The Caulfields were an alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band from Newark

Newark, Delaware

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, Delaware

Delaware

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 which recorded two albums for A&M Records

A&M Records

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 in the 1990s. The group was led by singer/songwriter

Songwriter

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 John Faye and also included Mike Simpson on guitar, Sam Musumeci on bass, and Scott Kohlmorgen on drums (later replaced by Ritchie Rubini).

Their first album was 1995's Whirligig. The album's initial single was "Devil's Diary", which received limited radio play as well as exposure on MTV. The band Toured Australia on the back of airplay on popular youth radio station Triple J, supporting Australian band Died Pretty. The group could have achieved commercial success but split shortly after the release of L, their second album, in 1997.

Faye would go on to release an album with The John Faye Power Trip in 1999, and currently fronts the Philadelphia-based group ike.