The Fifth (band)

The Fifth is an American hard rock band from Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. The current members are vocalist Roy Cathey, guitarist Justin Womble, bassist Jake Tripp and drummer Gary "Zeus" Smith. The Fifth signed to EMG/Universal Records on July 28, 2009,[1][2] with Monster Energy[3] sponsoring the band.

THE Fifth
OriginFayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
GenresRock, hard rock, heavy metal
Years active2001-present
Associated actsCold Sweat
Websitehttps://www.reverbnation.com/thefifth
MembersRoy Cathey
Jake Tripp
Gary "Zeus" Smith
Justin Womble
Past membersFranko (Bassist)
DC Garcia (Guitarist)
Chuck Titpon (Drums)
Rob Lee (Drums)
Marc Anthony (Drums)
Joseph "Poptart" Nation (Drums)
Bernie "B-Man" Mangiboyat
Darius Rose (Drums)
Icky Jim (Guitarist)

The Fifth celebrated 11 years together on July 14, 2012 with a free show at IT'Z Entertainment City in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

History

The Fifth began in 2001 out of Fayetteville, North Carolina fronted by Roy Cathey who started out in the late 1980s with a band called Gibraltar. Gibraltar received air play locally with a ballad titled "Real", then in the early 1990s, he joined a band called Cold Sweat[4] with former Keel Lead and Rhythm guitarist Marc Ferrari. Roy Cathey co-wrote "Long Way Down" and "Killing Floor" from Cold Sweat's debut album Break Out. Cold Sweat released the "Lets Make Love Tonight"[5] video to MTV and on that day, Cold Sweat was dropped from MCA records. The breakup of Cold Sweat came when Grunge took over MTV and radio due to its objectively more interesting songwriting.

Cold Sweat spawned two projects for which Roy Cathey sang; "Sweatin' Bullets" and "Pain Society",[6] both featuring ex-members of Cold Sweat. This is Roy Cathey's second time being signed with a Major Record Label.

Roy Cathey is quoted in an interview with The Fayetteville Feed as saying: "you know what the cool thing about all this is? We never set out to be famous, not originally. We were just having fun."[7][8] A reasonable statement, seeing as how they are largely unknown outside of North Carolina's anemic rock and metal scene.

Members

Current members
  • Roy Cathey - Lead Vocals
  • Justin Womble - Lead & Rhythm Guitarist / Backing Vocals
  • Jake Tripp - Bass Guitar / Backing Vocals
  • Gary "Zeus" Smith - Drums / Backing Vocals

Former members
  • Franko (bassist)
  • DC Garcia (Guitarist)
  • Chuck Tipton (Drums)
  • Rob Lee (Drums)
  • Marc Anthony (Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals)
  • Joseph "Poptart" Nation (Drums)
  • Bernie "B-Man" Mangiboyat (Bass Player And Backing Vocals)
  • Darius "Bunky" Rose (Drums)
  • Icky Jim (Guitarist)

Management

The Fifth has signed with Head First Entertainment[9] on February, 2014.

Television spots
  • Grey’s Anatomy Season 5 Episode 9 "In the Midnight Hour" Promo featured: "Even To This Day"
  • Two separate Dodge Ram commercials have The Fifth songs on them.[10]
    • Dodge Ram Challenge (Fireman) has the riffs from "Been Here Before"
    • Dodge Ram Challenge (Military) has the riffs from "Turnaway"

Discography
Year Album Label
2002 EP -
2003 Plead[11] Infidel
2005 Welcome to the War Infidel
2008 Confessions of Man[12] Infidel
2009 Confessions of Man[13] EMG/Universal Records

References
  1. Rockitt, Rob (July 2, 2009). "THE FIFTH sign with EMG/Universal and Fused Management". Hardrockhideout.com.
  3. "永利游戏官网_永利总站官网_永利棋牌官网". The-fifth.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  5. "Lets Make Love Tonight". YouTube.
  6. "MusicMight :: Artists :: PAIN SOCIETY". Rockdetector.com. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  8. "The Fifth on the Cover of the 5th Issue of: Fayetteville Feed" (JPG). Cffcd.net.
  9. "Headfirst Entertainment". Headfirstentertainment.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  10. "永利游戏官网_永利总站官网_永利棋牌官网". The-fifth.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  11. "Billboard Information on The Fifth's Plead". Billboard.com.
  12. "Billboard Information on The Fifth's Confessions of Man". Billboard.com.
  13. "North Carolina Rockers THE FIFTH Will Release Their Debut Album 'Confessions Of Man' On July 28, 2009". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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