{"id":11265,"date":"2023-09-26T19:14:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:01:23","slug":"five-dollar-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2023\/09\/five-dollar-fee","title":{"rendered":"Five Dollar Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Five Dollar Fee formed in Palmerston North in 2002 as a high school punk band. The founding line-up was Alma Signal, Sophie Burgess, Sarah Mudgeway and Ally Lamb. The name came from a teacher, Mrs Trethewey, who read &#8220;Five Dollar Fee&#8221; off a gig flyer and took it for a band name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Their heavy sound has drawn comparisons to Canadian metal band Kittie and Detroit&#8217;s Walls of Jericho. They released the live CD <strong>Youth of Parliament<\/strong> in 2002, followed by the four-track EP <strong>Say No To Crack<\/strong> in 2003. That same year they appeared on the <strong>Remedial Class<\/strong> compilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">The band built their following around Palmerston North and Wellington, playing <strong>Punkfest<\/strong> in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2003\/10\/punkfest-2003\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6428\">2003<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2005\/10\/punkfest-2005\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6469\">2005<\/a><\/strong>. They also travelled to Auckland for <strong>Ladyfest 2003<\/strong> and <strong>Underground Fest 2004<\/strong>. Later on, the band shortened their name to <strong>The Fee<\/strong> with Jo Mepham joining on bass, and Lana White on guitar and vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td><td>Palmerston North, Wellington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Genre<\/strong><\/td><td>hardcore punk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Years Active<\/strong><\/td><td>2002-2007<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td><td>Carnys<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>AKA<\/strong><\/td><td>The Fee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Past Members<\/strong><\/td><td>Ally (drums)<br>Alma (guitar, vocals)<br>Lana White (guitar, vocals)<br>Sarah Mudgeway (guitar)<br>Sophie Burgess (bass)<br>Joe Mepham (bass)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Releases<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Title<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Label<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Type<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Format<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Remedial Class<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Stuntcock Records<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Say No To Crack<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">self-released<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">EP<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fivedollarfee_higher.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Higher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Timeline<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, April 18, Underground Arts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">G.M.C, If I Had A Gun, Carnys, The Shambolics, Five Dollar Fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, October 24-26, Punkfest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_10_24_punkfest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_10_24_punkfest.jpg 707w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_10_24_punkfest-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, November 27-30, Ladyfest (AKL)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2005<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2005, October 21, Punkfest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2005_10_21_punkfest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2005_10_21_punkfest.jpg 753w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2005_10_21_punkfest-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Dollar Fee formed in Palmerston North in 2002 as a high school punk band. 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