Years active 1998-2011 Website montyarei.com Record label Island Records | Labels Island Records Active until 2011 | |
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Also known as Monty's Fan Club, Monty Members Stephen "Stevie" Aiello
Justin Muir
Ryan Muir
Andrew Borstein Past members Greg Johnson
Nick Salisbury
Greg DeSantis
Mike Matarese Origin Cranston, Rhode Island, United States (1998) Albums Wall of People, Break Through the Silence, Thanks for the Metal Sign, The Red Shift, Monty's Fan Club Genres Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Post-hardcore Similar Just Surrender, My American Heart, Amber Pacific, Madina Lake, Permanent Me Profiles | ||
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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. They also won the WBRU "Rock Hunt" in 2002 and the Ernie Ball sponsored "Battle of the Bands" in 2003. 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.
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.
As of 2017, new plans for the recording of any new Monty Are I material are put on hold as lead vocalist/guitarist Aiello is touring with Thirty Seconds to Mars in support of the 2013 album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams, contributing bass and keyboards to their live performances.
Albums
Singles
Members
Songs
One In A MillionBreak Through the Silence · 2009
In This LegacyWall of People · 2006
Dublin WaltzWall of People · 2006