5 Seconds of Summer are an Australian rock band from Sydney that formed in 2011. The group were originally
YouTube celebrities , posting videos of themselves covering songs from various artists during 2011 and early 2012. They rose to international fame while touring with One Direction on the Take Me Home Tour .
The group have been referred to as a pop punk band in the media, though the members reject this description, claiming that they desire to play more music than just pop punk. [1] In early 2014, the band released "She Looks So Perfect " as its debut single, which topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The self-titled debut studio album was released in June 2014, which peaked #1 in 11 countries, and followed by a live album titled LiveSOS . The band released their second album Sounds Good Feels Good in October 2015 and followed up with the release of a live / documentary DVD called How Did We End Up Here.
On 2 December 2016 the band announced the release of their b-sides and rarities previously unavailable worldwide under the title This Is Everything We Ever Said to celebrate their fifth anniversary as a band.
