The Starting Line
The Starting Line is an American pop punk band that was formed in 1999 in C… Read Full Bio ↴The Starting Line is an American pop punk band that was formed in 1999 in Churchville, Pennsylvania. The band consists of Kenny Vasoli (vocals, bass), Matt Watts (guitar), Mike Golla (guitar), Brian Schmutz (keyboards, vocals) and Tom Gryskiewicz (drums). Having four studio albums under their belt, the group are best known for their 2007 rock radio hit "Island" as well as their popular 2002 single "The Best of Me". In 2008, the band began a hiatus, which ended several months later but the group has only toured intermittently since then.
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.
Main Website: http://www.startinglinerock.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thestartingline
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.
Main Website: http://www.startinglinerock.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thestartingline
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The Starting Line Lyrics
"Best Of Me" Tell me what you thought about when you were gone…
12 Cut! Print It So I flew across the country just to find your…
2 Given The Chance The minute before we play I'm pacing waiting anxiously I can…
21 I've been trying to write it off But I'm doing all…
9. Decisions Decisions I can't wait for this to end And leave tonight…
A Good Night's Sleep A better slumber Was in your arms Spent tangled up in you …
A Goodnight's Sleep A better slumber Was in your arms Spent tangled up in you A…
A Million Hearts Its insane, I don't know why i came. I guess just…
Action "Action" has no lyrics, its just an intoduction to…
Almost There Its time to say a word Say it like you mean…
almost there goin nowhere Its time to say a word Say it like you mean…
Almost There Going Nowhere Its time to say a word Say it like you mean…
Almost There, Going Nowhere It's time to say a word. Say it like you mean…
Anyways Well I've been given a lot of time To get my…
Are You Alone We're all just everyday people And there's a part of you…
Artistic License I have the sweetest of sights, you've got to know…
Autography The kids were shouting "Let us out!" And their parents did T…
Bedroom Talk I got the talk when I was younger and I…
Best Of Me Tell me what you thought about When you were gone and…
BestofMe Tell me what you thought about when you were gone…
Big Time Sensuality I can sense it Something so important Is about to happen…
Birch Hill I spent two weeks collecting memories I just can't believe…
Birds Spend the day in your bed taking medicine If that's the…
Break Up Day Before the sun is down today I have a feeling of…
Cheek To Cheek Bound to say something, eyes closed, It's cold, and I'm…
classic jazz Lights come on from neighbors woken up and the flash…
Cut So I flew across the country just to find your…
Decisions I can't wait for this to end And leave tonight…
Decisions, Decisions I cant wait for this to end and leave tonight behind…
Direction Break down! I've been breaking sweats in the night-time I w…
Drama Summer We can wait for the wind to blow Or give me…
Emo Song Bound to say something, eyes closed, It's cold, and I'm…
Falling for You This drowing sorrow is shaking me more than it ever has…
Forever in a Day Tuesday's here and I'll be waking up to another day filled…
Given The Chance The minute before we play I'm pacing waiting anxiously I can…
Greg When you left home and moved to Ohio The summer…
Greg's Last Day When you left home and moved to Ohio The summer…
Hello Houston Lead on To keep our feelings strong And make me…
Hold On Her life was more than mine, Like a proud shooting star…
Hurry I wrote a note to my future ghost Quoting words I've…
I I sleep to outliving this way Cause I live so well…
I Could Be Wrong I sleep to outliving this way Cause I live so well…
I'm Real What's my name (blowing back on this marry jane I'm…
I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez Cove What's my name, R-U-L-E, Blowing back on mary jane, And a…
Im Real What's my name (blowing back on this marry jane I'm…
Im_Real [Originally by Jennifer Lopez] What's my name (blowing back…
Inspired By The [Verse 1:] Closed window pane I stare out all day This ro…
Inspired By The $ [Verse 1:] Closed window pane I stare out all day This room …
Island Let's sail away Find our own country We'll build a house and…
Lasting Impressions I'll wait til the clock strikes a nerve to spend…
Leaving Don't leave me without saying goodbye Without saying goodbye…
Left Coast Envy Today could be a different day If the sky lifts up…
Make Yourself At Home "Make it a note to take your pills," she said. "I'll…
Making Love To The Camera This is the distance between point A and point B The…
Need To Love North-bound train on a Saturday Here I come, New York City …
Night Life The Last call everybody step up for another The ring of the…
Nights And Weekends At 4 A.M. she came out of the blue I haven't…
Nothing Looking in your eyes, I see a paradise. This world that…
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Looking in your eyes, I see a paradise. This world that…
Photography I've never been so happy to see a photograph of…
Piano Her life was more than mine, Like a proud shooting star…
Pictures Once I read your name And I heard your stories That i…
Playing Favorites I guess the most that I can do Is make a…
Ready I've been waiting for good news We're to continue singing th…
Ready* I've been waiting for good news We're to continue singing t…
Saddest Girl Song So it's safe to say that we've been here before; Heart…
Sadest Girl Story So it's safe to say that we've been here before; Heart…
see you For months you've been away You're here a couple days I've g…
Selected Attention You make quite a life for your self, One better then…
Selective You've made quite a life for yourself One better than you've…
Somebody's Gonna Miss Us If this is worth my time then ill be here…
Something Left To Give I've got stars in my great big sky I shall gaze…
Stay Where I Can See You For months you've been away You're here a couple days I've g…
Surprise "Hey there love, let's get to catching up. 'Cause I…
Surprise, Surprise "Hey there love, let's get to catching up 'Cause I been…
Tell The Truth it's time to say a word say it like you mean…
Thanks You're the Best make a list top ten regrets most foolish things said…
The B-List Take another hundred names and put 'em on a list And…
The Best Of Me Tell me what you thought about When you were gone and…
The Best Of Me {Acoustic} Tell me what you thought about when you were gone…
The BList Take another hundred names and put 'em on a list And…
The Drama Summer We can wait for the wind to blow Or give me…
The Night Life Last call everybody step up for another The ring of the…
The Saddist Girl Story So it's safe to say that we've been here before; Heart…
The World You've gotta hold, hold open my eyelids If you're gonna shak…
This Ride It says hold on and take this ride And set aside Memories…
Three Harder every time and it starts to show On my…
Up & Go Here it goes and this won't take long just let me…
Up & Go here it goes and this wont take long just let me…
Up And Go here it goes and this wont take long just let me…
Way With Words There seems to be no difference Between present tense and t…
West Girl Scout Road Have I thought about What things in life mean to…
What You Want I want something more than all my possessions Something I wa…
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