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The Calling Wiki Information
The Calling
is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed by Alex Band (vocals) and Aaron Kamin (guitar) when Kamin was dating Band's sister [1].
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Career
After forming in 1999 [, Band and Kamin were signed to a record deal with RCA.
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The Calling's first album was recorded from 1999-2001. As the band advanced, Sean Woolstenhulme (guitars), Billy Mohler (bass) and Nate Wood (drums) were added as extra musicians/touring musicians, and a few of the songs were re-recorded. The Calling's first album, Camino Palmero
, was issued in July 2001 and quickly became a hit, due to the strength of its single, "Wherever You Will Go", first featured prominently at the end of the second episode in the first season of the television series, Smallville, Metamorphosis
[2].
In June 2002, Woolstenhulme left The Calling [3]; Mohler left in October 2002 [4]. In November 2003 former members Wood and Mohler sued Band, Kamin, and the group's management accusing each of mismanagement, fraud, and asking for an audit of the money that was spent during their tenures in The Calling [5]. They claim they were promised a share of the royalties and profits from touring and merchandise in 2001-02[. Band and Kamin claimed the two were hired musicians and not entitled to royalties. [6] ]
In June 2004 the group returned with Two
. The album had three singles and accompanying videos, "Our Lives", "Things Will Go My Way", and "Anything". With new touring musicians, the band toured for most of 2004, with founding member Kamin only making sporadic appearances. In July 2005, the band went on indefinite hiatus[ after playing a farewell show in Temecula, California. Alex Band's solo album, entitled We've All Been There
is slated for a 2nd quarter 2008 release . Alex and his new band (often mislabeled as "The Calling") played sporadic gigs around the U.S. and Brazil in 2008. The band performed at Washington State University on April 19, 2008 for Springfest [7]. They also performed at Towson University on April 26th, 2008 at the annual Tigerfest show [8]. On top of these two concerts, they played in Celebration, Florida on October 10, 2008 [9].
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Personnel
Current band members
- Alex Band - lead vocals
- Aaron Kamin - lead guitar, backing vocals
Former band members
- Sean Woolstenhulme - guitar, backing vocals
- Billy Mohler - bass guitar
- Nate Wood - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Dino Meneghin - guitar
Touring musicians
These members were never signed to the label and were used as touring musicians in 2003/2004.
- Justin Derrico - lead guitar
- Daniel Damico - guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
- Corey Britz - bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
- Justin Meyer - drums, percussion
Discography
Albums
- Camino Palmero
(2001) #6 U.S. Gold, #2 UK, #1 ITA (9x Platinum), #1 Mexico (1x Diamond + 3x Platinum). World sales: 5,000,000
- Two
(2004) #54 U.S., #9 UK, #20 ITA (Gold) World sales: 1,500,000
Singles
Year
| Title
| Peak Chart Position
| Album
|
US [10]
| US Mod
| US Main
| US Adult
| UK [11]
|
2001
| "Wherever You Will Go"
| 5
| 14
| 37
| 1
| 3
| Camino Palmero
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2002
| "Adrienne"
| 116
| -
| -
| 22
| 18
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2002
| "Could It Be Any Harder"
| -
| -
| -
| 35
| -
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2003
| "For You"
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| Daredevil: The Album
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2004
| "Our Lives"
| -
| -
| -
| 16
| 13
| Two
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2004
| "Things Will Go My Way"
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 34
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2004
| "Anything"
| -
| -
| -
| 23
| -
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Trivia
- "Wherever You Will Go" is heard in the movie Coyote Ugly, but does not appear on the soundtrack.
- "Wherever You Will Go" was heavily used by UPN in 2001 in advertisements to promote the debut of Star Trek: Enterprise
.
- The CW hit show Smallville used "Wherever You Will Go" in the second episode of season 1 (Metamorphosis)
, but it was never included on any of the soundtracks. The song "Unstoppable" was also featured in the pilot.
- In 2001, The Calling contributed a live performance version of their song "Wherever You Will Go" to the charity album Live in the X Lounge IV
.
- "Wherever You Will Go" was used in soundtrack of Love Actually
.
- Popular sketch comedy TV show Mad TV
parodied the video for "Wherever You Will Go," parodying how The Calling, Creed, Pearl Jam and Ray Charles all sound similar.
- The band appeared in the movie, Coyote Ugly
, performing "Wherever You Will Go" when Violet goes to the club looking for the manager and sees Kevin for the first time.
- "For You" was also used in the soundtrack of Daredevil
.
- The Calling's music appears in one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
.
- The song "One By One" was written about a school shooting that happened over 8 years ago but not about the Columbine High School Massacre as sometimes thought.
- The Calling appeared on the TV show American Dreams as protestors and sang a cover of The Beatles song Nowhere Man.
- Touring drummer Justin Meyer (2003-2004) has been lifelong friends with Aaron Kamin.
- Touring bassist Corey Britz (2004) has been touring with Gavin Rossdale.
- Touring guitarist Justin Derrico (2004) now plays for Pink.
- Brianna from The Real World: Hollywood performed with Alex's new solo band in Hollywood, California.
- The song "Could It Be Any Harder" was featured on the spin off series "Brooke Knows Best" in 2008.
- The song "Our Lives" was played in the closing of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [12]
References
- Calling returns with new album, outlook
- Smallville Music
- For The Record: Quick News On Stone Cold Steve Austin, Foxy Brown, The Calling, Cam'ron & More
- LA Music Academy - Careers - Success Stories - Nate Wood
- The Calling Sued By Former Bandmates; Finish Second Album
- The Calling Call Former Bandmates' Suit 'Dirty,' Prepare New Single
- Springfest Update
- Tigerfest 2008
- Alex Band feels solo career calling
- US positions
- UK Chartlog
- Alex Band - Biography
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