The Starting Line is a pop-punk band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area that formed in 1999.

The Starting Line was a four-piece Pop Punk band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. They formed in 1999 and are signed to Virgin Records. They were previously signed to Drive-Thru Records and Geffen Records. In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an AOL instant message from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli. It asked if the then fourteen-year-old Vasoli, who was at that time in a band called Smash Adams, was