The Starting Line
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Biography
The Starting Line was formed in 1999 in Churchville, Pennsylvania, by guitarist Matt Watts and bassistâvocalist Kenny Vasoli, who would later become the bandâs frontman. The groupâs early efforts began with a selfârecorded demo cassette and a split release on KickStart Audio in 2000, followed by the With Hopes of Starting Over... EP in 2001 on DriveâThru Records. Their debut fullâlength Say It Like You Mean It was issued on 16â¯Julyâ¯2002, achieving 306,000 U.S. sales and producing the singles "The Best of Me" and "Leaving"; the latter peaked at Number twentyâone on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. In 2005 the band signed with Geffen Records and released Based on a True Story, which sold 42,000 copies in its first week and earned a spot on the Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fallâ¯Outâ¯Boy. After a brief hiatus, The Starting Line returned with Direction in 2007 on Virgin Records, featuring the charting single "Island (Float Away)". The group released a live album Somebody's Gonna Miss Us in 2009. After sporadic reunion shows, they issued the Anyways EP in 2015 and released their fourth studio album Eternal Youth in 2025.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Bedroom Talk
- Best of Me
- Island
- Playing Favorites
- Island (Float Away) Fade
- Surprise, Surprise
- Lasting Impressions
- The Night Life
- Selective
- Make Yourself At Home
- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- What You Want
- 21
- Direction
- Need To Love
- Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
- Leaving
- Saddest Girl Story
- I Could Be Wrong
- Three's a Charm
- Are You Alone
- Greg's Last Day
- Ready
- Left Coast Envy
