5 Seconds of Summer is an Australian band that plays pop rock and punk pop music worldwide. They have released two albums and seven EP's. They have fans all over the world and is growing in popularity as time goes.
The official band formed in December of 2011 when the drummer Ashton Irwin joined the lead singer and guitarist Luke Hemmings, lead guitarist Michael Clifford, and Bassist Calum Hood. Before Ashton joined, the trio covered songs of Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, and more successful artists on their YouTube channel "Hemmo1996". The band was discovered by One Direction's Louis Tomlinson through their cover video of "Teenage Dirtbag" that was tweeted on Louis's account with millions of followers. They create music with inspiration from bands like All Time Low, Green Day, Mayday Parade, Boys Like Girls, Blink-182, and more. They were soon touring in 2012 with One Direction on their Take Me Home Tour.
5 Seconds of Summer, 5SOS for short, consists of lead singer Luke Hemmings, lead guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood, and drummer Ashton Irwin. The members not only perform their songs and play their songs, but they also compose and write lyrics for their songs. Luke Hemmings is the youngest of the band, being 19 years old (born July 16th, 1996). Calum Hood and Michael Clifford are both now 20 years old, being born on January 25th, 1996 and November 20th, 1995 respectively. Ashton is the oldest of the band, being 21 years old and being born on July 7th, 1994.
The members started song writing from the influence of bassist Calum Hood, who first started writing songs. With the help of many producers and other bands such as All Time Low, Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, and producer and musician John Feldmann, they have all released two albums and seven EP's. They create music with inspiration from bands like All Time Low, Green Day, Mayday Parade, Boys Like Girls, Blink-182, and more.
In 2015 they went on their "Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour", playing their first self titled albums. They wrapped up their tour in 2015 fall in the United States, having toured Europe, Canada, the United States, and Australia, their homeland playing 69 shows in total. As of late February 2016, they kicked off their Sounds Live Feels Live Tour, which is associated with their album Sounds Good Feels Good which released on October of 2015. They've played 11 shows in Asia and finished their United Kingdom and Ireland leg of the tour.
5SOS is now on their second worldwide tour. They will go on to play in the rest of Europe and North America and Australia in the summertime to the fall. The band has accomplished so much in little time, and they continue to grow every show they play.