Broadway Calls

Broadway Calls
Broadway Calls in 2009
Background information
Origin	Rainier, Oregon, U.S.
Genres	Pop punk, punk rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	No Sleep, SideOneDummy, Adeline Records, Smallman Records
Associated acts	Looking For Link, Countdown To Life, Robbie Hellfire & The 500 Club
Website	www.myspace.com/broadwaycalls
Members	Ty Vaughn Josh Baird Adam Willis
Past members	Matt Koenig Robbie Baird Chris Spencer

Broadway Calls is an American punk rock band from Rainier, Oregon. The band has released three records and toured the United States and Canada extensively and often. More recently the band has completed tours in Europe. Broadway Calls have toured with such bands as Alkaline Trio, The Gaslight Anthem, Rancid, The Bouncing Souls, and Bad Religion.

Broadway Calls formed in the winter of 2005/2006, with Ty Vaughn (guitar and vocals), Matt Koenig (bass and vocals) Robert Baird (guitar) and Josh Baird (drums). The band was built on the solid foundation of Josh, Robert, and Ty's decade long history of making music together. Their previous band Countdown To Life was signed to New Age Records (Strife, Countervail, Lifetime). After playing one hometown show, Broadway Calls took a sink-or-swim approach and headed straight out on tour with label-mate Daggermouth. The tour was a great success and Broadway Calls made a name for themselves in the hardcore community. In late 2005, the band released its debut EP, Call the Medic, on the State of Mind label.

Still signed to State of Mind Records in the US, and expanding their distribution potential by signing to Smallman Records in Canada, Broadway Calls released their self-titled album Broadway Calls and produced by Willie Samuels of Green Day’s production team at Pittsburg's Nu-Tone studios. Broadway Calls was released on July 10, 2007. The band then went on another full US tour and played shows with bands such as Crime In Stereo, I Am The Avalanche, The Smoking Popes, The Draft, Avail, This Is Hell, Set It Straight, Ruiner, Dead Hearts, Counting the Days, Future Primitive, and Final Fight.

Within a year of their debut album's release, the band had been signed by Adeline Records, whose owners include Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day. The band's self titled debut album was then re-released on March 18, 2008.