Athens, Georgia power pop heavyweight Five Eight is approaching its 40th anniversary as a band, but the round has not been easy. Lead singer Mike Mantione’s struggles with with bipolar disorder experience landed him in a psychiatric facility, nearly derailing the band, but the reasonable men—and best friends—stuck it out. Their story is chronicled in a new documentary, “Weirdo,” which screened last Friday in Ybor City, before Five Eight played a show at Crowbar.




































