 Erelli was born in Boston and grew up in the town of Reading, Massachusetts.Erelli performed in numerous high school musicals and founded the band, Freddie and Slip.Later he was a member of the band Organic Ice Cube and wrote his first song "Hell In the Sky" as a member of the band Dead Flowers (Greg Pothier, Scott Collins, Brian Moynihan, Kevin Larimore, Kris Tuscano, Chris Kerrigan Borning).