ABOUT

2014

 

Fornis started in 2014 when Don Fornis, former singer / songwriter for punk rock bands the Duodenums and Pruno, had more writing to do.  A few months later, there was a band with KeyDragon, the fabled metal virtuoso of Grass Valley on keyboards, Trapper Jon Herzog, the long time bay area drummer on drums, and James Jimmy Mac McIntyre on Bass, and Don on Guitar and Vocals

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​2015

Fornis played local shows right away and kept adding to the set list with many new orginals and various covers, usually oldies rocknroll covers but Fornisized, generally meaning, punked out a bit with heavy guitars and fuzzed out synths.  During this period the self titled first album was recorded and released.  A video for " Blacked Out and About" was recorded in Georgetown and at the Georgetown Hotel, but threats to Don's employment ended up getting the video taken down as he is seen driving while drinking, lounging in a cemetery, picking up on women at the bar, and getting slapped in the face and physically thrown out of front door.  Fornis does not find the content offensive in any way, but financial leverage is REAL!!!  LOL.

 

2016  

Saw Jimmy Mac exit, and Key Dragon take over Bass duties on electric keyboard and synth making for an unusual set up, but also for a unique dynamic structure. This iteration of Fornis was responsible for the creation of a style often likened to the doors, simply because of the key bass on stage live, and gave the band a strictly original appearance as far as rock and roll is considered.

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2017...... more to come!!~