Monty Are I

Monty Are I
Monty Are I

Monty Are I performing a live show in 2009.
Background information
Also known as Monty's Fan Club, Monty
Origin Cranston, Rhode Island, United States[1]
Genres Alternative rock
Symphonic rock
Post-hardcore
Years active 1998–present
Labels Island Records
Website montyarei.com
Members
Stephen Aiello
Justin Muir
Ryan Muir
Andrew Borstein
Past members
Greg Johnson
Nick Salisbury
Greg DeSantis
Mike Matarese
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Monty Are I (formerly known as Monty's Fan Club and Monty) is an American rock band from Cranston, Rhode Island. Monty Are I is titled after the band instructor, Arthur Montanaro. The "Are I" portion of the name is a pun on "RI", Rhode Island's postal abbreviation.

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History and Achievements

Monty Are I won Takeover Records' "Sign My Band" contest on MySpace in 2005.[2] They also won the WBRU "Rock Hunt" in 2002 and the Ernie Ball sponsored "Battle of the Bands" in 2003.[3] The group signed to Stolen Transmission, and were upstreamed to Island Records.

Monty has many national tours under their belt, including five years on Vans Warped Tour, and tours with Just Surrender, Secondhand Serenade, Amber Pacific, Anberlin, Powerspace, Rx Bandits, My Chemical Romance, Story of the Year, Sum41, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.[4]

Monty Are I's song "In This Legacy" is featured in the Xbox/PS2 games: ATV Offroad Fury 4 and Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Their first album exclusively under Island/DefJam is titled Break Through The Silence and was released on September 22, 2009. "One in a Million" was the first single, released on August 25, 2009.

Discography

Singles

  • "C-3P0 is Melting" (1999)
  • "Dublin Waltz" (2006)
  • "Between The Sheets" (2007)
  • "One in a Million" (2009)

Members

References

  1. ^ http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-pop08_10-08-09_RTFSHPM_v23.217cc8e.html
  2. ^ http://www.myspace.com/signmybandcontest
  3. ^ Bob Gulla, The Full Monty, The Providence Phoenix, November 28, 2003. Accessed July 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Monty Are I at Allmusic.com

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