Stan Ridgway

Stan Ridgway is exactly my kind of artist. As the original voice of Wall of Voodoo, he turned songs into dusty little film noirs, half-spoken narratives carried by that unmistakable voice. He plays banjo and guitar and scores film and television too, the mark of a true working craftsman rather than a chart-chaser. What I admire most is his refusal to chase trends; he keeps tending his own arid, cinematic world instead. I will always take a stubborn, singular eccentric over a polished hitmaker, and Ridgway is one of the genuine articles.

Name (English)

Stan Ridgway

Name (Japanese)

スタン・リッジリー

Reading

すたん・りっじりー

Born

April 5, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

Barstow, California, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / composer / singer / banjoist / guitarist

University

Pasadena City College

• Official sitehttp://www.stanridgway.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/stan_ridgway/
• Xhttps://x.com/Stan_Ridgway
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Ridgway
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50825

Tags

• California
• singer-songwriter
• composer
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.