Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merit (band)
If you will note it does have an outside source, see http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2007/02/06/Feature/Local.Band.Aims.To.Play.Texas.Festival-2699007-page2.shtml here. Second if you read  close it says, A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, hip hop crew, DJ, musical theatre group, etc.) is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria. Number one is It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable
— User:The, 22:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BAND (Wikipedia:Notability)