Calibre 50


Calibre 50 is a Regional Mexican band founded in the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa in 2010. Their style is Norteño-Banda, a hybrid of Norteño, which uses an electric bass or tololoche for the low notes and replaces it with a sousaphone, which is typically used in Banda for the bass notes.

History

Before founding Calibre 50, Edén Muñoz had been the accordionist and vocalist in the Norteño-banda group, Colmillo Norteño. With Muñoz, the group scored the hit songs "Sueño guajiro" and "Hotel El Cid" in 2009, among others. Nevertheless, conflicts with the other members of the band led Muñoz to quit Colmillo Norteño in December 2009, and he founded his own band in 2010, recruiting Armando Ramos as guitarist, Augusto Guido as drummer and Martín López as tuba player. The name of this new band was "Puro Colmillo Norteño", and they recorded their first album, "Renovar o Morir", under that name, as well as their first single. However, the original Colmillo Norteño sued them for the name, and after a legal dispute Muñoz' band was forced to change their name later in 2010. They chose the name by which they are known nowadays: Calibre 50. The name of the band comes from the comparison "with an element that will symbolize the strength and impact that the project has on the lives of the members, as well as those who like the Regional Mexican genre."
Calibre 50 first achieved notoriety for their controversial songs, among them corridos. Their first nationwide hit was "El tierno se fue" in 2011, a song written by Lalo Ayala which contains many innuendos and describes a sexual act in detail. In later years, they turned to release romantic songs as singles, however their albums still consist mostly of corridos and party songs.
In January 2014, drummer Augusto Guido left the band to work on his own group, "Los de Sinaloa"; he was replaced by Erick García. Two months later, Tuba player Martín López also left the band to work on another project, "La Iniciativa". He was subsequently replaced by Alejandro Gaxiola.
In March 2017, Calibre 50 made history when the band became the first Regional Mexican act to perform on the Conan show on an episode that took place in Mexico City.
Calibre 50 made their Rodeo Houston debut on March 11, 2018 to a sold out crowd.
On April 26, 2018, Calibre 50, along with Colombian Urban singer J Balvin, received an award from Pandora Radio for being the first artists to surpass a billion of streams on that platform.

Members

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2012Premios Lo NuestroMejor Artista Revelación del Año/Regional Mexicano
2015Premios JuventudMi Letra Favorita/Música
2015Premios JuventudMejor Tema Novelero/NovelasAunque ahora estés con él
2017Premios Lo NuestroGrupo o Dúo del Año/Regional Mexicano
2017iHeartRadio Music AwardsMejor Artista de Música Regional Mexicana