2008 Woodie Awards
Caleb Lionheart are pop-punk rockers with passion
Band members are long-time friends and talented music makers
Cecelia Martinez
Issue date: 3/19/08 Section: Entertainment
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"That's how it is for everyone in Caleb," said guitarist and student at The College of Saint Rose Kris Wildermuth. "If we got signed tomorrow and they wanted us to quit our jobs and leave school to go on tour, we all would."
Caleb Lionheart, which formed in late 2007, also includes fellow Saint Rose student Tony Bucci. Wildermuth and Bucci are longtime friends and have been band mates since high school at Hudson High School in Hudson, NY.
"I don't remember how I met Kris Wild, but I know I invited him to my fifth birthday party," said Bucci.
Bucci began as a drummer, and the two have been involved in a number of different bands, separately and together, but usually as a unit.
Craig Jaufmann, the guitarist, is also from Hudson and attended high school with Wildermuth and Bucci. He plays in another project as well, involving the members of Caleb Lionheart, a hardcore band called Put Out. Some may know Put Out better by their former name, Pom Pom Death. Pom Pom Death has played many shows at Saint Rose and has been active both in the Albany scene and as a touring band for over two years.
Mike Cox, the bassist, played in the band Making Up The Truth with drummer Ron Greico before joining Caleb Lionheart. Cox works full time at Hudson-based independent record label Equal Vision Records doing screen-printing in their merchandise department. Greico has also previously worked at the record label, and got involved with Caleb Lionheart through his active presence in the Albany music scene.
"He's the Pete Wentz of the band," Wildermuth said of Greico. "He's the one that knows everybody."
Twenty-year-old Greico isn't from Albany, but has strong ties to the area and currently lives in the city.
"It's more home to me than any place else," said Greico.
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