Happy Birthday today (Jan. 7) to Ivan Moody. The Five Finger Death Punch frontman is 39.
Five Finger Death Punch formed out of Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. The current lineup features lead by singer Ivan Moody along with guitarists Zoltan Bathory and Jason Hook, drummer Jeremy Spencer and bassist Chris Kael. The band caught mainstream rock attention with their cover of Bad Company's "Bad Company ten years ago from their album War Is the Answer. 2015's Got Your Six which featured several singles including “Jeckyl and Hyde”, Wash It All Away”, “My Nemesis”, and “I Apologize”. The band toured this past fall with Shinedown and Sixx:A.M in 2016 and released a new studio album And Justice for None in 2018.
I got to see Five Finger Death Punch back in May 2016 when I was working at a radio station in Albany, NY and they headlined the first night of the Rock N' Derby Music Festival. Had a chance to chat with him and he was super cool. Cheers to Ivan Moody on his birthday today!
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