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| Giggles and Jekyll, FNG, at Whisky A Go-Go Photo: Haunt Hunters App |
Writer, Haunt Hunters App
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Masked in fresh clown paint and wearing greased and gritty, work-worn jumpsuits, FNG crashed the stage at Whisky A Go-Go last week, delivering a loud, crass, and hilariously unhinged debut performance of mostly Faith No More and GWAR songs.
The five disgruntled clown car mechanics were led by the foul-mouthed and cranky, yet somehow endearing, Giggles on vocals, who interacted with the audience through storytelling and humorous banter throughout the show, which took place on June 25, 2025.
Giggles spoke in a rough and raspy Boston accent as he addressed the crowd, some of whom arrived in clown costumes.
“It doesn't stand for fucking,” Giggles said of the band's name. “It doesn't stand for farting. It doesn't stand for Fuck Not Giggles. It stands for Faith No GWAR.”
Giggles and FNG are the satirical creation of Matt Montgomery, bass player for Marilyn Manson, also known as Piggy D. and Count D.
Montgomery told Haunt Hunters App in a prior interview that his Giggles character is based on people he met while spending time in Massachusetts in his 20s. Songs by Faith No More and GWAR kept running through his head as he crafted the project, he said.
As the storyline goes, Giggles and his FNG crew, who are members of the Los Angeles-area band, The Lords of Sin, feel disenfranchised by and fed up with the government, society, the people around them, and a declining clown car mechanic business, Montgomery explained.
So, they took to the stage to earn some extra money and vent their frustrations through music.
“Business is down, so we gotta fucking come out here and wave our fucking dicks around and play some songs that you don't know to make money,” Giggles said. “Because like everybody, we're fucking starving!”
At the start of the set, Giggles told the audience that the band would ease into the performance but then quickly tore into a roaring rendition of “People” by The 1975.
“Wake up, wake up, wake up!” Giggles shouted to start the song.
Some of the songs in the set included “Krak Down,” “Salaminizer,” and “Americanized” by GWAR, and “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies,” “Land of Sunshine,” and “We Care a Lot” by Faith No More.
FNG also debuted an original song called “Hank,” which tells the story of a nasty and now deceased man the band, clearly, does not miss.
“And thank God he's dead, too … fucking prick,” Giggles said during the song.
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| Giggles, FNG, at Whisky A Go-Go Photo: Haunt Hunters App |
During “Land of Sunshine,” Giggles threw dozens of fortune cookies to the audience, along with red clown noses.
“This next song was written entirely by fortune cookies,” Giggles said. “Bet you didn't know that, smart guy.”
He told a story that a (seemingly fictitious) restaurant called Land of Sunshine, with a tagline of “Hot and Spicy Takeaway,” sponsored fortune cookies for the show. The fortunes contained lyrics to the song, along with the band's website, fngisfun.com.
FNG also sold Land of Sunshine takeaway boxes filled with FNG merchandise. Each “Crappy Meal” came with five fortune cookies, a guitar pick, coaster, sticker, buttons, and a bottle opener.
“We may never do this again. You're witnessing our own bullshit history. I don't know, we may start that OnlyFans page afterall, what do you guys think?” Giggles asked, receiving supportive cheers from the crowd.
FNG ended the night with “We Care a Lot,” and “Americanized.”
“We're all very Americanized here. We're going to have a good summer being Americans, right?” Giggles said with a scowl. “USA! USA! … Let's get fucking Americanized.”
After the show, fans made their way out of the venue, discussing what they had just seen on stage.
“That was fun,” one concertgoer said. “It was a lot better than I imagined it would be.”
“It's not something you normally see at a concert,” another fan said. “I'm glad I came.”
Just before the show ended, Giggles had some words for fans who turned out to watch the debut performance.
“I'm sorry we did this to your fucking faces and your ears,” Giggles said before pausing. “Actually, I'm not that sorry.”
