Five Iron Frenzy consists of Roper Reese.
Five Iron Frenzy was a Christian third-wave ska band formed in Denver, Colorado.
The band started as a local side-project of Reese, Keith, Micah, and Scott's band Exhumator. The band members never took themselves too seriously. Even the name started out as an inside joke. Although the original intent was for the band to stay local and help grow the local music scene, Five Iron Frenzy (FIF, or Five Iron) signed to Frank Tate's 5 Minute Walk records in 1995 and was touring nationally within a year. They reached the peak of their fame around 2000, with the release of All The Hype That Money Can Buy. In December 2002, they announced that they would be breaking up after a final tour. They played their final show on November 22, 2003 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, which was recorded. This show had an attendance of over 4,000 people.
Excerpted from an interview between Jesusfreakhideout.com and Keith Hoerig.
Jesus freak Hideout: What's the story behind the name "Five Iron Frenzy"? Keith Hoerig: We got the name Five Iron Frenzy from a roomate of most of ours. He was kind of paranoid, and afraid that if he went outside on this particular night he was going to get jumped by some people. He had a golf club to defend himself and he said something to the effect of it being like "putter mayhem". Scott looked at the golf club he was holding, and noting that it was a five iron said, "No, more like a Five Iron Frenzy." The name stuck.
Five Iron Frenzy's music was influenced most heavily by ska, punk, metal, and hip-hop. The band's performance style grew from the subcultures of third-wave ska, punk rock and heavy metal music, but had a somewhat tamer attitude than many similar bands; however, their music was unique. Scott Kerr wrote or co-wrote most songs on the first three full-length releases. After he left, the band began to explore a wider variety of musical influences, incorporating diverse influences such as Latin and swing into their musical palette. Dennis Culp's musical direction became more prominent, although the composition duties were spread more evenly amongst band members. Song lyrics and vocals were handled by Roper. Both Culp and Leanor Ortega penned lyrics to several of the band's songs. Production and engineering for every album was led by Masaki "Saki" Liu, a good friend of the band, at his One Way Studio. After the release of Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo, FIF's sound leaned more towards horn-tinged hard rock than ska.
