Mark Gibson - (Vocals/Guitars)
David Kittredge - (Drums)
Ryan Magnani - (Bass)
CHECK OUT MERIDIANWEST IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF SPIN MAGAZINE!!!! PG. 72
Brilliant Magazine chose MERIDIANWEST as the "Cool Band" in the Cool edition for Austin, TX.
MWEST picked to listen to in Fave Mag
"7 in 07" Local Bands Poised for the Big Time reads the feature headline on the cover of the March issue of the Austin Monthly. Playing With Fire reads the headline for meridianwest's feature story in the article which is a title well accepted by the band. It is nice to open a magazine to a full page about your band were in the opening line reads "It has the makings of a rock 'n' roll fairy tale" followed later by "powerful songwriting and cathartic live shows". We would like to thank everyone that has helped make this experience such a grand adventure for us and to the people closely related to our growth.
Influences
Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, U2, Muse, Ryan Adams, The Police, Kings of Leon, Depeche Mode, Coldplay, and David Gray, to list a few.
MERIDIANWEST is going on an indefinite hiatus. Coming up on 4 years since the creation of MERIDIANWEST and an accumulation of 6 to 10 years for each of us individually in the music business, we are in need of a recharge. Change welcomes itself into your creative process unexpectedly sometimes and we will build from this. We will check in every so often to give you some updates and any thoughts we might have in the months to come. We would like to thank all of our fans for their continued love and support over the years. You have helped us create some amazing experiences that we will always cherish. The site will remain active so you can continue to contact us and listen to our music freely. Please, take this chance to give us your thoughts on what we have created up to this point by commenting on our page. We would love to here any stories about anything MERIDIANWEST’s music has done for you. A continued thanks for everything.
~MERIDIANWEST
In an era of music where it has become the norm to have five members in a band, meridianwest has managed to create a giant wall of sound as a trio. With Mark Gibson on vocals/guitars, Ryan Magnani on bass guitar, and David Kittredge on the drums, each member's contributions are a powerful representation of their respective instruments and personalities. As talented as they are as individual musicians, it is when they come together on stage and play where they create an overall sound that is staggeringly unique. They have successfully combined the rawness and simplicity of the great rock bands from the 60's and 70's, with large atmospheric landscapes created by the artists of the 80's. Although meridianwest is constantly striving to create new sounds and types of songs, one element stays the same; they progressively become better musicians and songwriters with each song. Catch them in small clubs and music venues while you still can, because this band will not be contained in small spaces much longer.
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I am curious why you guys broke up... you were the only band my wife and I would make the trip downtown to see... Honestly I hate going downtown, but going to a Mwest show as worth it... you guys have some real talent, I still listen to the fire is missing CD pretty often... hopefully the break up wasn't a disagreement in the band...
A very smart lady told me once that the main reason bands don't "hit it big" is because they break up. Don't give up, guys. Success in the music industry is an average of a 10-year journey BEFORE you get the credit you deserve. That's per band (per person), not cumulative. Y'all have everything else... just make sure you have the persistance, too. :-)
I remember first seeing you guys playing at the UT Roadtrip a couple of years ago and I got one of your demos. Y'all are good, so I hope you start playing again soon.
It's just a break right? I love my Meridian West blasting in my ipod as I jog down William Cannon listening to the beautiful vocals, drums and bass. I saw you on the line up for South Padre Music Fest, you still playing that gig? ~sage
Wow,this is really sad. I hope you don't stay away too long. You guys are very talented and even though the music business is the hardest to get a break in I still want to believe that someday, somehow the very talented will be heard. I've seen it happen many of times. Last year I won some tickets from you guys so I decided to bring my daughter who turned 13 years old to the show. It was such a treat and turned into one of the best birthdays for her. And we couldn't believe how nice you all were. It wasn't a fake doing it for the business nice,you could tell that you guys were just great guys. Enjoy your time off, recharge and give yourselves a break but don't stop the music. God gave you this gift for a reason. Good luck on whatever you guys do.
lol too cute ~ you put our birthday ~ did one of youz have a bd too and didn't tell us? well you guys really are cool people and hope you make it to dallas to play somewhere soon. have a great week.
