The Calling

The Calling Artistfacts

  • 1999-
    Alex BandVocals1999-
    Aaron KaminGuitar1999-2005
    Billy MohlerBass1999-2002
    Nate WoodDrums1999-2002
    Dino MeneghinGuitar2002-2003
    Daniel DamicoGuitar, keyboards2004-
  • Wonder how The Calling got their name? According to lead Singer Alex Band, he was having a conversation with lead guitarist Aaron Kamin about music in general while they were trying to find a good band name. Aaron has said it was their "calling" to make music, so they went with that.
  • The Calling landed a record deal with RCA in 1999 and had a hit out of the gate with their first single, "Wherever You Will Go," an MTV Total Request Live favorite. That ended up being their only substantial hit, and after two albums, they split up in 2005. Alex Band brought The Calling back in 2013 but with a different set of musicians.
  • Their debut album, Camino Palmero, sold over a million copies but created a rift within the band over royalties. Bass player Billy Mohler and drummer Nate Wood left the band in 2002 and sued Aaron Kamin and Alex Band - the credited writers on "Wherever You Will Go" - claiming they weren't fairly compensated.
  • Before any of their music was released, The Calling made an appearance in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly. They're one of the bands playing at a club before Piper Perabo's character Violet is discovered.
  • When Alex Band rebooted The Calling in 2013 it was without the prior knowledge or permission of founding member Aaron Kamin. The new incarnation of the band played its first gig on August 16, 2013 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • Alex Band was robbed, beaten severely, and dumped by two men in the early hours of August 18, 2013 after The Calling performed at the Lapeer Days Festival in Michigan. The singer had left his hotel room to walk to a local convenience store when a van containing the two men pulled up alongside and kidnapped him. He was discovered at a local railroad track once his bandmates and crew had realized the frontman was missing and assembled a search party. Band suffered a fractured lower spine, a facial laceration requiring 15 stitches, bruising to his stomach and side, plus three broken teeth.

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  • Morning Glory from Down In The Dumps, CtThis song is a message from heaven. When rap took hold, this music lover became a music hater. However,Wherever You Will Go turned me back onto music. I say it's a message from heaven because, although I was unaware of it at the time, the love of my life had just passed away at about the same time this song hit the airwaves. I knew he had been trying to reach me for years, but I never responded. Unfortunately. I found out too late. But I know that this song was a way for him to tell me what was on his mind.
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