{"id":2561,"date":"2013-11-12T12:18:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2013-11-12T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:46:18","slug":"five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em>From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can\u2019t believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveironfrenzy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Five Iron Frenzy<\/a> is one of those musical institutions that created and maintained a rabid fan base during their initial run as a band. \u00a0Combining humor, social commentary, and passion for God with a hyper fusion of punk, ska, and hardcore, they broke down barriers into several genres by defying expectations and refusing to be pigeonholed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/326\/2013\/11\/FIF.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2567\" title=\"FIF\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/326\/2013\/11\/FIF-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a>So it came as no surprise that, when the band announced in late 2011 they had recorded a new track and were reforming to record a new album and play shows, the internet peed its collective pants. \u00a0Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/fiveironfrenzy\/new-five-iron-frenzy-album\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kickstarter project for the new album<\/a> was fully funded within 48 hours, and topped out at over $200,000 by the time the project was over. \u00a0At the time, it was the most highly funded Kickstarter project in history (it was later outdone by Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, whose fans funded a project to the tune of nearly $1.2 million).<\/p>\n<p>But the time has finally come. \u00a0The new album,\u00a0<em>Engine of a Million Plots,\u00a0<\/em>is completed, and pre-orders are being taken on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveironfrenzy.com\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">band\u2019s online store<\/a>. \u00a0Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altpress.com\/aptv\/video\/video_premiere_five_iron_frenzy_zen_and_the_art_of_xenophobia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alternative Press partnered with FIF<\/a> to premiere the first video from the new album for the song \u201cZen and the Art of Xenophobia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altpress.com\/aptv\/video\/video_premiere_five_iron_frenzy_zen_and_the_art_of_xenophobia\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Feast your eyes\u2026<\/a><br>\n\u2026aaaaaaaaand d<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">iscuss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zach.lorton\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zach W. Lorton<\/a> is a media producer and professional DJ\/MC by trade, and a comedian, actor, and musician by default. \u00a0His debut music project is set to begin recording in 2014, and will likely take the world by storm, possibly in the form of a Sharknado.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can\u2019t believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning\u2026 Five Iron Frenzy is one of those musical institutions that created and maintained a rabid fan base during their initial run as a band. \u00a0Combining humor, social commentary, and passion for God [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1636,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[277,318,6,98,128,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek-entertainment","category-geek-girl","category-movies","category-music","category-geek-tv","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can&#039;t believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can&#039;t believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Rogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-12T18:18:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-11-12T22:46:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/files\/2013\/11\/FIF-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zach Lorton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zach Lorton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/\",\"name\":\"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-12T18:18:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-12T22:46:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#\/schema\/person\/82fa58b85deafd4056e6778084242091\"},\"description\":\"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can't believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/\",\"name\":\"The Rogue\",\"description\":\"Rogue Stuff.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#\/schema\/person\/82fa58b85deafd4056e6778084242091\",\"name\":\"Zach Lorton\",\"description\":\"Zach W. Lorton is a media producer and professional DJ\/MC by trade, and a comedian, actor, and musician by default. His debut music project is set to begin recording in 2014, and will likely take the world by storm, possibly in the form of a Sharknado.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zach.lorton\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/author\/zachlorton\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale","description":"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can't believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale","og_description":"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can't believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/","og_site_name":"The Rogue","article_published_time":"2013-11-12T18:18:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-11-12T22:46:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/files\/2013\/11\/FIF-300x200.jpg"}],"author":"Zach Lorton","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zach Lorton","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/","name":"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-11-12T18:18:33+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-12T22:46:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#\/schema\/person\/82fa58b85deafd4056e6778084242091"},"description":"From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can't believe he saw a dusting of snow on the ground this morning... Five Iron Frenzy is one of those","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/2013\/11\/five-iron-frenzy-premieres-new-video-new-album-available-for-pre-sale\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five Iron Frenzy Premieres New Video, New Album Available for Pre-Sale"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/","name":"The Rogue","description":"Rogue Stuff.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/#\/schema\/person\/82fa58b85deafd4056e6778084242091","name":"Zach Lorton","description":"Zach W. Lorton is a media producer and professional DJ\/MC by trade, and a comedian, actor, and musician by default. His debut music project is set to begin recording in 2014, and will likely take the world by storm, possibly in the form of a Sharknado.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zach.lorton"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/author\/zachlorton\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geekgoesrogue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}