1. The Forbidden Five was an one-off novelty project by Bobby Hammack that released the EP "Enchanted Farm" in 1959. The EP satirized the then Exotica craze made popular by Martin Denny and Les Baxter. 2. Forbidden 5 is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based garage rock-styled band, made distinctive by their merging of a well-versed monster-movie motif with classic rock-&-roll songwriting. Forbidden 5 was formed in 2004 by founding members Michael Athey, musician and B-Film actor and Bruce Lentz, owner of Incredibly Strange Video and alter ego of Pittsburgh's Horror Movie Bon Vivant, Mister Schlock. Following some shifts to the band's lineup, the current version has been performing steadily and have gained a small but wildly dedicated following at their shows. They have played to various different crowds, spanning many genres including garage rock, rockabilly, punk, psychobilly, surf, indie, blues and metal. Imagery in the majority of original and covered songs performed by the band (as well as frequent promotional materials and stage costumes) has been derived from horror, science-fiction and monster-related films and songs from the 1950's - 1980's. As such, their music could arguably be classified as monster-rock, although similarities of style can be found to classic garage-rock bands such as Link Wray, The Cramps and The Stooges. Forbidden 5 has performed live at numerous venues across the mid-atlantic region and beyond. In 2006, The Forbidden 5 made three non-consecutive appearances on the local cult-movie show IT'S ALIVE! Band Members Bruce Lentz - Lead Vocals Michael Athey - Guitar Joseph Z Elzer - Percussion El Koppertan - Guitar Derek W Anderson - Bass Guitar Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.