The Fifth (band)
The Fifth is an American hard rock band from Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Formed by original members vocalist Roy Cathey, guitarist Dave ”DC” Garcia, bassist Bernie “b-man” Mangiboyat, and drummer Rob Lee. The current members are vocalist Roy Cathey, guitarist Justin Womble, bassist Jake Tripp and drummer Gary "Zeus" Smith. The Fifth signed to EMG/Universal Records on July 28, 2009, with Monster Energy sponsoring the band. The Fifth celebrated 11 years together on July 14, 2012 with a free show at IT'Z Entertainment City in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Fifth announced a North-American  tour with Maryland heavy metal band, Offensive in early 2022; The Fifth and Offensive will start their tour in West Virginia on March 25, 2022. History. The Fifth began in 2001 out of Fayetteville, North Carolina fronted by Roy Cathey on vocals, b-man on bass, Dc Garcia on guitar, and Rob Lee on drums. Roy started out in the late 1980s with a band called Gibraltar. Gibraltar received air play locally with a ballad titled "Real", then in the early 1990s, he joined a band called Cold Sweat with former Keel Lead and Rhythm guitarist Marc Ferrari. Roy Cathey  co-wrote "Long Way Down" and "Killing Floor" from Cold Sweat's debut album "Break Out". Cold Sweat released the "Lets Make Love Tonight" video to MTV and on that day, Cold Sweat was dropped from MCA records. The breakup of Cold Sweat came when Grunge took over MTV and radio due to its objectively more interesting songwriting. Then later the Fifth formed in 2001. Bernie “B-Man” Mangiboyat in an interview with Fayetteville observer back in November 2008 “live we give 150% know matter if it’s 5 or 5,000” which shows their enthusiasm for their live shows Roy  Cathey is quoted in an interview with "The Fayetteville Feed" as saying: "you know what the cool thing about all this is? We never set out to be famous, not originally. We were just having fun." They all formed the Fifth in 2001 In Fayetteville NC. Original members are vocalist Roy Cathey, guitarist Dave ”DC” Garcia, bassist Bernie “b-man” Mangiboyat, and drummer Rob Lee. They came out with an Ep called the fifth. Then later came out with a compilation EP called “welcome to the war” a tribute to 911. Then released their first album plead in 2003. In  2006 D.C Garcia left the band and brought in Icky Jim. Then rob lee left the band around 2007. They then brought in Marc Anthony. They started to become more popular around the area. Then with a new line up put together with vocals Roy Cathey, bassist Bernie “B-man” Mangiboyat, Guitarist Icky Jim, and drummer Marc Anthony, they released “confessions of man “ in 2008. Then In July of 2009 the fifth was signed to EMG/Universal. They also re released “Confessions of Man” under the label. The song on the album “The Gift (take it back)” Received local air  play becoming pretty popular with the fifth’s fans. They played shows and where pretty popular in certain cities and certain states. Then Marc Anthony left the band in 2010. They then brought in drummer Chuck Titpon. Then in April of 2013 bassist B-Man parted ways from the band. Chuck also left shortly after. Then brought in bassist Franko and new drummer Darius Rose. Then released single “no more going home” in 2016. Darius left shortly after so they brought back Chuck. Then eventually Franko, Chuck, and Icky Jim left. Which led to them bringing in the new members  guitarist Justin Womble, bassist Jake Tripp and drummer Gary "Zeus" Smith. They re released a remastered version of “Confessions of Man”. Then recorded an Ep releasing it in 2021, self titled The Fifth. Management. The Fifth has signed with Head First Entertainment on February, 2014.