About Next to Midnight

Next To Midnight is an all original horror-punk band based out of Iowa City. Fronted by The Stranger: a shape-shifting, necromancing, apocalypse demon, and backed by Killjoy: a resurrected vigilante killer. They pass the time of the remaining countdown to the apocalypse by entertaining crowds with a fierce nostalgic blend 0f glam-goth and horror-punk elements that sound familiar but are entirely new. Recognizable influences include Type O Negative, The Cult, H.I.M., Billy Idol, Murder Dolls, Sum 41, and 80's glam-rock.

Next To Midnight highly values our shared global environment and fellow creatives and prides itself on paying local artists to help us realize our nightmarish visions. Therefore, Next To Midnight stands ETHICALLY AND ADAMANTLY AGAINST the use of AI generated media that harms our environment and cuts living, breathing creatives out of the equation, and YOU SHOULD TOO.

Meet the Band

The Stranger

A hard partying, shapeshifting, apocalypse demon, The Stranger uses its powers of necromancy to raise the dead- who help with the stage production of Next To Midnight as we all wait for the clock to strike midnight, when The Stranger shall assume its role as ruler of Armageddon.

Killjoy

The masked vigilante whose thirst for blood and carnage is matched only by the veracity with which he wields the jagged edges of his sonic weapon of choice - The Kentucky Harvester. As his kill-count rises, so too does his mask collection- but where on earth does he hide all the bodies???

Members, passed and present -

Next to Midnight wouldn't be possible without the efforts

and contributions of the following members-

Mike Honts - The Judge

Kent Poulsen - Icky Thump

Jake Mcdonald - Sentinel

Nate Hedlund - Nexus/The Bone Collector

Gage Netolicky - Gutterball

Ashton Tabor - Killjoy