SKA FRENZY!!!! For those of you who are musically deprived, Five Iron Frenzy is an 8 piece Skunk band, (Ska/Punk) from Denver Colorado. Before becoming Five Iron, Reese, Keith, Micah, and Scott were in a hardcore band called Exhumator which played the local scene, but in the words of Reese ~ "Ummm...We all decided that that band stunk. So we started Five Iron Frenzy. The End!"
Five Iron Frenzy started in the May of 1995 when Reese Roper, Micah Ortega, Scott Kerr, Keith Hoerig and Andrew (Chaka) Verdecchio all gathered together too make some noise. After a month of jammin' the band obtained their first horn player, "Wonder Brad!" in the June of '95. About now the band started to incorporate ska into their "electric montage" of styles. Two moths later, in August of '95, Jeff, (The Girl) and Dennis both joined in on this crazy bunch, thus creating the Band we know now as Five Iron Frenzy.
Now that the whole band was assembled, they began to play more frequently in the Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins area. and have been able to play with some great bands (Secular & Christian Alike) which include, Less Than Jake, MU330, Mealticket, Mephiskapheles, Goldfinger, Instatible, Johnny Socko, MxPx, Stavesacre, the Supertones, Plankeye, The Insyderz, and many, many more great bands. Five Iron has also taken part in many Christian music festivals including "Cornerstone" and the "Tom Fest." More recently, FIF was given the opportunity to take part in the Ska Against Racism tour.
Five Iron Frenzy has proven itself to be a band that only comes along once in a great while. They put on crazy/wacky/fun shows, while still giving glory to the most High. They have been able to gain acceptance in the Secular world, while still keeping their main focus on God and bringing kids to Christ. That's the greatest thing about this band more than anything else.