Top Ten With Gavin Merlot of Gentlemen Hall

Welcome to Top Ten With…, a fun Q&A session where you’ll get to learn all about the music scene’s hottest artists! Today’s featured artist is Gavin Merlot, lead singer of Gentlemen Hall, an indie band that is set to hit the road with Third Eye Blind in November in support of their forthcoming debut album. Get to know Gavin through our exclusive interview!

Top Ten With Gavin Merlot of Gentlemen Hall

1. I’m inspired by: motivated people, honest music & honest lyrics, caramel and Big Sur California, good wine & good beer

2. I realized I wanted to play music when: 90’s music videos. watching Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day on MTV

3. Four songs you might find on my iPod:

“Chicago” – Sufjan Stevens

“White Lie” – Jhameel

“Son Lux” – Lost it to Trying

“Overdue” – Get Up Kids

4. One word I would use to describe myself: monosyllabic

5. The best part of being a musician is: spending most of my time being creative. it’s my medication, therapy, passion

6. Right now, I’m most excited about: most recently created songs and material. very excited to release a cover song we’ve been working on!!

7. Something most people don’t know about me is: I’m a duel citizen, Ireland is my second homeland

8. One of my happiest moments was: when I first finally learned how to Ollie on a skateboard. took me 2 summers to finally get.

9. My music is: at the moment.. reverby

10. In ten years, I see myself: doing exactly what im doing now.. making music. broke or not!

Check out the lyric video for Gentlemen Hall’s single “Sail in to The Sun” and be sure to catch them on tour with Third Eye Blind this November – for tour dates, tickets and more, be sure to visit GentlemenHall.com and follow the band on Facebook and Twitter.