Meriwether (band)

Meriwether
Origin	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Genres	Rock Alternative
Years active	2003-Present
Labels	Suretone Records GVE Records
Associated acts	The American Tragedy Maybe Tomorrow
Members
Andrew Reilley Joshua Barbier Skip Angelle
Past members
Brett Schexnayder Stefon Bergeron Sam Anderson

Meriwether is a Rock n' Roll band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

History

Meriwether released their debut full length, Make Your Move, in 2005 on GVE Records and sold over 10,000 copies and played over 300 shows in one year to promote the album. The band signed to Suretone Records in 2006 and the album Make Your Move was re-released in 2007. Then Meriwether proceeded to record their sophomore effort, entitled Sons of Our Fathers, with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace, etc.) and mixed by the similarly lauded Chris Lord-Alge (Underoath, AFI, etc.). After the album was finished the released date was set back numerous times until finally it was announced that Meriwether was no longer with Suretone. The album is currently available for download on a site known as Bandcamp. The band recorded and released a new album, Plug in the Snakes, at the end of 2009 independently at Little House Studios in Baton Rouge. Meriwether played their last show with Band members guitarist, Steve Bergeron and bassist, Josh Barbier July 16, 2010. Sam Anderson left to play drums for the band 10 Years. Currently, Drew Reilley, originator, and song-writer for the band is continuing Meriwether as well as multiple new projects.

Meriwether will be releasing a new EP, titled MWBS, on July 19, 2011.

Members

Current

• Andrew Reilley - Vocals, Guitar (2003–Present)
• Skip Angelle - Guitar, Keyboard (2008–Present)
• Bob Reilley - Drums (2010–Present)
• Josie Menard - Bass (2010–Present)

Former

• Brett Schexnayder - Drums (2003–2008)
• Sam Anderson - Drums (2008–2010)
• Stefon Bergeron - Guitar (2003–2010)
• Joshua Barbier - Bass (2003–2010)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album
2005 (Re-released in 2007)	Make Your Move
UNRELEASED	Sons of Our Fathers
2009	Plug in the Snakes

EPs

Year	Album
2004	Meriwether
2011	MWBS

Singles

• 2010: If You Had Guts, I'd Hate 'Em

Music Videos

• 2010: If You Had Guts, I'd Hate 'Em

References

External links

• Official Website
• Myspace
• iSound
• Purevolume
• The Advocate
• Fuse
• 225 Baton Rouge
• NME
• Suretone
• Yahoo!
• Dean Guitars
• Presonus
• Alternative Press
• Bandcamp