The Calling

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The Calling
Origin Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s) Pop rock
Alternative rock
Post-grunge[1]
Years active 2001 – 2005 (Hiatus)
Label(s) SonyBMG/RCA records

The Calling is a 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.

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[edit] Career

After forming, Band and Kamin were signed to a record deal with RCA. The Calling's first album was recorded and released in 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 was issued in July 2001, Camino Palmero 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.[1] Band and Kamin (without Wood, Woolstenhulme, and Mohler) returned in June 2004 with Two. In June 2005, the band took a break. Alex Band just finished recording his debut solo album entittled "We've All Been There" and is slated for a 2nd quarter 2008 release.

The Calling performed at Washington State University on April 19, 2008 for Springfest. They also performed at Towson University on April 26th, 2008 at the annual Tigerfest show.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Band Members

[edit] Former band/touring members

[edit] Touring musicians

These members were never signed to the label and were used as touring musicians in 2003/2004.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Peak Chart Position Album
US US
Modern
rock		 US Mainstream rock UK
2002 "Wherever You Will Go" #5 #14 #37 #3 Camino Palmero
2002 "Adrienne" - - - #18 Camino Palmero
2002 "Could It Be Any Harder" - - - - Camino Palmero
2003 "For You" - - - - Daredevil: The Album
2004 "Our Lives" - #18 - #13 Two
2004 "Things Will Go My Way" - - - #34 Two
2004 "Anything" - - - - Two

[edit] Trivia

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  • "Wherever You Will Go" was heavily used by UPN in 2001 in advertisements to promote the debut of Star Trek: Enterprise.
  • The WB 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.
  • 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.
  • The Calling's single "Our Lives" was used as the theme song for the 2008 M.E LaZerte High School Gradution. It was sung by one of the school's graduating students.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Biography. Allmusic.com.

"Wherever You Will Go" was heavily used by UPN in 2001 in advertisements to promote the debut of Star Trek: Enterprise. The WB 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. 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. The Calling's single "Our Lives" was used as the theme song for the 2008 M.E LaZerte High School Gradution. It was sung by one of the school's graduating students. Bri from The Real World:Hollywood preformed with the band in Hollywood, California

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