Norteño music band from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Calibre 50 seems pretty self-assured.
chart entry and its first top 10 debut in 2010 . "When you come from such a process where you have invested time, years, sometimes it is difficult to let it go," Muñoz tellsover the phone. "But as time passes and one matures as a person and as an artist, one asks: Why didn't I leave it sooner?"
They have. Calibre 50 has since notched seven No. 1s on the Regional Mexican Albums chart, dating back to its first chart leader,, which debuted atop the list in June 2014. The set's musical experimentation with use of traditional folk instruments stands out. There is nomusic. Instead, Gaxiola devotes to the tuba for the bass notes, and in combination with a twelve-fret guitar, a diatonic accordion and drums, the group has become one of the vanguards of the genre.
As the band defined its style in 2010, mainly comprising of its members' influences, the name Calibre 50 was based on a bullet and the velocity with which the band aimed to thrive. "We didn't want a name that expressed something basic," Muñoz says. "We wanted something unique, something that would catch the attention strategically. Caliber 50 is the biggest bullet to date. It implies that there is nothing that can stop us; nobody stops us other than God.
With the ideology of free will, doing things for pleasure without a strategy, Calibre 50 has placed 14 albums on the Regional Mexican Albums chart, all of which have debuted in the top 10. "It is a bit risky, yes," Muñoz continues. "Our albums are risky and crazy, but that same risk has made us original. We are not necessarily the most well-known, there are many groups that stand out on par, but our sound is definitely easily identified.
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