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About Me

Hailing from Queens, New York, Meridian Drive is an ambitious young band who exploded onto the scene with their unique blend of "emotionally driven pop-punk-powered indie rock" back in November of 2004. More than two years later, Paul (vocals/bass), Chris (guitar/synth), Jarrett (guitar) and Carlo (drums) still continue to rock the local circuit, having shared the same stage with the likes of Hellogoodbye, Halifax, The Jonas Brothers, Houston Calls, Self Against City, Valencia, This Providence, Forever The Sickest Kids, Permanent Me, As Tall As Lions, Patent Pending, My American Heart, Envy on the Coast, The Morning Of, Jet Lag Gemini, City Sleeps, Driving East, Jenoah, Wired, and many more!
In 2006, the boys gained much attention after releasing their first 3 track demo "When The Streetlights Come Back On", produced by The Veronicas' Rob Guariglia. In 2007, they are now setting their sights on launching their first debut cd "Into The Starlight" (coming soon!) containing 6 anthems of infectious sing-along pop rock, while continuing their collaboration with Guariglia. Please check out the tracks above and we guarantee you'll be hooked!
In the past two years, Meridian Drive was selected by MTV, Epitaph, and Drive-Thru Records as one of the top national unsigned record label contenders in MTVu's "Best Music On Campus" Contest as well as being chosen as a top 5 finalist out of hundreds of submissions by 95.5FM WPLJ, to open up for Bon Jovi at the 10,000 seat Mohegan Sun Arena. Meridian Drive can also be heard on various college radio stations and some local indie radio stations including Radio X (Long Island) and Indie Radio 104.7 (Los Angeles). Their tunes were also recently featured on MTVu's 2006 Woodie Awards.
Keep an eye out for new music from their upcoming cd, and please tell your friends!! Thanks for the support! AND... Dont forget Meridian Drive's FREE download of "IF WE LEAVE NOW WE CAN BEAT THE TRAFFIC" and put us on your Ipod. We'll see you at the show!!
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PAUL's Myspace Page
JARRETT's Myspace Page
MERIDIAN DRIVE GOES TO THE MALL!!! CHECK OUT OUR MUSIC VIDEO FOR "IF WE LEAVE NOW WE CAN BEAT THE TRAFFIC" !!!! (Edited and Directed by Chris Castellino)
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Member Since: 10/24/2004
Band Website: meridiandrive.com
Band Members: Paul Morisi- Vocals/Bass; Chris Castellino- Guitar/Synth/Piano/Vocals; Jarrett Robinson- Guitar/Vocals; Carlo David- Drums
Influences: Spitalfield, Sherwood, Copeland, Mae, Cartel, This Day And Age, The Starting Line, Relient K, This Providence, Motion City Soundtrack, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, The Prize Fight, Acceptance, Houston Calls, Armor For Sleep, Something Corporate, Yellowcard, The Format, Third Eye Blind, The Ataris, Sugarcult, Midtown, The Rocket Summer, New Found Glory, Hit The Lights
Sounds Like: Sex in your ear.
Record Label: For Real Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ATTN: Musicians Needed! Check this out!

Hey everyone! Here's an update on whats up.... We have decided to take our project in a new direction and expand our sound as well as our band lineup. If you or someone you know can hold it down on ba...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:30:00 PST

Meridian Drive w/ Valencia, Self Against City, Permanent Me, Forever The Sickest Kids!!!

HEY EVERYONE!! We have a sick show coming up July 11th @ The Knitting Factory in NYC with Valencia, Self Against City, Permanent Me, and Forever The Sickest Kids!! And we want EVERYONE TO BE THERE!!Du...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:08:00 PST

Meridian Drive on FOX's FEARLESS MUSIC!! Check this out!!

Hey everyone, we'll be making our NATIONAL television debut on FOX's new music show FEARLESS MUSIC!! This will definitely be huge for us so we're gonna need all you awesome guys and girls to tune on i...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:48:00 PST

Help Meridian Drive win a record deal with Drive-Thru Records from MTV!!

Hey everyone! We've currently moved on to MTV's TOP 25 artists to win a record deal with Drive Thru Records!! To help keep us alive in this contest and move on to the TOP 10 simply go to the link belo...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:58:00 PST

Meridian Drive in Top 25 to get signed w/ Epitaph! HELP!!

HEY EVERYONE!! Best Music On Campus is back!! And this time we've once again been selected as one of the Top 25 finalists by MTV to win a record deal with Epitaph Records. Voting is easy and we need y...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

New music is finally here! "WORLDWIDE TAKEOVER" from our upcoming debut cd!

Whats up everyone??! As you know, we've been hard at work with our producer Rob Guariglia this past month, writing and recording songs for our brand new upcoming cd. This week we've just lau...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:27:00 PST

Meridian Drive on the MTVu Woodie Awards!! Check this out!!

For all our friends and fans away at college!!! Tune into MTVu for the 2006 MTVu Woodie Awards on Thursday, Nov 2 @ 8PM ET/PT, and you might just hear some M-Dizzle throughout the show!!For everyone e...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:58:00 PST

PLEASE VOTE FOR OUR MUSIC VIDEO!! Youtube's "Best Underground Music Video" Contest!!!

Hey everyone! Great news!!! Our music video (produced and edited by our very own guitar player Chris) has made the final cut and we are now in the running to possibly win Youtube.com's Best Undergroun...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:57:00 PST

Meridian Drive Interviewed on Indie-pendent Music

Hey everyone, whats up?!? I just came across this interview that I did awhile ago for an online indie music website. I took their questions way back in April when we were in the MTVu contest...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:08:00 PST

NEW SONG POSTED!!! "Don't Make It Difficult"

Hey everyone!!! Thanks for your patience!! Our brand new song "Dont Make It Difficult" is finally here and posted up for your listening and dancing pleasure!!! Check it out and put it on your pro...
Posted by Meridian Drive on Tue, 23 May 2006 09:09:00 PST