Five Way Friday

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Name = Five Way Friday


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Origin = Greenville, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Genre = Rock
Years_active = 1997 – present
Label = Mile Marker Records
Redeye Label
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Five Way Friday were a pop-rock band based out of Greenville and Columbia, South Carolina. They have been compared to Train and Matchbox 20. [ [http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=1391 Review of "Wrecked"] . Melodic.net. Accessed April 27, 2007.]

History

The band formed in 1997, doing gigs in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, ["Local Yokels to Make Charleston Proud." "The Post and Courier", January 30, 2003.] and releasing a full-length ("Moon Driven World") and two EPs over the course of the next three years. In 2000, "Run Like This" reached #4 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dpfuxq9jldae~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com.] Subsequently, the band toured with Vertical Horizon and Cowboy Mouth, and had a song, "Homecoming" placed in an episode of Dawson's Creek. [ [http://www.dailygamecock.com/media/paper247/news/2003/01/17/TheMix/Five-Way.Friday.Tries.New.Sound-346773.shtml?norewrite200603190020&sourcedomain=www.dailygamecock.com Five Way Friday Tries New Sound] . "The Daily Gamecock", January 17, 2003. Accessed April 27, 2007.] Though the band nearly broke up after the making of "Run Like This", when founding guitarist Michael Helmly departed, in 2003 a full-length entitled "Wrecked" was released, produced by fellow South Carolingian Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish. [ [http://www.metrobeat.net/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A1833 A New Beginning] . Upstate Beat, March 4, 2003. Accessed April 27, 2007.]

Members

*Randy Helmly - vocals
*Michael Helmly - guitar
*Mac Leaphart - guitar
*Gibbs Leaphart - bass
*Joe Good - drums
*Rivers Pearce - guitar, piano

Discography

*"Twice This Year" (Self-released, 1997)
*"Five Way Friday" (1997?)
*"Moon Driven World" (Mile Marker Records, 1998)
*"Run Like This" (Mile Marker, 2000)
*"Wrecked" (Redeye Label, 2003)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/fivewayfriday Official MySpace]

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