Draft:Calibretto 13
American Christian folk punk band
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Calibretto 13 (later, simply Calibretto) was an American Christian folk punk band from Kokomo, Indiana.[1][2][3]The band is known for their punk with acoustic guitar sound, campy horror-tinged lyrics, and Joe's unique vocal style resulting in the band often being compared to Violent Femmes and The Dead Milkmen.[4][5]
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| Origin | Kokomo, Indiana, United States |
| Genres | Acoustic punk, Christian punk, hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1997 – 2004 |
| Labels | Tooth and Nail Records, Standard Recording Company |
History as Calibretto 13
The trio of Joseph Whiteford (guitar and vocals), Aaron Richardson (bass) and Christopher Thomas (drums) came together in 1998 and released Sibling Rivalry, a split album with No More Droids, in 1999. The band was picked up on Tooth and Nail Records after they were seen playing the New Band Showcase at Cornerstone Music Festival.[6] In 2000 the band put out Enter the Danger Brigade with Tooth and Nail Records.[7] After the band's initial recording sessions for the album, Tooth & Nail thought that some of the submitted songs were too questionable in content and asked the band to reconvene with producer Barry Poynter and record several more.[6] Calibretto 13 recorded 19 songs for Enter the Danger Brigade, and only 11 songs were included on the debut album. Seven of the remaining songs were released as an EP titled From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade (2000). In the liner notes for From the Secret Files..., Chris Thomas wrote: "[the songs] were kept from being on the album for one reason or another, and because we consider some of these to be our best songs we tried to make sure that you got to hear them. Of course, some of these songs are pretty crappy, too."Thomas, Chris. From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade (Media notes). Tooth and Nail Records. Calibretto 13 released a second full-length album on Tooth & Nail titled Adventures in Tokyo in 2002. Adventures in Tokyo was produced by Aaron Sprinkle (producer of Anberlin, MxPx, Reliant K, New Found Glory).[8] This was the band's final release on Tooth & Nail.[4] During the band's time on Tooth and Nail they struggled with censorship and what the label thought weould sell in the Christian market. The band mentions words like "crap" and "whore" were censored from releases on Tooth and Nail.[3]
The remaining song from the Enter the Danger Brigade recording sessions, which was not on From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade, is titled "Uncle Sam". It was, however, available for download off of the Calibretto website for a short time, along with many other demos, live, and rare tracks. Oddly enough, an image of Uncle Sam, which was later used by Calibretto on merchandise, was included in the interior art of From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade, despite the song not being present.
Name change to Calibretto
The name of "Calibretto 13" came from Joe Whiteford, and was based on the giant robot character from the "Battle Chasers" comic book.[9] The name change from Calibretto 13 to Calibretto marked a significant change. The band was unceremoniously dropped from Tooth & Nail and moved to Standard Recording Company.[10] They had already begun work on what would have been their third Tooth & Nail record, a full-length release titled Making the World a Place. Aaron Richardson left the band, and began to illustrate comics for Backburner Comics.[11] Richardson's place was filled by Chad A. Serhal, formerly rhythm guitarist of In the face of war.[12] Calibretto released Dead by Dawn EP on Standard Recording Company in 2003.[13] Under the name Calibretto, the band had two releases, Dead by Dawn EP and a split release with Mercury Radio Theater titled All of These Things Do Not Belong, which was released in 2004.[14] Calibretto played their final show on October 31, 2004, in their hometown of Kokomo. The band released the "All of These Things Do Not Belong" split at this show.[15]
In 2010, Calibretto's final track, "I'm Dressing Up", was released on the Hope Can't Walk compilation. The track was recorded at Decapolis Labs, and features Whiteford and Thomas at their usual stations; Richardson returned to bass duties, and Serhal took up a second guitar.[16]
A number of members formerly involved in Calibretto went on to play in Harley Poe,[17] Diesel Boy[18], Mansions, Everything, Now!, Divebomber, and Encourager.
Band members
- Joseph Whiteford – guitar, vocals (currently in Harley Poe)
- Christopher Thomas – drums (currently plays drums for Mansions[19] and Diesel Boy[20], played drums on the Harley Poe album In the Dark and early live shows)[21]
- Aaron Richardson – bass
- Chad A. Serhal – bass (currently Adjunct Professor of Sculpture at Southeastern Louisiana University, played bass on Harley Poe's In the Dark album)[22][23]
- C. J. Sutton (In the Face of War) played organ on Calibretto's releases on Standard Recording Company but was not a touring member of the band.
Discography
Calibretto 13/Calibretto
- Sibling Rivalry – (1998) Split release with No More Droids on RMC Records[24]
- Enter the Danger Brigade – (2000) on Tooth and Nail RecordsHM Magazine,[25][26][27]
- From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade (EP) – (2001) on Tooth and Nail Records[28]
- Adventures in Tokyo – (2002) on Tooth and Nail Records[29][30][3]
- Dead by Dawn (EP) – (2003) on Standard Recording Company[31][32]
- All Of These Things Do Not Belong (2004) Split release with Mercury Radio Theater on Standard Recording Company[33]
Cultural influence
Calibretto toured extensively with other Tooth and Nail bands such as Squad Five-0, Huntingtons, and Side Walk Slam. They also played numerous Christian music festivals including Cornerstone Music Fest and Greenville College's Agape Music Fest.[34]
The song "High 5" was featured on What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Season 3, Episode 1: Fright House of a Lighthouse.[35][36]
The songs “Sheep of the U.S.” and “Hollywood (Is Burning Down)” were featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 Christian skateboard documentary, Livin' It, produced by Stephen Baldwin.[37]
Folk punk artist Nate Allen (Destroy Nate Allen, Nate Allen & The Pac-Away Dots, Good Saint Nathanel) has listed Calibretto 13 as one of his early influences.[38]
Matt Kelly, host of the Saint Mort Show podcast, and musician known as Saint Mort, listed Calibretto as his single largest musical influence and directly responsible for his switch to a solo musician.[39]
Calibretto is referenced multiple times in John Paul Klugh's master's thesis titled : "A HOME FOR THE OUTCASTS: AN ANALYSIS OF CHRISTIAN ROCK AS AN EXPRESSION OF POSTMODERN CHRISTIANITY". In the paper, Klugh references Calibretto's songs "High 5" and "Christian Hate Mail".[40]
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- In The Dark (2005) on Standard Recording Company, the first record by Harley Poe, was performed by the members Calibretto
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