Sandeep "Sunny" Singh (born April 3, 1986) is an American filmographer, programmer and music archivist, who primarily records and uploads footage of hardcore punk performances under the name hate5six.
[3] Singh also often releases footage of spoken word performances, interviews, and protests and political speeches,[4] providing a platform for support of causes such as indigenous rights[5] and anarchism.
In the 1990s, he gained an interest in music through his older brother being a fan of musicians like Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Ace of Base, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine.
[8] He began online tape trading in the late-1990s through uploading a copy of Rage Against the Machine performing at the Dragonfly in California in April 1996, which he had bought at a stall in Moorestown Mall.
[7] In 2000, Singh began recording footage of performances by local South Jersey bands,[8] however by mid-2004, he had stopped due to beginning college.
[9] In 2011, he released his first DVD, titled The Hate5six Diaries: Volume One, a live compilation that featured performances by groups such as Converge, Damnation A.D., Have Heart, Kid Dynamite and Touché Amoré.
[11] On March 14, 2020, Singh recorded Code Orange performing at the release show for their album Underneath, which was closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic.