Five Eight (band)
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Five Eight is a band from Athens, Georgia, USA.
Overview
[edit]The original three members of the band were Mike Mantione on vocals and guitar, Dan Horowitz on bass guitar, and Mike Palmatier on drums. In 1989, Palmatier's right leg was crushed in a work-related accident at the Armstrong and Dobbs lumberyard in Athens. He was temporarily replaced by Patrick Ferguson, the drummer for the LaBrea Stompers and Angle Lake—a band which also included Vic Chesnutt. Palmatier returned to the Boston area.[citation needed] Ferguson rejoined the band and was Five Eight's full-time drummer until 1998. After the release of "I Learned Shut Up," guitarist Sean Dunn joined the band and was a full-time member for the recording of "The Angriest Man" EP. Between 1992 and 1998, Five Eight toured. extensively as a four-piece in the United States and Canada and played 200 shows or more a year. Ferguson left the band in 1998 and was soon followed by Dunn. Ferguson was briefly replaced by former Bughummer, Little Red Rocket and The Runs drummer Scott Sosebee.[citation needed] Drummer Mike Rizzi joined Five Eight in 1999 and remained until mid-2007. The band went on hiatus when Rizzi moved to Southern California to join Ghost Hounds. Ferguson rejoined the band to play "a few shows" near the end of 2007 and is again the full-time drummer for the group.
Since 1992, Five Eight has recorded eight albums. They previously toured with R.E.M.[citation needed] and have performed with Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Cracker, Pylon, and Seven Mary Three.[citation needed] The group is prominent in the Athens/Atlanta area and has played at Athens Recovery Fest.[1] The band came together in 1988 in Athens when an earlier incarnation, known as The Reasonable Men, disbanded. Before settling on the name Five Eight, they played at least one show under the name The Helgrammites.[citation needed]
The ninth Five Eight offering, titled "Your God Is Dead To Me Now," was recorded in 2010 and released in early 2011.[citation needed] Sean Dunn rejoined the group for this album. In July 2017, Five Eight released their tenth album, "Songs for St. Jude," a double album on Chicken Ranch Records with appearances by Patterson Hood and Jack Logan.
The band is the subject of the feature documentary Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight, directed by former journalist Marc Pilvinsky and due in 2020.[2]
Band members
[edit]- Mike Mantione (singer/songwriter/guitar)
- Dan Horowitz (bass)
- Patrick "Tigger" Ferguson (drums)
- Sean Dunn (guitar)
Discography
[edit]- 1989 Passive-Aggressive
- 1991 Inflatable Sense of Self
- 1992 I Learned Shut Up
- 1993 The Angriest Man EP
- 1994 Weirdo
- 1997 Gasolina
- 2000 The Good Nurse
- 2004 Five Eight
- 2010 Your God Is Dead To Me Now
- 2017 Songs For St. Jude
References
[edit]- ^ "Five Eight LIVE at Athens Recovery Fest". www.facebook.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.[better source needed]
- ^ "Weirdo: The Story of FIVE EIGHT". www.facebook.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.[better source needed]
- The Post and Courier – Google News Archive Search
- Five-eight Is Not Just A Scream - Chicago Tribune
- The Albany Herald – Google News Archive Search
- Gainesville Sun – Google News Archive Search
- Five Eight releases self-titled album. (The Orlando Sentinel) – Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Five-Eight out to prove it's more than a scream (subscription required)
- Archives - OrlandoSentinel.com (subscription required)
- "Nearing 30, Five Eight Doesn't Sweat the Missed Opportunities". Flagpole Magazine. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
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