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The Meridians

About Me

The Meridians were a rock band from Pittsburgh that disbanded in June 2008, due to artistic and personal differences. However, The Meridians do thank everyone they have met along the way for making it interesting and memorable.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/02/2006
Band Members: Chad Purnell- drums, percussion
Josh Momper - guitar, keyboards, vocals, djembe
Erin Dragan - vocals, guitar, tambourine
Phil Norbeck - bass, vocals

Influences: Fleetwood Mac
PJ Harvey
Gin Blossoms
old blues, folk, and punk
whatever else any of us is listening to at any given time
Sounds Like: A 4-dimensional music extravaganza
Record Label: none

My Blog

Summer Hiatus and such

Hi everyone~Just checking in and saying hi. We of The Meridians have decided that, since we really stressed ourselves out in the past few months, that we're going to just kind of kick back and relax t...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:33:00 GMT

INDIESOLO TOMORROW!!!!

Hey guys!Tomorrow is YOUR chance to show the world that you like The Meridians! We’re going to be the BAND OF THE DAY on www.indiesolo.com. It’ll be good times. Simply go to www.indiesolo....
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:51:00 GMT

The Meridians to be feautred on IndieSolo.com!!!!

Hey guys!!! We just wanted to let you know that we will be CENTER STAGE on IndieSolo.com at some point this month! Make sure you visit www.indiesolo.com to check out our feature and hype it up!!! More...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:18:00 GMT

Charity/Benefit Shows

Hey allThis is to clarify/clear the air about the vast amount of charity gig offers we've been getting over the past couple of weeks. We've taken a few, and we're glad to be a part of them. However, a...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:18:00 GMT

The new EP and a break

*yawn* hey everybody. It's about 20 after seven am, and I am working my second overnight shift at Hillman library. I'm sick, just in time for finals, but such has been the pattern for the past three s...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:17:00 GMT

Nicholas has left the band...

A few weeks ago Nicholas Violette stepped down as the drummer for The Meridians for various reasons. Not only will Nick be missed as a solid drummer, but as a life long friend of ours. We wish him all...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:27:00 GMT

Autumn Shows, part 28357289357

Hey guys Thank you all for your offers for gig-swapping and such. We're busy now trying to structure a fall gigging schedule. We've decided, however, for now, to reduce our region down to a swath of l...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:33:00 GMT

Fall Shows

Hey all~ First off, Arizona was great. I loved playing on 89A - The main street in Sedona. It was a great time. But now, for fall shows! September is beginning to fill up, a little. But we are taking ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:08:00 GMT

Welcome Marissa and other news

Hey all~ Craziness here, and it's really hot already - is this Phoenix or Pittsburgh? Oh yeah, it's humid, it's gotta be Pittsburgh... Just wanted to let everyone know that The Meridians now have a Pr...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:01:00 GMT

JULY AND AUGUST - NEED SHOWS

hey all~ hope you are enjoying the decent weather outside - I am at work, as always...but I am reading an issue of Creem from 1972! So...The Meridians need shows in July and August. If any bands out ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:31:00 GMT