History Music / TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety

* AwesomeMcCoolname - Lucky Strano, former guitarist

* AuthorExistenceFailure: In 2021, Jack Terricloth died of aortic dissection, thus ending the band.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly - their style has been variously described as circus punk, dark cabaret, klezmer, jazz, soul, ska, and general insanity

** "Ich Erinnere Mich an die Weimarer Republik" references [[Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera Pirate Jenny]], [[{{Cabaret}} Sally Bowles]], and ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill''.

The band is known almost as much for their live performance antics as their music, and on at least one occasion were accused of starting a riot in Coney Island. Every year they put on a Halloween show, Hallowmas, which is full of bizarre surprises and always ends with the band and audience attempting to summon the [[ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown Great Pumpkin]]. [[spoiler: He always comes. Yes, really.]]

* WeimarRepublic - "Ich Erinnere Mich an die Weimarer Republik"

** "Me & The Mad Monkettes" also has a few to different people including RodSerling and Edward R. Murrow.

The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a Brooklyn-based cult/gang/circus/punk band. It started in the mid-1990’s in New Brunswick, New Jersey as a "surrealist prankster organization" semi-led by Scott Hollingsworth and Pete Ventantonio (aka Jack Terricloth) of the punk band Sticks & Stones. Eventually the pair started writing songs and by 1997 they'd roped in enough musicians to record and release ''The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League'', a bizarre concept album about a group of New Jersey kids who steal cars through astral projection. Since then the band has released five albums with songs about Dante Alighieri, Creator/PhilipKDick, Paul Robeson, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, shoplifting, outrunning angry mobs, stage diving, a temporary autonomous zone, and the [[WeimarGermany Weimar Republic]]. Also, a musical about PeterLorre.

** The History page (above) contains several references to ''TheMasterAndMargarita'', especially the giant talking cat and the Devil’s Ball. The cat also takes on aspects of Literature/TheCatInTheHat.

** "I shot President RonaldReagan, AND I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!"[[note]]Please note that shouting this during a crank call as a teenager when Reagan is visiting the next town over may result in arrest, interrogation, and having a funny story to tell onstage for the next few decades.[[/note]]

** "Ich Erinnere Mich an die Weimarer Republik" references [[Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera Pirate Jenny]], [[{{Cabaret}} Sally Bowles]], and ''TriumphOfTheWill''.

The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a Brooklyn-based cult/gang/circus punk band. It started in the mid-1990’s in New Brunswick, New Jersey as a "surrealist prankster organization" semi-led by Scott Hollingsworth and Pete Ventantonio (aka Jack Terricloth) of the punk band Sticks & Stones. Eventually the pair started writing songs and by 1997 they'd roped in enough musicians to record and release ''The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League'', a bizarre concept album about a group of New Jersey kids who steal cars through astral projection. Since then the band has released five albums with songs about Dante Alighieri, Creator/PhilipKDick, Paul Robeson, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, shoplifting, outrunning angry mobs, stage diving, a temporary autonomous zone, and the [[WeimarGermany Weimar Republic]]. Also, a musical about PeterLorre.

* ConceptAlbum - ''The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League'' and ''Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century''.

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[[caption-width:343:"The Devil's Ball needs a band. We want to be that band."[[hottip:*:2011-2012 touring lineup, from left to right: Leslie Wacker, Matt Landis, Rebecca Schlappich, Jack Terricloth, Sandra Malak, Frank Morin, Mora Precarious.]]]]

** "I shot President RonaldReagan, AND I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!"[[hottip:*:Please note that shouting this during a crank call as a teenager when Reagan is visiting the next town over may result in arrest, interrogation, and having a funny story to tell onstage for the next few decades.]]

* NoodleIncident - Cha-Cha's [[hottip:*: Outside sources claim that the crowd began tearing the bar apart after only two songs. The owner told World/Inferno to try and calm the crowd down, and the band responded by playing "Zen and the Art of Breaking Everything In This Room." Hilarity/destruction/waltzing/police ensued.]]

* AGoodNameForARockBand - the oddly-punctuated variety

** The History page (above) contains several references to ''TheMasterAndMargarita'', especially the giant talking cat and the Devil’s Ball. The cat also takes on aspects of TheCatInTheHat.

The band is known almost as much for their live performance antics as their music, and on at least one occasion were accused of starting a riot in Coney Island. Every year they put on a Halloween show, Hallowmas, which is full of bizarre surprises and always ends with the band and audience attempting to summon the [[ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown Great Pumpkin]]. [[spoiler: He always comes. Yes, really. Also, that's what she said.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - In 2003 they performed their traditional show-opener, "Tattoos Fade," [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96-isS71U6I with a string quartet.]]

* FaceOfTheBand - Jack Terricloth

The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a Brooklyn-based cult/gang/circus punk band. It started in the mid-1990’s in New Brunswick, New Jersey as a "surrealist prankster organization" semi-led by Scott Hollingsworth and Pete Ventantonio (aka Jack Terricloth) of the punk band Sticks & Stones. Eventually the pair started writing songs and by 1997 they'd roped in enough musicians to record and release ''The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League'', a bizarre concept album about a group of New Jersey kids who steal cars through astral projection. Since then the band has released five albums with songs about Dante Alighieri, PhilipKDick, Paul Robeson, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, shoplifting, outrunning angry mobs, stage diving, a temporary autonomous zone, and the [[WeimarGermany Weimar Republic]]. Also, a musical about PeterLorre.

** The title song in ''Addicted to Bad Ideas''

[[caption-width:343:"The Devil's Ball needs a band. We want to be that band."]]

* NoodleIncident - Cha-Cha's [[hottip:*: Outside sources claim that the crowd began tearing the bar apart after only two songs. The owner told World/Inferno to try and calm the crowd down, and the band responded by playing "Zen and the Art of Breaking Everything In This Room." Hilarity/destruction/waltzing/police ensued.]]

** "The Models and the Mannequins" is taken from the final scene of ''TheThreepennyOpera''.
** "Ich Erinnere Mich an die Weimarer Republik" references [[TheThreepennyOpera Pirate Jenny]], [[{{Cabaret}} Sally Bowles]], and ''TriumphOfTheWill''.