Calibretto 13 unleashed From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade into the world some time around the year 2000. The limited release CD featured the "B-sides" of Calibretto 13's full-length feature, "Enter the Danger Brigade."
As stated in the earlier sentence, the CD was a limited release. So Mr. Whiteford himself asked for a page to be thrown together to present a glorious, albeit quickly concocted, means of remembering this fine album.
So, with the permission of Twinkie, I made this page. I am not in any way involved in Calibretto 13 or any of their later projects. I only stalk the band members with incredible passion, precision and creepiness.
If you would like to shoot a message to any of the actual band members, you can probably find them in the friends list.
In other news, here are the linear notes:
A Note From Chris:
Recording the "Enter the Danger Brigade" album was a lot like playing a baseball game. I was the pitcher, Aaron was the catcher and Joe was in the stands yelling at the hot dog vender. During the 7th inning stretch, we recorded 18 songs, but only 11 of them made it home from that game. The other 7 got stuck in traffic. What I'm trying to say is that these songs are what is left from the two recording sessions for "Enter the Danger Brigade". They 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. Guys, maybe this EP wasn't such a good idea...
Some thoughts from Joe (OR the rantings of a madman):
C-CORP TAKEDOWN: I think Aaron came up with this title. A lot of people don't understand what it's about. I wrote it almost immediately after we got home from playing a show. I have a lot to say about this topic, but unfortunately, I don't have the time or space. So, I'll keep it short and bitter: It's so sad how we've turned the Truth into a dirty, money making enterprise.
JOE'S GONNA DIE is about a video game called Resident Evil. That's all! There's no secret meaning to it. It's just about a video game. In fact, we (especially Aaron) absolutely love video games and encourage you all to play them until your fingers fall off and you die. I'm just kidding! Please don't take me seriously! I like horror movies and like video games. That's all! It's just another stupid no-brainer song. Oh, and by the way, this song first appeared on "Songs From The Penalty Box Vol. 4 (Warped Tour Edition - ooh, ah!)".
SWEET LITTLE GRANDMA means absolutely nothing, and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything. So, let's movie on to the next song.
CRIMSON DAWN was written about a week after Aaron and I watched "Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles." Aaron described it best when he said it was about a vampire with a moral conscience. I think it was the summer of '98 or '99 when we were all hanging out late with nothing to do except for loiter at the local Meijer store and Steak 'N' Shake (Can you believe we did that for a whole summer?). I also wrote it during a time when it seemed like every band was writing - or had written - a vampire song, a lot of vampire movies were coming out, and it seemed like all the talk shows were covering 'Teens Who Think They're Vampires'. I was sick of hearing about vampires, so I wrote a song about them. It makes a lot of sense, huh?
SLEEP AROUND with Kristie and get what?!! Now, everybody settle down. I think this was the first song I ever wrote. I know it's immature, but I was thirteen when I wrote it, for crying out loud! Excuse me for writing a bad song (as if you weren't all used to that by now)! It used to bother me - and it still does - when I would hear about a fourteen year old girl getting knocked up. I couldn't stand listening to the jocks talk about females in a sexual manner during gym. It would upset me so much, but what can I say? That we're human? It doesn't make it right, but you can't force your opinion on others.
DANGER BRIGADE was written when we were called "Blacksheep". It's a song about how cool we were - even though we didn't have any fans. I still don't know why I wrote it.
