Everyone talks about American and English artists, but what about all the other talented musicians from other countries?
By artists here we are talking about musicians. This book is dedicated to Aussie artists. Please do read on to learn about ma...
(Strangely I wasn't aware of this band until I went overseas. Some young girls were wearing t-shirts. Yeah, I live under a rock.)
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5 Seconds of Summer or 5SOS for short are a modern Australian pop punk/ pop rock band formed in 2011. Despite their portrayal as a boy band in the media due to their tour with One Direction, they do not identify themselves as a boy band. 5SOS write a lot of their own songs, play their own instruments, and they are not much of a dance group unlike many other boybands. 5SOS have however gained a massive female following very similar to boy bands.
The band consists of:
Luke Hemmings : Lead singer and rhytmn guitarist
Michael Clifford: Lead guitarist and vocals
Calum Hood: Bassist and vocals
Ashton Irwin: Drummer and vocals.
The band started out with Hemming's Youtube channel. He along with Hood and Clifford sang covers and uploaded them online. Later Irwin would join them and so the quartet was completed.
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By late March 2014 the single She Looks So Perfect was released in UK. It reached number one position. Despite it only being their for one day 5 Seconds of Summer became one of the four Australian bands to have a UK number-one single.
Their music is a combination of 90s and 2000s pop with main influences being Green Day, blink-182, My Chemical Romance and All Time Low. The Rolling Stone magazine called them "emo-gone-pop."
Although their influence isn't so big on the Aussie music scene their international influence is evident. With their self titled debut album peaking #1 in 13 countries, making them the first Australian to achieve a number-one album with their debut album.
2015 lead to their second studio album Sounds Good Feels Good debuted at #1 in over 5 countries. 5Seconds of Summer became the first band to have their first two full-length albums debut at number one in the US.
Sounds Good Feels Good included the single Jet Black Heart. The Jet Black Heart video featured fans.
In 2016 they released their next single Girls Talk Boys which was included in the Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
They are now currently working on their new album which is set to be released sometime 2017.
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