- Hi-Fives
The Hi-Fives is an American
rock and roll band from the San Francisco Bay Area.Members
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Chris Imlay -- Guitar and Vocals
*John Denery -- Guitar and vocals
*Jess Hilliard -- Bass guitar
*Julie -- Drums
*Evan Mendell (Mendel) -- Drums
*Steve Faine -- Bass Guitar
*Gary Gutfeld -- DrumsHistory
The band was formed in 1994 after drummer
Al Sobrante left the previous incarnation, TheNe'er Do Wells . Sobrante was replaced by drummer Julie, formerly of Red #9. Julie remained with the band through the recording of the firstLookout! Records albumWelcome To My Mind . The title track was a minor hit oncollege radio andmodern rock stations.Julie left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Evan from Benicia. The band was asked to open for
Green Day during the 1994Dookie tour, along withPansy Division . Evan left the band after the tour and was replaced byDanny Seelig fromThe 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 andJapan with theMr. T Experience . While on U.S. tour withThe Queers , Jess and Danny both quit the band onstage after a fight. They returned to record the second albumAnd A Whole Lotta You , but both were soon replaced withSteve Faine , previously of Decal andThe Stimmies ; andGary Gutfeld ofRedemption 87 .The 1998 album Get Down followed but the band never quite recovered from the loss of Hilliard, who was really the heart and soul of the band. John Denery got married and moved to
Hawaii , while Chris Imlay became an art director for such magazines asGearhead andMacAddict . The band played a couple of shows in 2005, & is playing a show in January 2008 supporting the Mr. T Experience.External links
* [http://lookoutrecords.com/bands/band.php3?bnd_id=27 Lookout! Records page]
* [http://members.tripod.com/Ne_erDoWell/hi5.html Meet The Hi-Fives]
* [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.14.95/beat-9550.html The Hi-Fives get caught in a Green Day mosh]
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