User:Frankcalzada

Francisco Calzada, better known as Frank Calzada, is an independent musician from Dayton, Ohio.

For the first year of his music career, he went under the stage name "Frankie Arsenic". He eventually dropped the name, and rebranded himself in September of 2017 as just Frank Calzada. He released his debut album, "Arsenic", in June 2017 on Bandcamp.com. After the release, He went on a short break, and took time to write and compose more music.

In August, 2017, Calzada and his band member J Herd released Chrysanthemum's first single, "A Fault". Two months later, the band released their second single, "2", which they distributed on Spoitfy, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and other platforms online.

In late November 2017, Calzada went to Columbus and recorded his upcoming album, "Honeybrook", at Racket Club Studio. His second studio album, "Honeybrook", comes out June 2nd, 2018, or sometime after that.

Growing up, Calzada was influenced by many musicians and bands, and takes inspiration from them, including the garage rock band Kings of Leon, the 50s rock and roller Ritchie Valens, "The Man In Black" Johnny Cash, the Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson, Gorillaz, Jack White and many others.

Calzada is the co-creator of many music projects, such as the indie duo "Chrysanthemum", an electronic-rock band "!ZING!", and the garage rock band "Smoking Television" (originally "Arsenic").