# The Hoodoo Gurus Remember The Date That Will Live in Infamy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758 "2013-12-07T16:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/1 "2013-12-07T16:43:59Z")
[Here’s a 2012 performance of “I Was A Kamikaze Pilot”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Ba71CbhFA). I love this band. Why they couldn’t have been Australia’s #1 Export of the 80s is beyond me. Keep your Crocodile Dundee, keep your Mad Max, hell- I’ll even trade away INXS, gimme the Hoodoo Gurus. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/2 "2013-12-08T02:13:06Z")
The Hoodoo Gurus were a great band (I guess they still are since they’re back together:).) They were one of my favorite bands when I was in college. I saw them in Birmingham, AL in 1989. One of my favorites: “Tojo” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9JjwWhAoY) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/3 "2013-12-08T02:49:27Z")
They’re still a great live band and lots of younger bands could learn to rock as hard as they do. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/4 "2013-12-08T03:09:44Z")
I saw them live a few times in the late 80s, early 90s. Mitch Easter showed up and played with them once in North Carolina. I remember it being a pretty darn good show. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/5 "2013-12-08T03:16:16Z")
I remember one day in the 1980s walking by the Keystone San Francisco, and seeing on the marquee “Wall of VooDoo and The HooDoo Gurus” I thought, _wow, who the hell booked that? Wise guy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/6 "2013-12-08T03:36:16Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > I remember one day in the 1980s walking by the Keystone San Francisco, and seeing on the marquee > > “Wall of VooDoo > and > The HooDoo Gurus” > > I thought, _wow, who the hell booked that? Wise guy!_ I would have definitely gone to that show. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/7 "2013-12-08T04:53:48Z")
Aye, that show would have totally fucking rocked; I’da gone. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/8 "2013-12-08T06:06:22Z")
A triple-header with Oingo Boingo would make have been a killer show. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hoodoo-gurus-remember-the-date-that-will-live-in-infamy/675758/9 "2013-12-08T06:12:25Z")
I was at a music venue that decorated its walls with all it’s old show posters. There was one that listed: **Hoodoo Gurus The dB’s The Dream Syndicate** Now _that_ would have been an awesome show!