Dave Melillo is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. he is best known for his song Knights Of The Island Counter. his music consisted of acoustic guitar-driven acoustic rock and piano-accented power pop, somewhat in the vein of early Dashboard Confessional and The Rocket Summer.
When he first submitted the demos of his band Arcana, Drive Thru Records rejected it. Drive Thru signed him in December of 2004. since then he has performed in groups like Anarbor and Cute Is What We Aim For.