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Patrick Callan

About Me

Patrick Callan was born in Millwaukee, Wisconson in 1986. He spent his childhood in a rural farming community an hour outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.He began playing guitar and writing songs at 9 years old.In 1998, Patrick's family relocated to Lino Lakes, Minnesota, a suburb outside of the twin cities. He was introduced to Punk Rock and started his first 2 bands, Plush Sunday and the Euroes.In 2004, he relocated to Minneapolis and teamed up with Claude Culotta to form Flynn Effect, and later Turn Back Now! and to put together what is now Blanket statement records.In May of 2009, Patrick released his first full length studio record "Tales of a Folk Punk Nothing." Which has been well received by fans and critics alike.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/5/2007
Band Members: Patrick Callan- guitar,vocals Collaborators- Claude Culotta, David Hutner, D. Sykes, Turn Back Now!, Andrew Bizek, Disposition, Kristel Porter,Claire Johnson, Mike Ballard, Rob Oesterlin, The Chelsea Boys, The Hunger Bone, Warsame Awale, and many others in the Blanket Statement Records family.
Influences: the holdsteady, against me, robert johnson, velvet underground, John Irving, Malcolm X
Sounds Like: Norman Rockwell, Robert Crumb,and Derick Drooker's illustrations put to music
Record Label: BLANKET STATEMENT RECORDS.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Blanket Statement Records Blog on tumblr

Me and my friends with Blanket Statement contribute to this blog, check it out-Blanket Statement Records Blog
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:35:00 GMT

"Tales of a Folk-Punk Nothing"

Packaging by Brenda Karunya Peters with much assistance from the C37/BSR Crew
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:46:00 GMT