ive.Bolt.Main came together after Flaw was dropped from Universal Records in 2004. Chris Volz met with Ivan Arnold and Ben Patrick – whom both were part of Flaw prior to their breakthrough album Through the Eyes in 2001. At the time, both Ivan and Ben were in a project called Silent Q, which by the time Flaw disbanded, had enough material written to put an album together. Silent Q included guitarists Aaron Welenken and Jason Chandler. At this point Volz joined the band, which was tentatively titled "Vent", but was later changed to Five.Bolt.Main due to legal reasons. Within 7 months the band had scored themselves a record deal with independent label Rock Ridge Music.

Five.Bolt.Main's debut album Venting was released on September 13, 2005. The band went through several lineup changes since its release. Roughly a month after the album debuted, members Jason Chandler, Ben Patrick, and Aaron Weleken left the group. Rock Ridge Music claimed "musical differences" and "unforeseen rigors of the road" as the reasons for leaving.[citation needed] However, the exiting members cited Chris Volz's alcohol and drug abuse. Kobie Jackson (Primer 55), Alex Cando (Darwin’s Waiting Room), and Ronny Paige were recruited to fill in, with Alex and Ronny later staying on a permanent basis. To date, the album has sold nearly 25,000 copies which some would consider to be a decent amount due to the lack of exposure the band had.

June 2006 also saw the departure of Ivan Arnold, who left the group due to growing personal differences with Volz, following a well-publicized onstage dispute with the vocalist at Club Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland. Five.Bolt.Main's remaining tour dates were canceled, after attempts by remaining members and Rock Ridge to find a replacement drummer fell through.

On October 10, 2006, Rock Ridge released Live, which was recorded in Louisville during their 2006 tour.

Plans to release a compilation, tentatively titled Complete, were in the works, though no substantive new material had been recorded by the band except the preproduction demos of the songs "Just My Luck" and "Blackout" that were co-produced by Chris Henderson (Guitarist of 3 Doors Down)in his recording studio in Biloxi, Mississippi. Regardless, Rock Ridge released Complete in 2007. Questions as to the authenticity of this album, as well as Five Bolt's live album, remain, as most members of the band had not consented to their release, citing poor sound quality.

Prior to Ivan Arnold's exit the band had written a substantial amount of new material, primarily without the involvement of Chris Volz. However, without a drummer to fill Ivan's shoes, the band couldn't finish the recordings. On February 28, 2007, a press release from Rock Ridge Music stated that Five.Bolt.Main had disbanded, and Chris Volz would release a solo album in the fall of 2007.

Ivan Arnold continued to play with several smaller bands until landing a gig with Louisville based Heaven Hill (Krowe Records). Currently, however, he has left the music scene to pursue his phD in Physics at Auburn University in Alabama. Alex Cando and Chris Volz started to play with Flaw again , although Alex eventually left FLAW and started playing bass with "Silence is Broken". Currently he is pursuing a career as a brewmaster, after completing his certification requirements in 2010. Ronny Paige moved on to start the band Forever Oeuvre while taking on hired gun jobs for such bands as Rev Theory and FUEL.

Reunion rumors continue to surface, usually coinciding with periods of turmoil and heated online verbal exchanges between Volz and other members of FLAW. Currently, however, only Ronny Paige is actively pursuing a reunion. Most former members have publicly stated their refusal to work with Chris Volz in any way. Ivan Arnold has stated publicly that his involvement with any project that involved Volz would depend almost solely on the singer's sobriety. Legal questions concerning the ownership of the Five Bolt Main name and the authenticity of material released by Rock Ridge after Venting remain.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five.Bolt.Main