Amy Meredith

Amy Meredith
Amy Meredith at The Bourne Legacy Australian Premiere in August 2012.
Background information
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	pop punk, pop rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Vector Management
Website	www.amymeredith.com
Members	Christian Lo Russo (2006–present) Joel Chapman (2006–present) Wade Osborn (2006–present) Cameron Laing (2006–present) Kosta Theodosis (2009–present)
Past members	Matt Johnson (2006–2008) Elliot Hammond (2008–2009)

Amy Meredith is an Australian pop punk band who formed in 2006, fronted by lead singer Christian Lo Russo (also on keyboard), with Joel Chapman and Cameron Laing on guitars, Wade Osborn on bass guitar and Kosta Theodosis on drums.

Name

The band have been asked many times how they came up with the name 'Amy Meredith',^[1] and they have several different answers. These answers include: Amy was Christian's girlfriend and Meredith was Joel's and they put the two names together;^[2][3] Amy Meredith is the girl that Wade has a crush on who works at the local corner store;^[1] Amy Meredith was Christian's childhood babysitter;^[4][5] Amy Meredith was the name of Cameron's childhood imaginary friend;^[6] Amy Meredith was the name of an alien who appeared to them in Wade's backyard.^[7] Amy Meredith is an egg-eating world record holding champion.^[8]

Music career

Amy Meredith at Melbourne's HiFi Bar

Amy Meredith was formed in 2006 by Christian Lo Russo with Joel Chapman, Cameron Laing and Wade Osborn in Sydney, Australia.^[9] Drummer Kosta Theodosis joined in 2009^[10] The band were initially signed to Japanese label Tsubi/Ksubi^[9] however the label failed to deliver on expectations of US success^[11] so Amy Meredith released their 2008 self-titled EP,^[11] which contained 4 original tracks.^[12] Their song Black Eyes was used in the United States as the ident in the TV series Fringe.^[13]

In 2009, Amy Meredith were signed to Sony Music Australia,^[14] and in October 2009, they released their debut single Pornstar, which peaked at No. 65 on the ARIA Singles Chart.^[15] The debut quickly became popular on the National Austereo network radio show, the Hot30 Countdown, taking first position on 23 December 2009.^[16] In March 2010 Amy Meredith released their second single, Lying,^[17] which peaked at No. 10,^[18] making it their only top 10 single to date. Their debut album, Restless was released on 2 July 2010 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[19] Lying also hit number one on the Hot30 Countdown, on 14 May 2010.^[20] In 2010, Lying was used as the station ident for the TV series Lie To Me, and Young At Heart was used for Home and Away.

In October 2011, Amy Meredith travelled to Afghanistan, where they played several shows for the Australian troops stationed there.^[21]

In November 2011, Amy Meredith joined popular American band Good Charlotte for the sold out Jack Daniel's series of concerts, playing in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, impressing critics.^[22] During this month, Amy Meredith also parted ways with label Sony, to work with Vector Management,^[23] in a deal that would see them have more creative freedom over their music and career path.^[24] 11 November 2011, saw the release of the first single from Amy Meredith's second album, due for release in 2012, entitled Pick Up Your Tricks. To coincide with the release of the single, they launched a nationwide competition in which they asked fans to videotape themselves performing their own trick, and post it to YouTube.^[25] In keeping with the spirit of fan involvement, Amy Meredith provided fans with the chorus lyrics for the second single from the second album, Fun,^[26] and asked fans to submit a YouTube video of themselves singing the lines to the backing track. As a result, approximately fifty fans are featured singing the chorus of the released single.^[27] Guitarist Joel Chapman sings the vocals in the bridge of the song. Jon Hume from Evermore produced and mixed the second album at The Stables Recording Studio in country Victoria.

During the Winter of 2012, Christian and Joel spent time writing music together with some of Australia's most popular artists, including Johnny Ruffo,^[28] Christina Parie,^[29] and 5 Seconds of Summer.^[30]

Tours

Amy Meredith at Big Day Out

As support

July 2007 – Silversun Pickups ^[31]
October 2007 – Hard-Fi ^[32]
June 2008 – !!! (ChkChkChk) ^[33]
June 2008 – The Bravery ^[33]
August 2009 – Snob Scrilla ^[34]
November 2009 – Good Charlotte ^[35]
March 2010 – Cobra Starship ^[35]
April 2010 – Stereophonics ^[36]
July, August, September 2010 – Grinspoon ^[37]
January 2011 – Big Day Out (Sydney shows only) ^[38]
November 2011 - Good Charlotte ^[39]
March 2012 - Jessie J^[40][41]

Headlining

The Lying Tour – April, May 2010 - Special Guests: Tonight Alive and Flicks ^[42]
The Restless Tour – September, October, November 2010 ^[43] – Special Guests over the course of the tour: The Take ^[44] (Adelaide, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Canberra, Coolangatta, Newcastle, Sydney, Victoria, Wollongong), The Dirty Secrets,^[44] (Byron Bay, Canberra, Coolangatta, Sydney, Wollongong), For Our Hero ^[45] (Sydney, Melbourne), Finabah (Brisbane), The Shivering Indies (Newcastle), Carl Fox (Western Australia), The Novacains (Western Australia), The Miracle Is Now (Adelaide), Calypso (Hobart), Lavista (Hobart).
The Higher Education Tour – May, June 2011 - Special Guests included Tonight Alive and Bridgemary Kiss ^[46]
Tricks Tour - March, April 2012 (Melbourne and Sydney) ^[47] - Special guests New Empire and For Our Hero ^[48]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Award Nominations

References

External links

• Amy Meredith Official site
• Amy Meredith at Facebook
• Amy Meredith at YouTube
• Amy Meredith at Myspace
• Amy Meredith at Twitter
• Amy Meredith at iTunes
• Amy Meredith VEVO Channel