Five for Fighting

There's something quietly clever about a solo artist hiding behind the band name Five for Fighting. Vladimir John Ondrasik III is, to me, a craftsman of emotion rather than spectacle. Songs like Superman and 100 Years work because they trust melody and lyric to do the heavy lifting, no flash required. As a UCLA-educated pianist from Los Angeles, he brings a disciplined gentleness that I find increasingly rare. I respect artists who aim for the heart instead of the charts, even when they hit both. He strikes me as someone who treats each song as a small, careful act of empathy.

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Name (English)

Five for Fighting

Name (Japanese)

ファイブ・フォー・ファイティング

Reading

ふぁいぶ・ふぉー・ふぁいてぃんぐ

Born

January 7, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / record producer / singer / pianist / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

University

University of California, Los Angeles

• Official sitehttps://www.fiveforfighting.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fiveforfightingofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/johnondrasik
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20for%20Fighting
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337844

Tags

• California
• singer-songwriter
• record producer
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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