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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-hardcoreYears active 1998–present Labels Island Records Website montyarei.com Members Stephen Aiello
Justin Muir
Ryan Muir
Andrew BorsteinPast members Greg Johnson
Nick Salisbury
Greg DeSantis
Mike Matarese
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
- Thanks for the Metal Sign (2000)
- Monty's Fan Club EP (2002)
- The Red Shift (2005)
- Wall of People (2006, Stolen Transmission/Island Records)
- Break Through The Silence (9/22/2009, Island Records)
Singles
- "C-3P0 is Melting" (1999)
- "Dublin Waltz" (2006)
- "Between The Sheets" (2007)
- "One in a Million" (2009)
Members
- Stephen Aiello - Lead vocals, guitar
- Justin Muir - Drums
- Ryan Muir - Trumpet, vocals, guitar
- Andrew Borstein - Trombone, keyboards, vocals, keytar
References
- ^ http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-pop08_10-08-09_RTFSHPM_v23.217cc8e.html
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/signmybandcontest
- ^ Bob Gulla, The Full Monty, The Providence Phoenix, November 28, 2003. Accessed July 7, 2007.
- ^ Monty Are I at Allmusic.com
External links
Categories:- Alternative rock groups from Rhode Island
- American post-hardcore musical groups
- Musical groups from Rhode Island
- People from Cranston, Rhode Island
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