Andy Prieboy
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'''Andy Prieboy''' is a [[musician]], [[author]], and former [[morgue]] attendant. He was born and raised in [[East Chicago, Indiana]].
He replaced [[Stan Ridgway]] as the lead singer of [[Wall of Voodoo]] after 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]].
After leaving Wall Of Voodoo, Andy signed with MCA as a songwriter and went to work on new material for his first solo record ''[[...Upon My Wicked Son]]'', which featured the hit song "[[Tomorrow Wendy]]," about a woman dying of [[AIDS]]. This song was later recorded by the band [[Concrete Blonde]] and appears on their album ''[[Bloodletting (album)|Bloodletting]]''. It was also covered by the techno band [[System Syn]] in early 2000s. [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[Emmylou Harris]] covered his song "Loving the Highway Man" from the same album. Andy then released an [[EP]] called ''[[Montezuma Was a Man of Faith]]'' which featured a hillbilly-fired recording of ''[[Whole Lotta Love]]'' by [[Led Zeppelin]], featuring an uncredited [[Johnette Napolitano]] from Concrete Blonde. Andy's second solo album was entitled ''[[Sins of Our Fathers (Album)|Sins of Our Fathers]]''.
In the mid-to-late '90s Andy played shows at the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] hipster club [[Largo (nightclub)|Largo]] with Rita D'Albert where they worked on an ongoing musical, ''White Trash Wins Lotto''; a [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]-esque treatment of the rise and fall of an [[Axl Rose]]-like character. It was also performed at [[the Roxy Theatre]] on the [[Sunset Strip]] for three sold out weekend-long engagements. Andy and crew also performed a medley from ''White Trash'' on the [[Conan O'Brien]] show.
Andy is also the co-author with [[Merrill Markoe]] of the novel ''The Psycho Ex Game'', based on his song "Psycho Ex".
[[As of 2007]], resides in L.A. and is working on new material for an upcoming album and follow-up novel.
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]].
His song "Man Talk" from the album [[...Upon My Wicked Son]]'' was featured in the early [[Brad Pitt]] classic [[Cutting Class]].
==External links==
* [http://www.psychoexgame.com The Psycho Ex Game]
* [http://www.andyprieboy.com Andy Prieboy's website]
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