Calabrese (band)

Calabrese
Calabrese live in 2013
Background information
Origin	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Genres	Rock, punk rock, horror punk, alternative rock
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Spookshow Records
Website	www.calabreserock.com
Members	Bobby Calabrese Jimmy Calabrese Davey Calabrese

Calabrese is an American rock band that is based out of Phoenix, Arizona. The band includes blood brothers Bobby Calabrese on guitar and vocals, Jimmy Calabrese on bass and vocals, and Davey Calabrese on Drums. Calabrese is their actual surname. Calabrese has been described as "Melodic, hook-laden, catchy, fun, Rock with a Punk attitude." They have cited other bands such as The Damned, Alkaline Trio, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Turbonegro, The Misfits, Green Day, The Hives, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, AFI, Danzig, Type O Negative, My Chemical Romance and The Ramones as influences.

The three brothers were originally raised in the rural town of Antioch, Illinois in a large family of Italian American heritage. Jimmy Calabrese, the oldest of the trio, developed a fascination with horror and fictional monsters at an early age through a friend. Jimmy recalled in his blog of how after the violent suicide of a local boy, paranormal activity was witnessed and investigated by him and a group of friends via the use of a ouija board. Afterward, their house was supposedly haunted, plagued by a foul smell, and had a demonic figure appear in a door. The hauntings reportedly stopped after the family moved to Arizona. Through Jimmy, Bobby was introduced to punk rock, metal and rock and roll music.