Wall of Voodoo with Bruce "Ravens" Moreland

<p>Wall of Voodoo with Bruce "Ravens" Moreland in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks, a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_score'>film score</a> business started by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway'>Stan Ridgway</a>, later the vocalist and harmonica player for Wall of Voodoo. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood'>Hollywood</a> punk club <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque'>The Masque</a>and Ridgway was soon drawn into the emerging punk/new wave scene. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Moreland'>Marc Moreland</a>, guitarist for <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skulls_(U.S._Band)'>the Skulls</a>, began jamming with Ridgway at the Acme Soundtracks office and the soundtrack company morphed into a new wave band. In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Moreland'>Bruce Moreland</a> (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nanini'>Joe Nanini</a>, who had been the drummer for the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bags_(Los_Angeles_band)'>Bags</a>, the Eyes, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Randy_and_the_Metrosquad'>Black Randy and the Metrosquad</a>, the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born.</p>