Family Force 5 is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia.
Three of the five original members, Solomon, and twins Joshua and Jacob Olds,
are sons of Jerome Olds, a Christian artist popular in the late 1980s.
Prior to the formation of Family Force 5, the brothers were members of a boy band known as "The Brothers".
Between The Brothers and Family Force 5, the brothers had a band called "Ground Noise",
which they classified as "a really bad version of
Third Day."
-Wikipedia
Also known as:
FF5, The Phamily, The Brothers
From:
Atlanta, GA
Genres:
Christian rock, crunk rock
Years active:
2004-present
Originally Called:
The Phamily,
but were forced to change it later due to copyright issues with Prince's band, The Family.
Members:
Crouton (Jacob Olds)
(1993-2013) - drums; (2013-present) - lead vocals
Chap Stique (Derek Mount)
(2005-present) - lead guitar
Fatty (Joshua Olds)
(1993-present) - bass/vocals
Nadaddy (Nathan Currin)
(2004-present) - synthesiser/vocals/percussion
Hollywood (Teddy Boldt)
(2013-present) - drums
Past Members:
Soul Glow Activatur (Solomon Olds)
(1993-2013) - vocals/rhythm guitar
20 Cent (Brad Allen)
(2004-2005) - guitar
Steve Heimler
(2001-2003) - guitar
Family Force 5 Quotes:
We were young and it was fun and we learned a lot. We toured the world. We grew up on the road. It's kinda like you build blocks from when you're younger [until] you get older. It develops your person. I don't think we would be who we are today as people or as a band if we didn't experience what we did when we were younger.
-Joshua Olds
The Brothers was a boy band-ish project we did as kids. It was fun and it taught us a lot about doing music when we were young, but it was not what Family Force 5 is today. We've kinda come full circle.
-Solomon
Christian music has a sound that is very safe and watered-down. There's a lot of kids that are into the lyrics, but the first names that you gravitate toward on the radioif it's Snoop Dogg, if it's Eminem, if it's Michael W. Smith, the Newsboysis the music and the melodies and the beat of it. A lot Christian music isn't done that way. It's done in a mold that sells to an older demographicsoccer moms, businessmen and stuff like thatand that's totally fine.
-Solomon
Our lyrics are what they are. There are some songs that are just about dancing in the club. It's up to the listener if they want to listen in on what we've got to say. It's up to them to discover. We're not only for Christian kids to listen to, to be ministered to. We're also giving this to kids in the secular market so that they have a positive message and a positive fun thing.
-Solomon
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