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Refimprove|date=April 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Monty Are I| image = MontyAreI-20091009-2.jpg| caption = Monty Are I performing a live show in 2009.| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = Monty's Fan Club, Monty| origin = Cranston, Rhode Island , United States cite web|url= http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-pop08_10-08-09_RTFSHPM_v23.217cc8e.html |title=Providence Journal & #124; Rhode Island: Breaking News, Sports, Politics, Business, Weather and Classifieds - providencejournal.com |publisher=Projo.com |date=2012-02-07 |accessdate=2012-04-03| instrument =| genre = Alternative rock Symphonic rock Post-hardcore | occupation =| years_active = 1998& ndash;present| label = Island Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.montyarei.com montyarei.com| current_members = Stephen Aiello Justin Muir Ryan Muir Andrew Borstein| past_members = Greg Johnson Nick Salisbury Greg DeSantis Mike Matarese| notable_instruments = Monty Are I (formerly known as '''Monty's Fan Club and Monty''') is an American Rock music|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.
History and achievements
Monty Are I won Takeover Records (California)|Takeover Records ' "Sign My Band" contest on MySpace in 2005.cite web|author=US |url= http://www.myspace.com/signmybandcontest |title=Sign My Band Contest & #124; Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-03 They also won the WBRU "Rock Hunt" in 2002 and the Ernie Ball sponsored "Battle of the Bands" in 2003.Bob Gulla, http://www.providencephoenix.com/music/top/documents/03365736.asp The Full Monty, The Providence Phoenix , November 28, 2003. Accessed July 7, 2007. 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 .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p818569/biography|pure_url=yes Monty Are I at Allmusic.com
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.
http://www.burningstars.net/montyarei07.html Burning Stars interview with Andrew
Category:Alternative rock groups from Rhode Island Category:American post-hardcore musical groups Category:Musical groups from Rhode Island Category:People from Cranston, Rhode Island
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