Five Eight, which plays The Bends in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 12, 2019. Credit: Photo by Nicole Kibert/elawgrrl.com

Five Eight, which plays The Bends in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 12, 2019. Credit: Photo by Nicole Kibert/elawgrrl.com

It’s been less than two months since Five Eight played Tampa Bay, but the Athens-based rock elders are on a tear lately. The momentum has a lot to do with a forthcoming new album (Songs For Saint Jude) and a revealing new documentary (Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight) in which Marc Pilvinsky captures the process of Five Eight remixing and remastering its messy 1994 album Weirdo.

Bonkers Japanese punk band Pinky Doodle Poodle plays support at The Bends during what’s easily Friday night’s craziest free show.

Fri. April 12. Five Eight w/Pinky Doodle Poodle/Lassyu. Fri. April 12. The Bends, St. Petersburg. facebook.com.

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This article appears in Apr 11-18, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...