24 || "Someday" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2013-05-17 || "Wasn't That a Time?" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2013-07-02 || "A Thousand Gorgeous Lies" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2013-07-11 || "Donny and Goliath" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2013-07-27 || "Your Side of Town" || Malibu Ghraib Recordings |- | 2015-11-21 || "How High My High" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2015-12-10 || "A Lot More Love" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2016-03-10 || "Too Late for Plans" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2016-04-22 || "Tomorrow Wendy" (Day One Basic Vocal Track 1989) [feat. Johnette Napolitano & Scott Thunes] || Andy Prieboy |- | 2016-09-20 || "Build a Better Garden" (Unedited Version) || Andy Prieboy |- | 2016-09-21 || "Footnotes" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2016-10-06 || "It's Not a Negative No" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2017-04-06 || "Heaven or Anaheim" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2019-12-17 || "All of Your Hard Times" || Andy Prieboy |- | 2019-12-18 || "That Way Again" || Andy Prieboy |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010538/http://www.psychoexgame.com/ The Psycho Ex Game] * [http://www.andyprieboy.com Andy Prieboy's website] {{Authority control}} {{Wall of Voodoo}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prieboy, Andy}} Category:Living people Category:American male singer-songwriters Category:American rock singers Category:Songwriters from Indiana Category:People from East Chicago, Indiana Category:1955 births Category:Wall of Voodoo members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andy Prieboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Prieboy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Prieboy?action=history)). 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