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Overview

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

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. Palmatier returned to the Boston area. 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. 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

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area and has played at Athens Recovery Fest. 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. The ninth Five Eight offering, titled "Your God Is Dead To Me Now," was recorded in 2010 and released in early 2011. 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

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. 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.

Band members

* Mike Mantione (singer/songwriter/guitar) * Dan Horowitz (bass) * Patrick "Tigger" Ferguson (drums) * Sean Dunn (guitar)

Discography

* 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

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

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* {{Authority control Musical groups from Athens, Georgia