The Montrose Avenue

The Montrose Avenue were a British rock band, formed in 1996 and were based in Wokingham, Berkshire. The group were composed of lead singer and guitarist Robert Lindsey-Clark, pianist, guitarist and vocalist Scott James, vocalist and guitarist Paul Williams, bassist James Taylor and drummer Matt Everitt who left Menswear to join the group.

Contents

• The montrose avenue live at fuji rock festival part one
• The montrose avenue where do i stand official video
• Album
• Singles
• Members
• Songs
• References

James and Williams met at school in Reading, and first performed together as a duo covering material by The Byrds and Moby Grape. They met Lindsey-Clark at a folk club and the trio formed Montrose Avenue in 1996. Taylor and Everitt then completed the line-up and signed a recording contract with Columbia Records the following year. The limited edition She's Looking For Me EP, released in 1997, charted at #118 in the UK singles chart. This was then followed by their first mainstream single in March 1998, in which "Where Do I Stand" proved to be their only top 40 hit, charting at #38. "Shine" then followed up three months later charting at #59, before their final single "Start Again" released in October, charted at #58.

Their only album, Thirty Days Out, was released a week after the release of "Start Again" on 12 October 1998 before charting at number 102 in the UK and at number 69 in Japan. Despite establishing a cult following in the Far East, The Montrose Avenue never released another album only to disband in 1999. James later went on to work with Welsh rock band Stereophonics as a touring guitarist between 2001–2004, while also appearing in the band's music videos "Have a Nice Day" and "Step On My Old Size Nines". Everitt now works on the news team at radio station BBC 6 Music after starting off at London-based rock station XFM. Before working in radio and after The Montrose Avenue disbanded, Everitt was a music journalist.