Caleb Avilés

Caleb Avilés (born July 28, 1978) is a former Puerto Rican singer who was apart of four groups Euphoria (1991-1992), Explosion (1993-1994), MDO^[1] (2001-2002) and Menudo: La Reunion^[2] (2005-2006).

In 1991, Caleb, who was 13 at the time, joined the spinoff Menudo Boy Band, Euphoria, made by ex members Robert Avellanet and Rawy Torres, when both ex menudo members, along with Edward Aguilera and Jonathan Montenegro,^[3] left the group due to an abuse and mistreatment management.^[4] Along with Robert and Rawy, other members included Julio 'Axl' Canino and Joey ?. Caleb recorded one song named "Tú y Yo" during the group, though the song was never played when he didn't have the chance since either Robert or Rawy were taking the spotlight, so, Caleb became the first member in Euphoria to leave in 1992, where he performed in plays and musicals and worked in other fields.

In Early 1993, months after his depature in Euphoria, Caleb became part of the Puerto Rican teen group Explosion, when he became the last member of the group to join, joining with Joel Laureano and Josue Carrion. While in Explosion, Caleb, Joel, and Josue recorded the title track of their first CD "Que No Se Detenga" on McGillis Records, which was released on March 14, 1993, though Joel and Josue were already recording by the time Caleb had join. Explosion eventually dissolved in 1994, because Management, including Darrin McGillis, Explosion's Manager, himself, decided to focus more on Joel's Solo Career rather than the group. Avilés also tried out for a solo career, but he maintain little to no success, so he would eventually end up go into private life for Seven years. When he was 18, he moved to Wisconsin, where he studied and developed more of his singing/dancing skills.^[5] Years prior to joining MDO, he started to get jobs like a bartender, masseuse, and also a performer, which these jobs helped him finacially.

In 2001, Avilés joined boy band MDO when Troy Tuminelli departed from the group, which became a big fame for him, because he became the first Puerto Rican in four years (After Andy Blazquez) to join the formerly all-Puerto Rican band,^[6] where his bandmates at the time were Alexis Grullón, Abel Talamantez, Didier Hernandez and Pablo Portillo. However, Avilés, along with Portillo, began to have contractual problems with their group and was forced to temporarily remove themselves from MDO before returned to the group.^[7]

MDO released their first major English album entitled "Piece of Heaven" in Asia in June 2001. This album was to be due out in the United States at a later date, but it never came to be and MDO began working on a new album, though Grullón would leave the group in the midst, leaving MDO to be a quartet once again. Unfortunately, before the CD was complete, in 2002, Caleb decided to leave the group to pursue other musical interests, with Anthony Galindo taking his place, who was an original member of the group before Caleb's time.^[8]

In 2005, Caleb joined the group, Menudo: La Reunion, where he replace Andy Blázquez and performed along with ex menudo members, Roy Rosselló, Raymond Acevedo, Rubén Gómez, and Anthony Galindo himself, where the group toured in Brazil and Puerto Rico. The group disbanded in early 2006.^[9]

After the group was dissolved, Avilés went back to private life for the second time and has quit show business since then. Like Edward Aguilera, Caleb is currently married but it's unknown how many kids he has.

• Euphoria (1992)

• Que No Se Detenga (1994)

• Little Piece Of Heaven (2001)

• List of Puerto Ricans

• Mcgillis Music
• Explosion
• Caleb Aviles Discogs
• Caleb Menudo:La Reunion Video
• Menudo Online Page
• Caleb's Archive Bio