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The band with the squiggles for a name was actually an early predecessor of the band Phunt your Friends. The name was derived by Mogosagatai simply because of the look. He describes it as an iron mask. As for how to pronounce the name- it is pronounced Korftmenk. Why was that the chosen pronounciation? Because it was a fitting ominous name for a symbol that resembles a mask with horns.

This early version of Phunt appeared in the "In the Ditch" fight. The song details the story of the divorce of Mogosagatai's parents:

“My parents got divorced a while ago, and then my mom started bringing this other guy home all the time, and he started living there. Thing is, she didn't tell my dad about it because she was violating a portion of their divorce agreement by doing so (my little brother still lives with her, and my dad was still paying alimony--two things that made it illegal for her to live with a significant other). When Dad found out in casual conversation, the guy had been living there for about two years, and Dad had been paying illegitimate alimony all this time. So my dad went berserk, and so did my mom, and my brothers and I had to endure lots of strife between the parents. Dad took her to court, Mom accused him of stalking her and spying on her (he was), they fought over the kids, bla bla bla. Around the climax of all this, my mom told me that she had applied for a handgun license and was going to buy a gun. This was for the express purpose of "protecting" herself from my crazy father. So basically, she bought a gun to shoot my dad with, if he came too close. This was also right when the "In the Ditch" title came out, so I ran with it. It's what I would sing to my dad if my mom had killed him." -Mogosagatai