The World/Inferno Friendship Society (commonly referred to as "World Inferno" or "The Inferno") is a cabaret punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, klezmer, and gospel, while its collective membership features horns, piano, and guitar. This musical collective has historically had over 30 members, including former members of Dexys Midnight Runners. Usually one can expect to see about nine or ten members on-stage when they perform.

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  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society (commonly referred to as "World Inferno" or "The Inferno") is a cabaret punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, klezmer, and gospel, while its collective membership features horns, piano, and guitar. This musical collective has historically had over 30 members, including former members of Dexys Midnight Runners. Usually one can expect to see about nine or ten members on-stage when they perform. The group is led by singer Jack Terricloth and guitarist Lucky Strano, who have been the most constant members throughout the group's history. Terricloth is known for his pointed commentary during shows: his monologues have touched on politics, his transformation from the "old school", and baiting of bouncers which usually end up with the band buying drinks for the whole staff. Their lyrics often concern historical and/or biographical subjects, such as Weimar-era Germany, Peter Lorre, Jeffrey Lee Pierce of The Gun Club, Paul Robeson, Leni Riefenstahl, Dante Alighieri, and Jonathan Fire*Eater. Other songs deal with the terrifying, exulting, magical, and awful aspects of life that "make it more than waking up and going to work every day". One notable composition is a three-song cycle about love and loss in a temporary autonomous zone which appears on the 2002 album Just the Best Party. The lyric pattern and subject matter of the song cycle are similar to The Wild Party.
  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society (couramment écourté en World Inferno) est un groupe de punk new-yorkais (plus précisément de Brooklyn). Son style musical très particulier est issu d'un mélange au confluent du punk rock, du klezmer, du gospel et de bien d'autres genres musicaux. Il s'agit d'un collectif musical jouant d'un grande variété d'instruments. Historiquement, le collectif a compté plus d'une trentaine de membres provenant de groupes et d'horizons différents. En général, lors de ses prestations, le groupe dénombre une dizaine de musiciens sur scène. Les textes du groupe touchent le plus souvent à des sujets politiques et/ou biographiques allant de la République de Weimar à Paul Robeson en passant par Leni Riefenstahl ou Peter Lorre. Une des compositions les plus notables qu'ils aient réalisée est une série de trois musiques traitant de l'amour et de la perte au sein d'une zone autonome temporaire qui apparaît sur l'ablum Just the Best Party.
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  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society (commonly referred to as "World Inferno" or "The Inferno") is a cabaret punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, klezmer, and gospel, while its collective membership features horns, piano, and guitar. This musical collective has historically had over 30 members, including former members of Dexys Midnight Runners. Usually one can expect to see about nine or ten members on-stage when they perform.
  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society (couramment écourté en World Inferno) est un groupe de punk new-yorkais (plus précisément de Brooklyn). Son style musical très particulier est issu d'un mélange au confluent du punk rock, du klezmer, du gospel et de bien d'autres genres musicaux. Il s'agit d'un collectif musical jouant d'un grande variété d'instruments. Historiquement, le collectif a compté plus d'une trentaine de membres provenant de groupes et d'horizons différents.
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