Top: Falcon Heene (center) with brothers Brad (left) and Ryo outside their Colorado home in 2009 -- the day that the "balloon boy" hoax unfolded. Bottom: The Heene Boyz today.
Remember when the nation was transfixed on images of a gas balloon floating above Colorado in 2009 -- a balloon that allegedly had a 6-year-old boy inside?
After the boy, Falcon Heene, was found alive and the whole thing was exposed as a hoax and publicity stunt, the boys' parents, Richard and Mayumi, ended up with jail sentences and probation.
Well, the publicity machine is up and running again and Heenes are at it again.
Falcon, now 10, is the lead singer and bassist for a metal trio called the Heene Boyz, billed as "The World's Youngest Metal Band," with Falcon's brothers Ryo, 12, on drums and Brad, 13, on guitar.
Richard Heene serves as the band's manager, of course.
Think of it as the novelty act that no one asked for. (Earlier this month, Richard denied to Gawker that he was exploiting his children in any way: "I don't push anything on my kids," he told the blog.)
The Heene family will bring their bizarre back story (and criminal past) to Mojo Main (270 E. Main St., Newark) Thursday night at 8. The all-ages show costs $5 at the door.
Rising Sun, Md.-based Giants of Genesis and Dover's Red Angel will open.
Sure, this show isn't quite as a bad as that time in 2005 when night disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding boxed a Newark man at a New Castle-area bar, but it's still one of the odder shows to land in Delaware in recent years.
Above: A video for the song "Chasing Tornadoes." Prepare for your jaw to hit the floor.
