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| Photo courtesy of Matt Montgomery |
By Tara Adams
Writer, Haunt Hunters App
In a world where haunted attractions chase louder scares and darker corners, Haunt Hunters App has crowned a band that could have crawled straight out of an oil-slicked, spooky season midway.
FNG, a group of five disenfranchised clown car mechanics led by Matt “Piggy D.” Montgomery as Giggles, has won Haunt Hunters App’s inaugural Monster Mosh Music Award as part of the 35th Annual Chuck Mound Bigtime Awards and Honors announced in Times Square, New York City.
The award is a nod to musicians who best embody edgy artistry, theatrical performances, and who propel loud, immersive rock and roll chaos on stage.
Members of Los Angeles-area thrash band The Lords of Sin (Kevin Angel, Bryan Angel, Kevin Aguilar, and Michael Sanchez) make up the rest of FNG, which stands for Faith No GWAR.
While not outright horror, FNG lives at the intersection of carnival nightmare and underground metal. Their stage mayhem is fueled by their workplace grievances and frustrations with modern life. And their reinterpretations of GWAR and Faith No More feel designed to echo through fog-filled corridors and abandoned funhouses.
For the Haunt Hunters App community, a crowd steeped in haunted houses, Halloween culture, and counter culture, FNG fits in like a favorite scare actor: admirably absurd but full of rebellious charm.
Part of FNG’s appeal lies in its ability to bridge decades of horror-infused music with modern working-class concerns in a spectacular, satirical way.
Unlike polished mainstream acts, FNG embraces rough edges. Their debut show on June 25, 2025, at Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood, Ca., offered a similar raw quality that defines the best haunted houses: the sense that something might go wrong at any moment, but it's a fun ride however it turns out.
FNG's take on GWAR honors the alien-warrior absurdity while filtering it through their own warped clown lens. Their Faith No More renditions, meanwhile, highlight the band’s range, blending menace, groove, and unpredictability in a way that mirrors the original band’s refusal to fit neatly into any one box.
That versatility, through their own reinterpretations of the music, helped set FNG apart in 2025.
According to Haunt Hunters App officials, the award recognizes artists who stand out in the entertainment industry, whether through atmosphere, performance, or impact. FNG checked all three boxes. Their music would fit in at haunted attractions, Halloween events, and horror gatherings where sound is as critical to fear as lighting and layout.
In old newspaper terms, FNG isn’t just background noise. They’re the scream behind the headline.
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| FNG's debut show at Whisky A Go-Go |
As fringe culture continues to expand beyond movies and into live experiences, bands like FNG have become essential, not as decoration, but as an active participant. That philosophy made the band a natural fit for the Monster Mosh Music Award in 2025.
For a community that values authenticity over polish and fear over comfort, crowning a clown metal band steeped in chaos, crankiness, and covers of GWAR and Faith No More felt like an inevitability.
Congratulations, FNG.
