5skin
5skin was born December in the year 2002. It blossomed in South Florida by a group of musicians who were less than satisfied with the lethargic state of music consuming the airwaves. The feeling among the members was that an even more aggressive style of music, both recorded and live, was clearly needed. 5skin is the answer to that philosophy. The band puts a mammoth amount of non-stop energy into their music and their popular live performances. 5skin is NOT a heavy metal band with the same monotonous themes, screams and overtures that was once popular a decade ago. Instead, they are a hard-rocking, innovative band with clear messages contained both in their music and lyrics.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Prior to 5skin, the members played with several local bands that had the opportunity to open up for national acts and gigged extensively on the east coast for several years. This new group believes it has found the secret chemistry and feels passionately it is a band like none other you will hear today. 5skin has an instilled pride regarding both their individuality and product of music they deliver. Ultimately, it is only the music that matters and 5skin is ready to put the pedal down on a music industry that needs a kick in the “gas”.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, we play live, about 2-3 shows a month when we aren't in the studio.
We mainly tour in Florida. We LOVE the live aspect of music and we really get it on when we're on stage.
There are so many moments to choose from, but I can think of one pretty funny one. One of our guitarists decided to place or lean his foot on the stage monitor in front of him. Well, the monitor gave way, he wiped out and swanned dived off the stage, THEN, to add insult to injury (literally) he threw his guitar to a tech, but the guitar was still plugged in, so it fell short of the tech and it smashed on the ground. Unfortunately, the guitar was injured and needed a little medical attention. However, the guitar player was NOT hurt. Except maybe his pride!
Your musical influences
There are too many to list, but I'll start with Led Zeppelin, more recently, Filter, Tool, Incubus, STP, Foo Fighters, Chili Peppers, etc.
