''The Early Years'' is a compilation album consisting of songs that were recorded by

The Starting Line The Starting Line is an American pop punk band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that formed in 1999. History Early years (1999–2001) In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e ...

in 2001.

History

Also referred to as the "We the People Sessions", ''The Early Years'' is a compilation album consisting of songs that were recorded by band in 2001 prior to becoming members of

Drive-Thru Records Drive-Thru Records was a California-based independent record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. The label was partially responsible for popularizing the pop-punk/emo merger sound of the early to mid-2000s. After facing financia ...

. Some of the tracks appeared on the band's debut EP titled ''

With Hopes of Starting Over ''With Hopes of Starting Over...'' is the debut EP from the band The Starting Line, released on June 25, 2001 by Drive-Thru Records. It featured four original songs, two of which later reappeared on their full-length album '' Say It Like You Mea ...

'', while others were re-recorded and included on ''

Say It Like You Mean It ''Say It Like You Mean It'' is the debut studio album by American rock band the Starting Line, following their debut EP '' With Hopes of Starting Over...''. Background Guitarist Matt Watts and drummer Mike Golla met while at a mutual friend's ...

''. However, most of the tracks leaked onto the internet before the band released any material and were subsequently not included on any of

's eventual albums. On October 31, 2012,

officially released the tracks in the form of a compilation album.

Track listing

Notes

Track 11, "Hold On", contains a hidden track which begins at the 5:51 mark.

Personnel

Kenny Vasoli Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli is an American singer and musician from Pennsylvania. Vasoli is currently the lead singer and songwriter of The Starting Line, Person L, and Vacationer. Biography Kenneth "Kenny" Robert Vasoli was born May 20, 198 ...

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Matt Watts – guitars *Mike Golla – guitars,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Tom Gryskiewicz –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Early Years 2012 compilation albums Drive-Thru Records compilation albums The Starting Line albums