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Harri's Concert Photography // Bush // Budweiser Stage, Toronto // August 2024
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Do you think that Corey and Kara Britz ever trade notes on GR and B? Such a small world that these siblings would each work with Blake and the Rat.
I do. And I think I have an idea how it goes since Corey and his wife have worn Blake and Gwen merch. I’m not remembering that wrong am I?
- B
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Article and Photos by L. Paul Mann
The legendary Roxy theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood has been a showcase venue for some of the biggest names in rock music for over 45 years. The tradition continued on March 12th when 90’s Alt rock powerhouse bands Bush and Live played a secret show sponsored by local radio station KROQ. The theater was packed to the 500 person capacity, but the time the first band took the stage with a crowd made up of radio contest winners, music executives, and friends of the group.
The show was organized to announce the ALT-IMATE Tour. The national tour starts on June 6 and wraps up on September 8th traveling through 33 cities. Both 90’s Alt-rock bands will be commemorating the 25th anniversary of their hit albums, Sixteen Stone and Throwing Copper. The tour also features the Canadian group Our Lady Peace as the opening act.
There was great anticipation in the air as the crowd packed tightly about the stage in the Roxy awaiting the show. Elated music fans could be heard exchanging their favorite concert memories of the two beloved bands. Live exploded onstage first amidst an explosion of light and sound. The ear-splitting sound system filled the small club with booming music. Fronted by intense singer Ed Kowalczyk the founding member of Live, the band tore through a 45 minute full of the bands most well-known songs. The band also features original members Chad Taylor on lead guitar and backing vocals, Patrick Dahlheimer on bass, and Chad Gracey on drums. Rhythm guitarist Zak Loy joins the band on tour as well as additional drummer Robin Diaz. Live’s set included songs from Throwing Copper, Mental Jewelry, Distance To Here and Secret Samadhi. The crowd reacted euphorically even singing the chorus lines of some of the bands most well-known tunes like “All Over You,” Selling The Drama,” “I Alone,” Lighting Crashes” and “Pain Lies.” As the band played their final tune, Dennis Rodman appeared in the crowd with his trademark cigar and for some inexplicable reason decided to take the stage. He rambled about pointing to the various band members and sang into the mics on occasion. Obviously, a friend of the band he hugged the lead singer tightly at the end of the set.
Co-headliners Bush took the stage next led by the charismatic singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale and stepped up to the challenge of following the intense performance by Live. Rossdale looked every bit the rock icon wearing a sleeveless shirt revealing a sinewed body that looked more like an animated superhero than a real human. The English rockers blasted through an hour-long supercharged set filled mostly with the bands biggest hits like “Machinehead, “Everything Zen,” “This Is War,” and “Testosterone.” The current group features Rossdale on passionate growling vocals and wailing guitar, Chris Traynor on intense lead guitar, Corey Britz on bass and backing vocals and Robin Goodridge on thundering drums. The veteran band is one of the most intense live bands keeping the Grunge sound fresh and viable. It was another special night in a long history of unique rock moments at the Roxy theater for a lucky few rock fans.
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Bush and Live Play “Secret” Concert at the Roxy to Announce National Summer Tour Article and Photos by L. Paul Mann The legendary Roxy theater on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood has been a showcase venue for some of the biggest names in rock music for over 45 years.
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Album Review #15: Bush - Black And White Rainbows
Three years after Man On The Run, alternative rockers Bush return with their seventh album, and third with their new lineup. On Black And White Rainbows mastermind Gavin Rossdale leads the quartet through 15 songs, each one polished with fat, lush production, and each one powered by explosive choruses that feel as though the music and lyrics were plugged into a mathematical formula. Full of grandeur, the blueprint the band works with here feels surfeit in the end.
Since Sixteen Stone (the British band’s 1994 debut), Rossdale has remained the driving force, and main songwriter. It’s a crown he’s worn well considering that it’s his tunes that helped sell 10 million records in the United States alone. But sales aside, the secret weapon that made older albums exciting is now evident with the release of this one. He’s always collaborated. Whether Steve Albini, Bob Rock, Page Hamilton (for the short lived, but great Institute), or the team of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (who I think brought out the best in Bush), it was these producers (though Albini prefers “recording engineer”) that added texture, and variation to each effort.
On Rainbows Rossdale assumes all responsibility. He’s credited as writer, producer, and even mixer. This is clearly a personal effort. Even without the tabloid fodder of his recent divorce from singer Gwen Stefani, the record’s lyrics and mellow vibe promulgate that this is a record about a man trying to find the color and vitality in his life. “Mad Love,” with its double entendre title, is an infectiously great ballad, and defines the pace and mood of the album. “I was feeling a prisoner,” Rossdale sings, and as past tense suggests, he no longer does, but I can’t help but feel that the music says otherwise.
The band has stripped Black And White Rainbows of any abruptness, of any surprises. Every song is boxed in by similar progressions (verse, pre chorus, chorus, rinse and repeat) that impede the expanse the band roams in. There are moments of excitement, but they’re few and far between. Perhaps Rossdale is a prisoner of apprehension, of what audiences have come to expect from him as an artist, and him assuming what they’d want to hear.
Inside the sleeve, even before we get any music, we get an excerpt from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a text written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The book deals with the concepts of eternal return, and will to power, among other heavy themes. One would think that the soul searching quote, one that depicts “bold adventurers embarking on dreadful seas,” to paraphrase Nietzsche, would be examined profoundly, rather than executed with lines like “hang onto yourself babe.” And when Rossdale does escape his marital woes, he skims the surface of “people at war,” and “polar bears weeping over melting ice caps,” analyzing these social issues merely as a bystander, an announcer without rumination, without a personal point of view.
Much like Neil Krug’s photos for this album (blurs of light and landscape, a woman’s neck and chest, obscured shots of flowers, oversaturated colors), we get snippets of goodness, snippets of depth. Unfortunately, it never coheres.
There’s the orchestration of the Dave Stewart co-penned “Lost In You,” with its gorgeous harmonies; the alpine guitar arpeggios on the “sister rose” segment of “Nurse” helps the track soar; drummer Robin Goodridge pounding his way through the gloom of stand out track “Ravens” is visceral; the melancholic interplay between bassist Corey Britz and the ever fabulous guitarist Chris Traynor on the verses of “The Edge of Love” lifts Rossdale’s vocals.
Speaking of singing, I loved Rossdale’s instinctive surrender on the second verse of “Sky Turns Day Glo,” full of stretched notes, and gasps for air. It’s a moment of humanity on a record that feels drained of it. “Water” with its trip-hop groove, and chiming guitars shimmer against the “kaleidoscope of emotions,” and proves that Traynor can dredge more from sustained, harmonizing notes than the formulated staccato riffs that plague the rest of this album. Even the verses of “The Beat of Your Heart” showcase a band in perfect synch with one another. But then that chorus hits.
Overall, it’s not enough. From the awkward “Peace-s,” with its title turned into an acronym cheerleader chant, to the Rihanna tinged “Dystopia,” to the synths on “Ray of Light,” I can’t help but wonder what would happen if Rossdale stripped down the production a bit, if he took some left turns. It’s all on point, the harmonies, the tones, but there’s no variety. What if “Toma Mi Corazon,” was slowed to a reggae groove, something more fun to fit the sexiness of the track, and the Spanish singing, something more “beautiful and bizarre.” Oh well.
As Rossdale sings on “Lost In You,” “I’ve seen the red of the sun, but it’s dull compared to what I have done,” I hope that he lives up to this line next time around. Bush. Thank you.
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Album Review: Black and White Rainbows by Bush (2017)
Eh. There’s not much to say about this album. It is pretty generic and forgettable. After Track 5, the album lacks excitement and anything truly interesting. There are some weird ideas and lyrics in the latter half, but they feel out of place considering the band. Just a really forgettable album.
Key Tracks: “Mad Love”, “Lost In You”
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I think some people need to take a look at other families and similar choices. For example: Corey Britz's wife and daughter spent the entire summer on the east coast with family while he was working, including a few weeks when he was actually in LA. There is also another couple I follow where the wife and 4 month old baby spent the whole summer in Greece with her family while her hubby was working his normal job in NYC. Every family is different.
yes they are.
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Gallery: Bush @ Abbotsford Centre - Abbotsford, BC Date: August 28th, 2018 Photographed by: Ray Maichin
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Bush is a staple in rock and especially grunge. It’s as if they never left the scene. Going on hiatus in 2002, they reformed 8 years later in 2010. It is now another 8 years past and Bush is still on fire. Their performance at 101WKQX PIQNIQ was electric. Lead singer Gavin Rossdale ran through the far seats of the lawn mid-song sailing through half of the concert-goers. It was amazing to see a wave of phones and smiles hurl through the crowd as the band continued on with Machinehead as Gavin made his way around the stadium. Take a look through the photos of Bush’s set this past week.
Bush | 101WKQX PIQNIQ 2018 Bush is a staple in rock and especially grunge. It's as if they never left the scene.
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BUSH DO THE LITTLE THINGS TO DELIVER BIG ROCK SHOW IN BOSTON
BUSH DO THE LITTLE THINGS TO DELIVER BIG ROCK SHOW IN BOSTON
The Boston House of Blues became the House of Rock August 11, 2017, as Beantown welcomed the Brits of Bush. It’s the little things the quartet does that makes for a big rock show. Originally going by the name Future Primitive, Bush officially formed in 1992 after lead singer/guitarist Gavin Rossdale met guitarist Nigel Pulsford. Rounding out the foursome was bassist Dave Parsons and drummer…
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13 de septiembre de 2011. Se publica el álbum llamado "The Sea of Memories". Es el quinto disco de estudio de la banda británico Bush. Sin embargo, es el primer álbum de estudio de la banda en diez años, desde Golden State lanzada en 2001, y el primero en ser grabado con Chris Traynor y Corey Britz, en sustitución de Nigel Pulsford y de Dave Parsons a la guitarra y bajo respectivamente. https://youtu.be/vi06TWlKeHc https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFYdIMFkaz/?igshid=9yzv66hnl6v5
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Harri’s Concert Photography // Bush // History, Toronto // February 2023
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I went to Corey Britz’s IG and saw the other day he posted a happy birthday picture for his wife and she’s wearing a Smithsworks hat in it. I just think it’s so funny and weird their connections to both GR and Blake through Kara. GR liked the post 🤪
It is a weird connection!
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Stone Temple Pilots + Bush en el Teatro Opera: I know you like what’s on my mind
La pasada y calurosa noche de martes, el Teatro Opera Orbis vivió una noche noventosa. En el marco del Revolución Tour 2019, Stone Temple Pilots y Bush entregaron dos poderosos, refrescantes y emotivos shows, demostrando a pura distorsión y salvajismo que el rock and roll nunca debe ser dado por muerto.
Liderados por un impecable Gavin Rossdale, a quien el paso de los años no parece afectarlo, los muchachos de Bush fueron los encargados de abrir la noche en el Teatro Opera Orbis. La mejor manera de describir a su intensa performance es calificarla como un tour de forcé ATP en el que la notoria pesadez de las guitarras se combina a la perfección con la esencia melódica que recorre cada una de sus canciones.
Preparada originalmente para el Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, su propuesta sonó muy por encima de lo que el histórico teatro porteño estaba listo para recibir, algo que no pareció molestarle a ninguno de los asistentes. De principio a fin, todos los presentes estuvieron literalmente al borde de sus butacas –los que pudieron, claro, pegados al escenario– y disfrutaron de un viaje nostálgico que también posee un ancla muy firme en el presente.
No hay que engañarse con los chistes (malos) acerca de la muerte del viejo rock de guitarras en general: Bush se encuentra en gran forma y busca de forma consciente dialogar con el sonido de sus inicios. Montados sobre sus clásicos de siempre y su séptimo disco de estudio, Black And White Rainbows (2017), oscilaron continuamente entre el grunge y el rock alternativo, aprovechado a la perfección a Gavin Rossdale: pocos frontman tienen su nivel de hiperactividad e interactividad, quedando en claro que la edad es un mero detalle relegado al calendario.
Mientras pasaban en fila “Machinehead”, “Chemicals”, “Sound Of Winter” y “This Is War”, las mil revoluciones de Corey Britz desde el bajo y la sequedad del golpeo de Robin Goodridge fueron más que suficientes como para levantar el alma en plena era de las máquinas. Sin salir de su habitual –muy bien trabajada y ejecutada– crudeza, Bush revivió un sonido que muchos dan por muerto y demostró que todavía existe un amplio público para este tipo de experiencias.
Mientras el cantante se metía a la gente en el bolsillo de la mano de su simpático español, canciones poderosas como ���Greed Fly”, “Let Yourself Go” y “Swallowed” fueron un claro ejemplo de lo que define a Bush en este momento de su larga historia. No es tarea fácil hacer de la austeridad y el juego sonoro directo una virtud; ni hablar de su plasticidad para dar un espectáculo muy vívido, uno que no muchas bandas de la actualidad pueden siquiera imitar.
El recorrido por toda la estructura (plateas bajas y altas) del recinto, con abrazos al público incluidos, mientras cantaba “Little Things” fue, sin dudas, el punto más alto de una noche en la que Bush conquistó a la Argentina. El cover de “Come Together”, al igual que las palabras de Rossdale en modo Zen acerca de cómo la música “nos une a todos”, fue un cliché perdonable que fue remediado por la emotividad de “Glycerine” y la demolición in situ durante el cierre de la mano de “Comedown”.
La previa a la visita de Stone Temple Pilots había despertado ciertos interrogantes, siendo el más importante de ellos la capacidad de su nuevo cantante, Jeff Gutt, a la hora de ocupar el rol de una leyenda como el difunto Scott Weiland. Su más reciente disco homónimo dejó en claro que el ex cantante de la banda de NÜ Metal, Dry Cell, posee el suficiente caudal de voz como para ocupar una posición tan importante. Lo que restaba averiguar era si tenía en su sangre todo eso que conforma a un notable frontman y, también, si podía mantener sobre las tablas el equilibrio justo entre el homenaje a Weiland y el showcase de sus propias virtudes.
Dos viejos lobos de mar como Dan y Robert De Leo entendieron a la perfección como encarar la noche en el Teatro Opera. Si el Revolución Tour pedía una revuelta, Stone Temple Pilots se encargó de entregarla sin rodeos: “Wicked Garden”, “Crackerman” y “Vasoline” fueron el mascarón de proa cuando se corrió el telón, estableciendo una batalla de riffs que levantó a todos de sus asientos y los hizo entrar en el siempre atractivo y peligroso juego de seducción y fuego.
Sin utilizar el megáfono, Gutt se lució en lo vocal exhibiendo un poco menos de rasposidad y potencia que su antecesor, pero se mostró como un más que digno reemplazo. Calcando sus movimientos y su vestimenta, hubo breves momentos en los que pareció canalizar su espíritu, aprovechando los problemas técnicos en la batería de Eric Kretz durante “Silvergun” y “Big Bang Baby” para mostrar la amplitud de su rango vocal y, de paso, salvar ambas canciones con la infaltable ayuda de un paciente público.
Ese límite entre el grunge, el rock de garage y el rock alternativo es el que la banda californiana eligió transitar, pero también mostraron flexibilidad a la hora de revisitar y reformular, en clave lisérgica, la clásica balada folk norteamericana en la sinuosa “Big Empty”. Tras la ovación, se escucharon innecesarios gritos de un par de exaltados durante la novedosa introducción de “Creep”, quedando todo atrás durante una notable versión de uno de sus más grandes clásicos que encontró a Jeff Gutt a punto caramelo.
Otro juego entre el bajo y la guitarra antecedió al estallido que se vivió de la mano de “Plush”, pero con el detalle a remarcar de que toda la primera parte fue interpretada cuasi a capella por un cantante por completo suelto. Banda y fanáticos se fundieron en un abrazo simbólico, cerrando un círculo y salando ambos una herida que será eterna. Nunca mejor momento para el regreso al ruedo con la desafiante y refrescante “Meadow”, primer single de su último disco, en la que con total lógica Gutt mostró todas sus cartas y una elogiable paleta de agudos.
El slide de “Interstate Love Song” generó la enésima explosión en un lugar que hace rato era una caja de resonancia, moviéndose todos al ritmo de una melodía tan poderosa como cálida, mientras los hermanos sonreían de cara a la multitud. Con “Roll Me Under” volvieron a mostrar que el presente es también parte de su historia: sentida, veloz y enérgica, fue lo más cercano al rock más pesado y sucio de los ’90 y tuvo a Jeff recorriendo la planta baja, interactuando constantemente con la sombra de Weiland.
Esa suciedad originaria se hizo extensiva durante “Dead And Bloated” y “Trippin’ On A Hole On A Paper Heart”, dos pruebas contundentes de que el rock no morirá nunca jamás. Nadie en la audiencia cumplió con la simpática amenaza de “sacar las butacas y hacer pogo” que había corrido por las redes sociales en los días anteriores, pero lo cierto es que los asientos sobraron y quedó sobrevolando en el aire la pregunta acerca de que hubiese sucedido en un estadio con tanta energía tanto arriba como abajo del escenario.
La despedida, junto a la promesa de volver muy pronto, fue con una ajustadísima y fina versión de “Sex Type Thing” que convirtió al Opera en una verdadera caldera. Muchos se quedaron con las ganas de escuchar varias canciones más, pero lo cierto es que en poco más de una hora, los Stone Temple Pilots recorrieron y volvieron a poner en valor su rica historia. Nadie lo niega: el fantasma de Scott Weiland siempre estará acompañando y vigilando cada uno de sus pasos, pero es claro que estos guerreros han encontrado en la versatilidad y plasticidad de Jeff Gutt la razón para decidirse a hacer las valijas, llevarse lo puesto y salir a divertirse nuevamente alrededor del mundo.
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Fotografía: Víctor Guagnini - Cortesía de T4F Argentina
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This is interesting probably only to me, but Kara Britz is playing a gig this weekend with her brother Corey, who also plays for Bush/Gavin. Do they talk about their respective "bosses" when they get together. If Kara was ever to go to a gig and hang out with Bush, would she avoid mentioning who she worked for? and vice versa if Corey came to a Blake show? I mean I know music is incestuous, but still.
I doubt it... I mean Kara doesn't seem to think it's awkward. She gets along with Blake and Gwen just fine. I don't think it'd be that weird to talk about. I mean at least as long as Gavin wasn't around 😂
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Local de fundação: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Estados Unidos
Formação inicial da banda:
Alex Band (vocal)
Aaron Kamin (guitarra)
Billy Mohler (baixo)
Sean Woolstenhulme (guitarra)
Nate Wood (bateria).
Sean Deixou a banda em junho de 2002, para tocar no Lifehouse. Dino, que tocava com a cantora Laura Dawn, entrou em seu lugar. Dino é irmão de Rick, do Lifehouse.
Segunda formação:
Alex Band (vocal)
Aaron Kamin (guitarra)
Billy Mohler (baixo)
Dino Meneghin (guitarra)
Nate Wood (bateria)
Billy e Nate deixaram a banda em outubro de 2002.
Terceira formação:
Alex no vocal
Daniel Damico (guitarra base)
Justin Meyer (bateria)
Justin D´errico (guitarra solo)
Corey Britz (baixo e teclado).
The Calling foi uma banda de rock alternativo, dos Estados Unidos, formada em 2001 na Califórnia e deu o que falar. Quem vivenciou o ano de 2002 lembra deles até hoje com o mundialmente hit Wherever You Will Go.
O The Calling começou em San Fernando Valley, na Califórnia EUA, quando Aaron Kamin e Alex Band se conheceram (em 1995). Aaron namorava a irmã mais velha de Alex.
Alex lembra: "Minha irmã finalmente disse ao Aaron, 'Você quer tocar música com meu irmão ou quer me namorar?' Bom, nós ainda estamos tocando juntos".
Com o tempo o namoro terminou, mas a amizade deles continuava, e os planos para formarem uma banda também.
Algum tempo depois, eles formaram uma banda chamada "Generation Gap" que não durou muito tempo, porque havia uma grande diferença de idade entre os integrantes e interesses diferentes também. Os 3 eram velhos e um deles tinha até netos. O baterista da banda, por exemplo, tinha 58 anos e o baixista 40.
Alex lembra que eles achavam isso legal.
Para formar essa banda eles colocaram classificados nos jornais procurando baixista, guitarrista e baterista. Na época, eles tinham também um saxofonista, Benny Golbin.
Depois que Generation Gap acabou, então, Aaron e Alex continuaram investindo nesse sonho de ter uma banda. Ficaram por muito tempo escrevendo várias músicas.
"Nós nos trancamos e escrevemos mais ou menos 100 músicas. Nós sabíamos que o único jeito de ganhar o respeito das pessoas era escrever para chegar nos corações e nas mentes das pessoas", explica Aaron.
Criaram a banda "Next Door", cujo nome não foi por acaso. Alex era vizinho de Ron Fair, um dos diretores da RCA. Aaron e Alex, então, sempre colocavam suas fitas demo na caixa de correio deste diretor.
Depois de muita insistência (por volta de 1999) eles assinaram um contrato.
Alex diz que quando enviou sua fita demo para a rádio ele e Aaron faziam vozes diferentes votando na música deles só para tocar!
Em 2000 a banda apareceu no filme "Show Bar" (”Coyote Ugly) cantando "Wherever You Will Go", no Fiji Mermaid Club.
Com a entrada de mais alguns músicos contratados eles formaram o The Calling e depois de 5 anos na "geladeira" lançaram o primeiro CD "Camino Palmero" com "Wherever You Will Go" como single. E a música virou um grande sucesso, e assim The Calling começou a dar entrevistas para rádios e abrir shows de alguns cantores famosos.
Outras músicas de sucesso do primeiro CD foram: "Adrienne" e "Could It Be Any Harder".
Vale lembrar que Camino Palmero foi produzido por Marc Tanner, com oito faixas mixadas pelo legendário Chris Lord-Alge. O trabalho foi uma das maiores revelações de 2002, quando a banda The Calling saiu em turnê mundial, fazendo seus próprios shows e sendo bem aceitos. Ganharam o Prêmio de Artista Revelação no EMA e no ano seguinte o prêmio de melhor banda da rádio NJR.
Como mencionado no início desse post, Sean, Billy e Nate deixaram a banda The Calling em 2002.
Em novembro de 2003, os ex-músicos do The Calling (Nate e Billy) processaram Alex Band, Aaron Kamin e sua equipe acusando-os de má administração da banda e fraude.
Exigiram uma auditoria de todo o dinheiro gasto até então e alegaram que teriam combinado com Alex, Aaron e equipe que receberiam dinheiro de royalties, merchandise e de tours.
Contudo, Alex e Aaron reivindicaram que Nate e Billy não tinham direito a esse montante, visto que todas as músicas até então eram de autoria de Alex e Aaron.
Em 2004, Aaron e Alex, sozinhos, lançaram o novo álbum chamado "Two". No mesmo ano, Aaron deixou a parte visual da banda (sem participar de turnês), mas continuou na produção e composição de músicas.
Também fizeram sucesso com as canções "Our Lives", "Things will Go My Way" e "Anything", ainda que bem menos do que o álbum Camino Palmero.
Em 2005, Alex anunciou que faria carreira solo, deixando o The Calling parado por um tempo. Alex e Aaron fizeram um último show de despedida do The Calling em Temecula, no dia 6 de junho de 2005, antes de entrarem em hiato.
Em novembro de 2005, Alex anunciou que havia assinado um contrato (como artista de carreira solo) com Ron Fair, como parte da gravadora Geffen Records. A gravadora, no entanto, adiou o lançamento do primeiro álbum solo de Alex algumas vezes, o que o fez deixá-la em 2008.
Alex, então, criou sua própria gravadora independente, chamada AMB Records, pela qual finalmente lançou seu álbum We’ve all been there (2010) nos Estados Unidos. Ao redor do mundo, o álbum foi lançado pela EMI.
"I've been working on leaving my label for a while now, and moving to somewhere else to put this record out finally and give it the push it deserves...and I'm happy to announce that I will be putting the record out ON MY OWN! With help from good friends in the business and an amazing team, I'm putting together my own Label. This gives me the freedom to make my own decisions, to invest in myself, and to do what I want, when I want. This is the way to go these days in the music business and I am sooooooo lucky to be able to do it. There are no firm details as to when exactly the record will be released, but I am doing everything in my power to make the process as speedy as possible. I will let you all know of course as soon as I find out more.”
Entre as músicas da carreira solo, estão: Last Goodbye; Hold on to You (em homenagem a sua ex-mulher, Jennifer Sky); I'm Coming Home; Please; Tonight; The Truth e Take Hold of Me.
Em 15 de agosto de 2013, Alex apresentou a banda The Calling com novos músicos contratados. Fizeram um show em homenagem a sua volta no Bally’s Atlantic City em 17 de agosto de 2013.
No dia seguinte, Alex foi sequestrado. Os bandidos lhe roubaram e bateram nele. Um dos colegas notou o sumiço do cantor, encontrou-o tempo depois e Alex foi levado ao hospital onde foi tratado e teve alta. O episódio aconteceu em Lapeer, Michigan.
Depois de alguns shows, a banda se desfez novamente.
Em outubro e 2016, a banda The Calling apareceu com uma nova formação e fizeram um show em Manila, nas Filipinas.
Anunciaram um tour pela Austrália que, infelizmente, teve de ser adiado devido a problemas com vistos.
Em julho de 2017, The Calling anunciou que se juntaria à banda Lifehouse como suporte para a turnê australiana, durante a qual Alex anunciou que lançaria novas músicas em 2018.
Ex-“membros” (ou ex-músicos contratados) da banda
Alex Band - lead vocals, songwriter (1996-2005, 2013–present)
Aaron Kamin - lead guitar, songwriter (1996-2005)
Sean Woolstenhulme - rhythm guitar (1996-2002)
Billy Mohler - bass (1996-2002)
Nate Wood - drums (1996-2002)
Dino Meneghin - rhythm guitar (2002-2003)
Sean Kipe - lead guitar, backing vocals (2013)
Jake Fehres - bass (2013)
Art Pacheco - drums (2013)
Ex-“membros” contratados para tours
Kaveh Rastegar - bass (2004)
Corey Britz - bass (2004-2005)
Justin Derrico - rhythm guitar (2004-2005)
Justin Meyer - drums (2004-2005)
Al Berry - bass (2016)
Sobre a Banda Maybe Solitude
Antes de existir o The Calling e as demais bandas mencionadas acima (), Alex e Jethro Rothe-Kushel (produtor e melhor amigo de longa data de Alex) formaram, juntos, a banda Maybe Solitude. Naquela época Alex tinha 12 anos. Ele era responsável pela voz e Jethro ficava no teclado.
Jethro dirigiu o primeiro clipe da banda, com a música Dormant Prayer.
Quando a Maybe Solitude acabou, aí sim Alex conheceu Aaron Kamin e toda a história restante se desenrolou.
Vale lembrar que foi nessa época (da Maybe Solitude) que Alex começou a fazer pequenas representações em público. Sua primeira música apresentada publicamente foi Mocking Bird.
Curiosidades
The Calling teve três passagens pelo Brasil: 2002, 2003, 2004.
A banda americana The Calling estourou em 2002 com o lançamento da música Wherever You Will Go, primeiro single do álbum Camino Palmero. A música chegou ao topo das paradas de sucesso do Reino Unido, Austrália e Itália. Nos Estados Unidos, ela foi a quinta música mais tocada do ano de seu lançamento e foi eleita recentemente pela revista Billboard a música pop adulta de maior sucesso na década no país.
Os singles seguintes, Adrienne e Could be any harder, não conseguiram a mesma repercussão do primeiro single, mas serviram pra mostrar que The Calling não era banda de uma música só.
Em 2003, a banda gravou For You, que fazia parte da trilha sonora do filme O Demolidor. A música foi lançada como o carro-chefe para a promoção da trilah sonora, ganhando até um clip com cenas do filme.
Os singles do segundo álbum da banda foram: Our lives, Things Will Go my Way e Anything.
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