Overview
- For their TV-show counterparts, see The Fold (characters).
The Fold is an American pop-rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois in 2005. From 2011-2022, they created music for Ninjago, including its theme song The Weekend Whip.
It comprises of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dan Castady, percussionist Nate Burgard, vocalist and bass guitarist Matt Pittman, and vocalist and lead guitarist George Castady. Mark Rhoades was a percussionist in the band. Their releases pertaining to Ninjago are released under the JAM Music Company, headed by Jeppe Riddervold.
Credits
Credits[]
2011[]
2012[]
2014[]
- After the Blackout
- Digital Love (released 2020)
- Eye of the Storm
- Full Digital
- Spinnin' Out In Color
- The Weekend Whip (Michael AM 2014 Remix)
- We Are Ninja
2015[]
- 21st Century Ninja
- Back to Ninjago
- Enter the Tournament
- The Ninja Roll
- The Weekend Whip (The Anacondrai Remix)
- The Ghost Whip
2016[]
- Bring on the Pirates
- The Pirate Whip
- We Are Ninjago
- Close the Circle
- Day of the Departed
- The Rift Whip
2017[]
2019[]
2020[]
2021[]
2023[]
Albums
Appearances
Appearances[]
Several of The Fold's songs appear instrumentally in the Ninjago TV series as background music.
- Video games
| Game | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| LEGO Ninjago: Rebooted | The Weekend Whip (Michael AM 2014 Remix) |
| Ninjago Skybound | Enter the Tournament |
Trivia
Trivia[]
The Fold's alternate minifigure forms
- The Fold appear in the show as minifigures in "Green Destiny" and "The Weekend Drill."
- Alternate minifigure versions of the band are seen in promotional artwork by J. Jesús Fernández. These designs are used on the covers for releases such as Ninjago: 10 Year Anniversary Soundtrack.
- The Fold returned in Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu with a new version of The Weekend Whip after three season hiatus.
- In addition to "No More," the intro music for "Wu's Teas" was composed by The Fold.[1]
- The Fold has a video series on YouTube called "The Weekly Whip" where Dan Castady reveals behind-the-scenes information about their various Ninjago songs.[2]
- To keep the costs lower for creating the Rebooted songs, the band reused elements from previous songs of theirs. For example, "Spinnin' Out In Color" took inspiration from "Moving Past" and "Eye of the Storm" took inspiration from an unfinished song called "White Flag."[3][4]
- As of 2020, they were producing more Ninjago songs aside from remixes of the Weekend Whip.[5]
- One of them is the longest Fold song for Ninjago ever made.
- The songs not to appear in the TV series in any form are A-W-E-S-O-M-E, Full Digital, Spinnin' Out In Color, We Are Ninja, Enter the Tournament, Close the Circle, The Time is Now, and Digital Love.
- In the fourteenth episode of the Weekly Whip, the lead singer of The Fold, Dan Castady, revealed his mother passed away in 2006.[6]
