Brian Calzini is an American metalcore vocalist. He formed bands

Paddock Park Paddock Park was an American post-hardcore band from Ocala, Florida. History The band was formed by harsh vocalist Brian Calzini and consisted of clean vocalist Jason Neil, drummer Bobby Scruggs, guitarists John Copeland and bassist Sanders Duk ...

, Sleeping with Sirens and

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, his current band.

Early life

Calzini is also known as Brian John Williams.

Music career

Williams's musical career began when he started recording a song named ''I´ll Swing My Fists'' together with Tom Denney formerly of A Day To Remember. Williams uploaded the song to his MySpace profile and started a solo musical project called '"Paddock Park". He later found a live band to perform his songs live and formed the band as

, with whom he recorded his first song "I'll Swing My Fists" for their debut EP ''False Hope'', in 2007. The band was later signed by

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, where they released their first full-length album ''A Hiding Place for Fake Friends'', which featured a re-recording of the same song. In 2009, the band was disbanded. Almost immediately after Paddock Park's end, Williams went on to form Sleeping With Sirens with former member of Uprising Records band Broadway, Nick Trombino. Finding members from Orlando, Florida and a singer Kellin Quinn from Oregon. Williams spent two weeks with the band in Orlando, Florida writing together in a studio then went on to record The Bomb.com and Big Gulps. Williams soon after recording parted ways with the band with Quinn taking over all vocals. He has stated in interviews Quinn wanted the band to go in a different direction and there was no harsh feeling between him and former bandmates. Soon after Williams went on to create his current band

. The band recorded a few songs in 2009, including a cover of

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's popular song " Airplanes", featuring Tom Denney and former bandmate Kellin Quinn ( Sleeping with Sirens). In 2010, the band started touring extensively as well as working on their debut album with producer Tom Denney. We Are Defiance signed to Tragic Hero Records and released their debut album called ''

Trust in Few ''Trust in Few'' is the debut album of Ocala metalcore band We Are Defiance, released in March 2011. Background and recording The band announced that Tyler Smith of The Word Alive and Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria would be featured on one t ...

'' which was released worldwide. ''Trust In Few'' was released on March 15, 2011. The album peaked at 28 on Billboard Heatseekers for one week.

Film

In 2022 Calzini played himself in the Netflix series

The Most Hated Man on the Internet ''The Most Hated Man on the Internet'' is a 2022 American three-part Netflix docuseries that covers the story of Hunter Moore and his website Is Anyone Up?, a pornographic site based on stolen and hacked photos, and the struggle to take the webs ...

Influences

Williams has stated in interviews his music influences range from acoustic music,

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, and metal.

Discography

;Paddock Park * 2007: ''With False Hope'' (EP) * 2008: ''A Hiding Place for Fake Friends'' (

) ;Sleeping with Sirens *2009: Bomb(dot)com, Big Gulps ;We Are Defiance * 2011: ''

'' ( Tragic Hero Records)

References

External links

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Interview
on ''Highwiredaze.com''

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