Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli is an American singer and musician from

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. Vasoli is currently the lead singer and songwriter of

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Person L Person L is an American rock band fronted by Kenny Vasoli, of the pop punk band The Starting Line. Vasoli is the band's lead singer and guitarist and formed Person L in winter 2006 as an outlet to explore other musical styles. The group also cons ...

, and Vacationer.

Biography

Kenneth "Kenny" Robert Vasoli was born May 20, 1984 in Abington,

, and attended Hatboro-Horsham High School. At the age of 14, Vasoli was invited to join the

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band

after Matt Watts read his AOL Messenger profile. Vasoli finished high school early at the age of 17 to concentrate on music, and was 18 years old upon release of The Starting Line's debut album ''

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'' in 2002. Vasoli was a member of the bands The Prize Fight and Smash Adams, and in early 2004 also had a short-lived

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called Statue with members of The Prize Fight and Inkling. In 2006, Vasoli formed the band

as an outlet to explore other musical styles different from The Starting Line. Person L was just a side project when The Starting Line’s third and final album "Direction" (2007) was being recorded. As Vasoli puts it, his new band was a way to get his “weird-ies” out. But after "Direction” it became his full-time creative focus, as he felt in some ways spent with his original band. "I probably was the leader in us cooling down. I think I had probably reached a point where I felt a little bit tapped creatively to write for that band," Vasoli said. "Life is short dude," Vasoli said, speaking about his ever-changing creative outlets. "If I'm given the opportunity to be in the driver's seat, I don't want to paint myself into a corner of being trapped in these same 20 songs for my whole life." Since 2010, Vasoli formed psychedelic pop band Vacationer and released four records: ''Gone'' (2012), ''Relief'' (2014), ''Mindset'' (2018), and ''Wavelengths'' (2019).

Discography

; With

* ''

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Direction'' (2007) ; With

* ''

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'' (2008) * '' The Positives'' (2009) ; With Vacationer * '' Gone'' (2012) * ''Relief'' (2014) * ''Mindset'' (2018) * ''Wavelengths'' (2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasoli, Kenny 1984 births Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American people of Italian descent American rock singers Singers from Pennsylvania Guitarists from Philadelphia 21st-century American singers 21st-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American male singers