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The Hi Fives

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Years active
  
1994–2008

Active until
  
2008

Labels
  
Lookout! Records

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Members
  
Chris Imlay, John Denery, Steve Faine, Gary Gutfeld, Allan Canumah

Albums
  
Welcome to My Mind, Get Down, And a Whole Lotta You!, The Hi-Fives and the Pin-Ups

Genres
  
Indie rock, Alternative rock, Rock and roll

Similar
  
Brent's TV, The Smugglers, The Phantom Surfers, The PeeChees, The Criminals

The Hi-Fives is an American rock and roll band from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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History

The band was formed in 1994 after drummer Al Sobrante left the previous incarnations, The Ne'er Do Wells and Thee Shatners. Sobrante was replaced by drummer Julie Rose, formerly of Red No. 9. Julie remained with the band through the recording of the first Lookout! Records album Welcome To My Mind. The title track was a minor hit on college radio and modern rock stations. Julie left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Evan Mendel from Benicia. The band was asked to open for Green Day during the 1994 Dookie tour, along with Pansy Division. Evan left the band after the tour and was replaced by Danny Seelig from The Phantom Surfers. The band won a category in the 1996 Bay Area Music Awards ("Bammies") for "Outstanding Alternative Pop/Rock Group" and embarked on a tour in the United States and Japan with the Mr. T Experience. While on U.S. tour with The Queers, Jess and Danny both quit the band onstage after a fight. They returned to record the second album And A Whole Lotta You, but both were soon replaced with Steve Faine, previously of Decal and The Stimmies; and Gary Gutfeld of Redemption 87. The 1998 album Get Down followed. John Denery got married to Judy (from Judy and the Loadies), moved to Hawaii and back, and have two kids, while Chris Imlay became a graphic designer for such magazines as Gearhead, MacAddict, PlayStation: The Official Magazine, and Wired. The band played a couple of shows in 2005, a show in January 2008 supporting the Mr. T Experience.

Members

  • Chris Imlay—Guitar and Vocals
  • John Denery—Guitar and vocals
  • Jess Hilliard—Bass guitar
  • Julie Rose—Drums
  • Evan Mendell (Mendel)—Drums
  • Steve Faine—Bass Guitar
  • Gary Gutfeld—Drums
  • Studio albums

  • Welcome to My Mind (Lookout! Records, 1995)
  • And a Whole Lotta You! (Lookout! Records, 1997)
  • Get Down! (Lookout! Records, 1998)
  • Singles and EPs

  • It's Up To You (Lookout! Records)
  • Summer Games (Lookout! Records)
  • Hypnotizer (G.I. Records)
  • Misery (Go Zombie Records)
  • Songs

    A Whole Lotta YouAnd a Whole Lotta You! · 1997
    Tainted LoveAnd a Whole Lotta You! · 1997
    I'd Be So PleasedGet Down · 1998

    References

    The Hi-Fives Wikipedia


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