Punk'N

BAND BIO

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 We were The Iowa Mountain Tour, a name we came to regret, when we first debuted in 2000.

     At that time we were filmed for the acclaimed PBS documentary "Off The Charts The Song Poem Story". However, we found ourselves falsely labeled by the film, and so decided to change things.
    For a few years we experimented with our sound and tried several names.
     In 2006 we did songs for a comedic horror film "Puppy" starring Calico Cooper, daughter of rock legend, Alice Cooper. Among our songs for that film was "Mojo Bone" which featured a totally new sound.
     We were happier with the new sound and invented a new image, but still needed a new name.
      In 2007 we produced a short twelve minute art film named "Punk'N". The name immediately was linked to the band.
     We have mostly performed in Chicago, where we have created a following, but we have also performed in Iowa.
 
Discography, and/or Credentials
 
2003 - "Off The Charts The Song Poem Story"
             acclaimed PBS documentary.           
             Starring roles.

2005 - "Chica-Go-Go" cable access dance show in Chicago.
            Featured band appearance

2006 - "Puppy" comedic horror film starring Calico Cooper.
            Songs and music video.

 

      


2007 - "Punk'N - Something Rotten This Way Comes"            

            twelve minute "acid-trip-art-film".  Starring roles.

2008 - "Song Poems Wanted" Chicago Musical

             Contributed feature song "Aliens Stole My Dog"

                       
2009 - "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" a 3D video 
             featuring Gary Forney's song of the same title.
           
            "Punk'N II - The Seedling" short film.
 
2010 - Radio interview on Malcolm Tent's Wild Ride
           Radio Interview on WKE Radio, Portland, OR
           PUNK GLOBE MAGAZINE review April 2010
           DJ DEDTONY & J. SUGARFIX sample Punk'N music
      Return interview on SVS RADIO Portland Oregon July 2010
               
                

               photo history

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       Christmas 1969 - Gary Forney gets his first electric guitar

               

              

Christmas 1969 Gary Forney recieves his first electric guitar! 

 Spring of 1970 Gary would form his first band, the pre-punk SCREAM OF THE BUTTERFLY!

       

 2000 Avoca, Iowa

Josh and Gary Forney

         

2001 Avoca, Iowa

 Josh and Gary Forney

                  

2002 @ Grand Junction Recording studio, Waterloo, Iowa 

 Josh and Gary Forney

                

2003 Gary Forney in the New York Sunday Times

        

2004 - Onstage @ The Hideout in Chicago before being banned in 2005

 Gary & Josh Forney

        

2005 On Chica-Go-Go in Chicago before being banned

Josh and Gary Forney

          

2006 during filming of music video for PUPPY starring Calico Cooper

 Gary and Josh Forney

          

2007 PUPPY Chicago Premiere @ The Leadway

           

2008 Waterloo Iowa - Gary and Josh Forney

          

2009 Dubuque, Iowa - Josh and Gary Forney

                   

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Legend Of The Jack-O-Lantern

A stingy drunkard of an Irish blacksmith named Jack had the misfortune to run into the Devil in a pub, some say on Halloween night. Jack had too much to drink and was about to fall into the Devil's hands, but managed to trick the Devil by offering his soul in exchange for one last drink. The Devil turned himself into a sixpence to pay the bartender, but Jack quickly pocketed him in his purse. Because Jack had a silver cross in his purse, the Devil could not change himself back. Jack would not let the Devil go until he promised not to claim his soul for ten years.

The Devil agreed and ten years later Jack came across the Devil while walking on a country road. The Devil wanted to collect, but Jack, thinking quickly, said "I'll go, but before I go, will you get me an apple from that tree?" The Devil, thinking he had nothing to lose, jumped on Jack's shoulders to obtain the apple. Jack pulled out his knife and carved a cross in the trunk of the tree. This left the Devil in the air, unable to obtain Jack or his soul. Jack made him promise to never again ask for his soul. Seeing no way out, the Devil agreed.

When Jack finally died years later, he was not admitted to Heaven, because of his life of drinking and being tightfisted and deceitful. When he went to apply for entrance to Hell, the Devil had to turn him away because he agreed never to take Jack's soul. "But where can I go?", asked Jack. "Back where you came from!", replied the Devil. The way back was windy and dark. Jack pleaded with the Devil to at least provide him a light to find his way. The Devil, as a final gesture, threw a live coal at Jack straight from the fire of Hell. To light his way and to keep it from blowing out in the wind, Jack put it in a turnip he was eating.

Ever since, Jack has been doomed to wander in darkness with his lantern until "Judgment Day." Jack of the lantern (Jack o'Lantern) became known as the symbol of a damned soul.