Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway, born Stanard Ridgway Funsten in Barstow, California, United
States, on April 5, 1954, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and film
composer. He first achieved prominence as the original lead singer and founding
member of the new wave band Wall of Voodoo, with whom he recorded the studio
albums Dark Continent in 1981 and Call of the West in 1982, which featured the
single “Mexican Radio”. Ridgway launched his solo career in 1983, collaborating
with Stewart Copeland on the single “Don't Box Me In” for the film Rumble Fish.
He released his debut solo studio alb...
