Mike Mantione and Dan Horowitz have been friends since their days at State University of New York (SUNY) in Binghamton NY. They created a band called "The Reasonable Men." "The Reasonable Men" went on to some local infamy as the party-rock band responsible for songs like “What The F**k’s Wrong With My Brain?”, “Two Fat Ladies”, and “What I Imagined is a Movie by Me.” After an unforeseen life changing event for Mike Mantione, the band took a hiatus. When Dan Franz, another member of the band followed his brother to Athens Georgia, Mike and Dan ended up following since Franz had taken all of the bands equipment with them and secured a very affordable apartment! . Franz left the band the name changed to Five Eight. Mike Palmatier eventually left after a serious accident, Patrick Ferguson a local drummer, joined the band. Many hard days and albums followed until they began to get noticed for great music and stage antics, They are still a huge part of the music scene in Athens. Currently a documentary is being made about the band that should be out in the near future. If you've never seen a Five Eight show, it is a musical experience not to be forgotten. Mike Mantione, along with Dave Domizi on bass and vocals, Geoff Melkonian on keyboards and vocals, and Christian Lopez on guitars and mandolin and R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry, is now a part of a new group called the "Bad Ends." Marlene had a crazy conversation with Mike and Dan and really couldn't get much in between! Don't miss Mike and Dan singing 4th of July off of their up and coming Album. Show AthCastMusic with Marlene Sokol Stewart Frequency Weekly on Thursdays Length 58:03 Rating Explicit Engineer Kayla Dover Recorded at Tweed Recording Audio Production School MIKE MANTIONE FB https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=mike%20mantione&__stsd__=eyJwcmltYXJ5Ijp7InR5cGUiOiJUWVBFQUhFQURfUEVPUExFX0VOVElUSUVTIn19 INSTAGRAM MIKEMANTIONE FIVE EIGHT FB https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=five%20eight THE BAD ENDS https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20bad%20ends INSTAGRAM BADENDSROCK DAN HOROWITZ FB https://www.facebook.com/dan.horowitz.96 KLEZMER LOCAL 42 FB https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=klezmer%20local%2042