5 seconds of summer started when Luke Hemmings started posting videos of himself singing with his guitar. Later on Calum Hood and Michael Clifford started doing covers with him also. Those 3 met through the school they were going to at the time. Michael Clifford came up with the name 5 Seconds of Summer for no peculiar reason. Then the boys had a gig scheduled at a pub and realized they needed a drummer. Michael knew Ashton Irwin from when they went to the same party once. Michael messaged Ashton on Facebook asking him to play a gig with them. Ashton agreed and after the gig was over with the 3 boys(Luke Calum and Michael) discussed whether or not they wanted to ask Ashton to join the band for good. Calum asked Ashton that night and there formed 5 seconds of summer...
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Michael Clifford, one of the members, came up with it while in a science class. There isn't a specific reason why, but they had a list of band names. They chose 5 Seconds of Summer. :) In a Youtube video, called "5 seconds of summer info !" it shows him and his band member, Luke, trying to figure out a name.
Ashton Irwin
pop rock
They dont really have a name to call their fans. Something that the fans have named themselves and what they (5 seconds of summer) just went along with was "5sos fam".
Luke Micheal Ashton and Calum