When someone jokingly compared the multiple drum machine and farfisa organ laden recordings to Phil Spector 's Wall Of Sound , Ridgway commented it sounded more like a `` Wall Of Voodoo '' , and the name stuck . When Ridgway jokingly compared the multiple-drum-machine - and Farfisa-organ-laden recordings to Phil Spector 's Wall of Sound , Berardi commented it sounded more like a `` wall of voodoo '' , and the name stuck .