
Artist
The Starting Line
The Starting Line is a punk rock artist formed in 1999. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 14
- Releases
- 2002–2025
- Active years
- 1999
- Formed

Artist
The Starting Line is a punk rock artist formed in 1999. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Most popular
Say It Like You Mean It
2002
The Starting Line is an American pop punk band that 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 band 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 was recently ended. Vasoli is currently focusing on his side project Person L. Tom is currently recording with his new band, Cheap Seats, with Matt as their manager. Mike also has a side project, The Traded Series. The band recently played two shows on December 29-30, 2009 in Philadelphia at the Trocadero Theater, where Kenny Vasoli announced the band has reunited. In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an AOL instant message from 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…