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The rise of The Callingat the beginning of the century, it took place at a time favorable to pop rock. The group led by the singer Alex Band He stood out in a scenario of American music with spotlights divided between Nu Metal and Pop-in particular, pop divas and boybands-along with other similar sound names, offering a compromise between radio appeal and some guitar use.

Despite the resounding success achieved with his debut album, Camino Palmer (2001), and its main hit, “Wherever You Will Go”the band created in California did not get such satisfactory numbers with their next album, Two (2004), and broke in 2005. The activities only resumed more than a decade later, in 2016, at a much lower level of popularity and anchored in nostalgia.

Looking back, Alex Band sees two mistakes made. In an interview with journalist Marcelo Vieira for the Igor Miranda website, the singer, the only one to participate in all formations, indicates his dissatisfaction with the way he used to promote The Calling and the insistence on working with guitarist Aaron Kamin, Alex’s creative partner who, according to him, lost interest in the project.

Regarding the first point, Band recognizes: “I looked like a boy band member”. As a result, The Calling was stigmatized. He reflects:

“They promoted us a lot within this climate, with constant presence in programs such as the ‘TRL’ [n.e.: o equivalente ao ‘Disk MTV’, no Brasil]and I think it hurt our image as a real band – that tours, composes and plays their own songs. It was definitely not something that played in our favor. ”

Regarding the former colleague-whose name was not quoted in the interview-Alex the blame for the band’s break in 2005. In his words, “it was a drama what happened behind the scenes.”

“Of course everyone wanted another ‘Wherever You Will Go’but all my problems were with my guitarist, which I ended up firing right after recording the second album. He didn’t want to tour, I didn’t really want to work or record another album. It was like having someone ruining all the good times, turning everything into a nightmare. It doesn’t surprise me that the second album has not reached its potential. I think it could have been bigger, but there was a lot of confusion. ”

Alex Band would have done differently with The Calling

Today more mature, 44 years old and over 25 of profession, Alex Band understands that he could have acted differently in many ways. The Calling’s musical proposal would be maintained, but the singer would worry about promoting the band in the right way and would not extend their partnership with Aaron Kamin.

“I think I would have conducted things in another way. I would have assured me that we were recognized as a real band, with real musicians. And surely I wouldn’t be working with that person at that time. He should have closed the partnership when he wanted to give up on his first album.”

The Calling will excuse Brazil in the coming days. Band and his band go through Vitória (ES) on 04/10; Nova Iguaçu (RJ) on 10/05; Porto Alegre (RS) on 08/10; Curitiba (PR) on 09/10; Santo André (SP) on 11/10; São Paulo (SP) on 12/10; Belo Horizonte (MG) on 10/15; Brasília (DF) on 17/10 and ends with free show in Campinas (SP) on 19/10.

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