Vasoli has lately been focusing on his side project, known as Person L. Tom has been recording with his new band, Cheap Seats, with Matt as their manager. Mike also has a side project, called The Traded Series. The origins of the group that would become The Starting Line go back to 1999, via an AOL instant message from Churchville, Pennsylvania guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli. It asked if the then fourteen-year-old Vasoli, who was at that time in a band called Smash Adams, was interested in "Jamming and shit", as the message title read.
Only a few weeks later, Vasoli found himself rehearsing with his future bandmates Watts, guitarist Mike Golla and drummer Tom Gryskewicz. Soon, the band started touring under the name Sunday Drive, selling out home-made merchandise and a self-recorded demo cassette that the guys titled 'Four Songs'. Their first official release was a three-way split with The Jimmy Tuesday Band and The Commercials contributing three songs each, the work released on KickStart Audio in 2000.
Sunday Drive was soon approached by We the People Records and asked to produce a recording session (the infamous We the People Records Sessions). Set for a release in December 2000, the twelve songs were initially planned to become the band's debut full-length With Hopes of Starting Over on We the People Records, but they ended up serving only as demos for tracks on future releases, as the band signed with Drive-Thru Records in April 2001. On Drive-Thru, they soon released their debut EP With Hopes of Starting Over. Yet, as the name Sunday Drive was already taken by a Christian rock band, they went on as The Starting Line.
On July 16, 2002, almost exactly one year after the release of their EP, the full-length Say It Like You Mean It followed. The songs ranged from energetic and fast-paced to melancholy and calm, dealing with performing on stage ("Given the Chance"), feeling homesick ("Left Coast Envy") and getting even with Vasoli's ex-girlfriend Karina ("Up & Go", "Hello Houston", among others). The hit single "The Best of Me" and its two music videos, as well as the second single "Leaving", received heavy radio and TV airplay, securing The Starting Line a spot on the Warped Tour.
Due to their desire to put out new material, the band decided to release an all-unplugged EP, recorded in three sessions over the following year. The first three songs (recorded in The Prize Fight's Bob Jones' bedroom in August 2002), the second session (recorded in Vasoli's basement in March 2003) and the last track (recorded on the band's touring bus in April 2003) became The Make Yourself at Home EP, released on November 25, 2003. The CD and the DVD version issued simultaneously, featuring an acoustic set performed live at Skate & Surf 2003 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, would be their last releases put out solely on Drive-Thru Records, as The Starting Line was signed by Geffen Records soon afterwards.
Their major label debut, Based on a True Story, came out in May 2005. Lyrically, the band dissociated themselves from the post-relationship formula that was predominant on their previous records. On this album, a lot of the songs (e.g. "Inspired By the $", "Autography" and "The B-List") were explicitly inspired by the band's disdain for their record label Geffen and its executives. The album was far more successful than the band's 2002 effort and sold 42,000 copies within its first week, as opposed to its predecessor's 11,000. The release was followed by the semi-headlining Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy, kicking off in September 2005. A few dates into the tour, The Starting Line were — at their request — released from their record deal with Geffen, and became free agents. In early January 2006, their signing with Virgin Records was announced.
On March 5, 2008 the band announced in an e-mail and on Absolutepunk.net they would be going on a break in order for Ken and Brian to explore Person L, Matt and Tom to explore The Seventy Six, and Mike to spend time with his two daughters and explore The Traded Series. The band had been playing with the idea of coming back in 2011, but in a chat with absolutepunk.net, Kenny Vasoli said, ""it's looking good, may even be earlier. I hung with Matt and Tom the other day, we all are still in love with one another.
On November 10, 2009, The Starting Line released their first-ever live concert CD, film and documentary DVD titled "Somebody's Gonna Miss Us" via Image Entertainment on a 2-disc set. Through intimate and honest interviews with the band, friends and family fans will get a glimpse into the inner workings of the group and a career that spanned nearly a decade, five releases, and thousands of shows.
On December 29, 2009, The Starting Line had a reunion concert at the Theater of Living Arts. Starting Line guitarist Matt Watts stated on the website AbsolutePunk that "this doesn't mean that TSL are back together....It simply means that we're taking a break from our break, and wanted to play a fun show in Philadelphia and continue to focus on our lives outside of TSL"
The Starting Line added a second holiday show on December 30, 2009 in Philadelphia at the Trocadero Theater. This was added due to the fact that the first holiday show scheduled for December 29, 2009 sold out in a little over an hour and the band would like to give their local fans a better chance to see them. Towards the end of their set, Kenny Vasoli announced the band's reunion. However, the group has only toured intermittently since then.
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The Starting Line Lyrics
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Then when graced with your company.
You're making a small change to the way
That you wear your heart.
I like it better, I like it, I like it better now
[Chorus]
I'll swing from a streetlight
I'm stuck in the meantime
But we're so, oh close
The sunlight is overwhelming the scene that is
Composed of you and me in our finest moment.
An amazing illusion was made with trick photography
It seems like you're really, you're really,
It feels like you're really here.
[Chorus]
As I'm grilled by a spotlight
I'll sing oh, oh, oh
And the thrill of a good fight
Is we are so, oh close.
In The Starting Line's song "Photography," the singer talks about how he feels when he's with his partner, and how they are perfect together, especially when captured in a photograph. The song starts with the singer saying how happy he is when he sees a photograph of himself with his partner. The photograph has a special meaning to him, probably because it signifies the moment they spent together, and he feels lucky that he has something to hold onto when his partner is not with him.
The chorus talks about how he can't wait to be with his partner, and how they are always close even when they're not physically together. He sings about swinging on a streetlight, lost in the moment, and thinking about his partner. He values the moments he gets to spend with his loved one and cherishes them when they're not together.
The second verse talks about how he feels when he's with his partner. He says that they look amazing together and how the photographer captured the moment perfectly. He feels like his partner is really there with him, even though they're not physically present. In the end, he says that he feels like he's in the spotlight and how he's ready to fight for his love.
Line by Line Meaning
I've never been so happy to see a photograph of me
I was never as happy to see a photo of myself as I was when you came into my life.
Then when graced with your company.
Now that I have met you, my life has become joyful.
You're making a small change to the way
You have made a small change to your personality.
That you wear your heart.
You are now more open with your emotions.
I like it better, I like it, I like it better now
I prefer you now that you have opened up to me.
I'll swing from a streetlight
I am so happy that I could swing from a streetlight.
And sing oh, oh, oh
I feel the need to sing out loud to express my joy.
I'm stuck in the meantime
I feel like I am stuck in between two moments in my life.
But we're so, oh close
But you and I are so close, emotionally and physically.
The sunlight is overwhelming the scene that is
The sunlight is so bright that it makes the scene between us shine.
Composed of you and me in our finest moment.
This moment, between you and me, is one of the finest moments of my life.
An amazing illusion was made with trick photography
The photo of us may be an illusion, but our emotions and feelings are real.
It seems like you're really, you're really,
It seems like you are really here with me.
It feels like you're really here.
Even though the photo may be an illusion, my feelings for you are real.
As I'm grilled by a spotlight
I feel like I am being questioned under a bright spotlight.
And the thrill of a good fight
The excitement of being tested emotionally.
Is we are so, oh close.
Our emotions are so strong that they bring us physically closer.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GOLLA, GRYSKIEWICZ, VASOLI, WATTS
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