Armed with a radio-ready, post-grunge sound, Los Angeles rockers The Calling briefly caught fire in the early 2000s, when their debut single became a ubiquitous anthem.
∙ Teenage friends Alex Band and Aaron Kamin began playing together in 1996, and they formed The Calling after their demos caught the attention of Band’s neighbor, a major-label executive.
∙ The group debuted in 2001 with “Wherever You Will Go,” a massive international smash that spent 23 weeks atop the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.
∙ Camino Palmero, The Calling’s first album, sold more than five million copies worldwide, going Gold in the US and Canada and achieving Platinum status in Brazil, Italy, and the UK.
∙ Band teamed up with Santana on the 2003 single “Why Don’t You & I,” a song from the guitar legend’s LP Shaman that originally featured Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger.
∙ Following the release of their 2004 album, Two, The Calling parted ways, but Band continued as a solo artist and briefly re-formed the group with a new lineup in 2013 and again in 2016.
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Genre
Rock
Members of The Calling
The Calling was formed in 1996. Members of The Calling include, or have included, the following 4 members.