DUNCAN — When children are little they fantasize about being police officers, firemen or rock stars. For three young Duncan men they have made their rock star dreams come true.
Joel Parks, Tremaine Wade and Lucas Gillette are all juniors at Duncan High School and make up the local band Fifth Story.
These three young rockers have been playing together for five years.
We decided to start up our band in 2004,” Wade said. “We all love to play and write music and wouldn’t dream of doing anything else.”
The name Fifth Story came up before the band’s first performance at the Duncan Junior High Talent Show.
“We decided together on the name Fifth Story when we were in fifth-grade,” Wade said. “We started as Fifth Story and we will stay Fifth Story.”
Wade says that Fifth Story considers themselves a Funk-Rock band. They play their own original songs with lyrics written by Parks and music written by the entire band.
The band says that they have had many different influences.
“We have each been influenced by different genres like rock, funk, blues and progressive,” Wade said. “We each bring something different to the table with our different interests.”
Fifth Story has performed all across Oklahoma including Duncan, Marlow, Norman, Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Midwest City. Their next stop is at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Simmons Center.
Also performing at the concert will be rappers Mr. Lil Joker and Profit, Aslan, a local band out of Marlow and American Idol contestant, Paiga.
Fifth Story has recorded a self-titled album and will have them on sale during the concert.
As of right now the band has not scheduled any shows after Saturday, but look to be in the studio to record their next album.
Wade says that in the next five years he sees himself still doing what he loves.
“I plan on going to the Academy of Temporary Music after I graduate and I think Joel and Lucas will be joining me,” Wade said. “We just want to take this as far as we can and never stop.”
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