After connecting with the band’s guitarist Jason Hook on Facebook with the message, “Hey, I’m Chris. Fortunately, fate intervened: after hearing that FFDP was looking for a bass player, he decided to give it one last shot. In 2015, Chris Kael was working as a bartender in LA, debating whether to continue his, till then, failed attempts at making it in music, or pack it in and open a beachfront bar. In his downtime, he manages to find time to write and provide political commentary for the national publication, Skillset Magazine. Outside of his musical contributions, Bathory is a noted philanthropist, serving as the founding board member of the veterans nonprofit Home Deployment Project in Las Vegas, and on the Board of Advisors at the anti-poaching organization, Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife. After achieving massive success with the band, Bathory took the decision to try his hand at artist management- a decision which turned out to be more than wise after the first band he signed, Bad Wolves, certified platinum with their debut album.
Hungarian-born American Zoltan Bathory’s first taste of musical stardom was in the band U.P.O, but he left the band after just one year to form FFDP. Over the years, the band has gone through numerous lineup changes, but since 2018, the band members have consisted of Zoltan Bathory on rhythm guitar, Ivan Moody on lead vocals and piano, Jason Hook on lead guitar and backing vocals, Chris Kael on bass and backing vocals, and Charlie Engen on drums. By the time their gold-selling 4th album, Got Your Six, hit in 2015, the band had become one of the most successful heavy metal bands of the decade. 2 years later, the release of their debut album, The Way of the Fist, catapulted them into the big league. American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch formed in 2005.
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