Cacophony Society

"The Los Angeles group splintered in late 2000 when longtime leader Reverend Al declared a "bold new direction" for the branch and allegedly joined an Orthodox Christian community out of guilt over the deaths of two young Cacophonists who reportedly died in a drunken post-event car accident (though one of the men eventually turned out to be completely fictitious, and the other, Peter "Mr. Outer Space" Geiberger, was discovered some months later, alive and well and quite amused at tumult resulting from his 'death'."

 On September 13, 2006 Geiberger actually died, which proved somewhat anticlimactic in light of the elaborate mourning of his initial "passing.In 2008, the Los Angeles Cacophony mailing list was revived by a new member and a series of events derived from past Cacophony concepts announced. These events included Brides of March, Xmas in July, Caveman Picnic, the LA Marathon Zombie Stop, Santacon and a trip to San Pedro's Sunken City. Few old school Los Angeles Cacophonists participated in these events, which failed to reflect the creative energy which had made the group interesting in the first place."