Chad Alan
| Chad Alan Monticue | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Chad Alan Octavi |
| Also known as | Chad Alan |
| Born | Jeannette, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, pop, |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | vocals bass guitar |
| Years active | 1996–current |
| Associated acts |
Pensive The Juliana Theory Derek White and the Monophobics Vesta 1,2,3 |
Chad Alan (also known as Chad Monticue) is a musician, known for providing lead vocals for the band Pensive, and also for playing bass guitar and providing backing vocals for the bands The Juliana Theory Derek White and the Monophobics. Currently he is a singer/songwriter for the group Vesta Chad plays bass/back up vocals for the band 1,2,3.
Born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Chad's musical influence came when stumbling onto his parents vintage rock and roll, R&B and 70s Gold Vinyl collection. "I am told I couldn't sleep when I was younger without music playing." So I was inspired at a young age and wanted to play music very early". "I used to play piano by ear. I remember writing silly songs when I was young and hacking up dreadful versions of Imagine and Hey Jude that I thought were amazing when I was a kid."
Chad is also a keen writer of short stories and screenplays mostly, in his spare time. "I write fiction. Shorts, screenplays mostly but I never have the patience or time to focus on it entirely. I would be a great film maker in another lifetime." "I am interested in putting together a coffee table book called 'Sit Down Graffiti.' It would feature bathroom artwork and tags found in the countries coolest venues around the world. It would include interviews and pictures and storys of my favorite bands". "I think the bathroom is an intimate place a safe haven of peoples most random and profound thoughts. Capturing that process would be interesting and documenting it would be an artistic adventure."
Chad is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and enjoys playing and watching baseball. He's also a former student of West Moreland County Community College as well as The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Chad's music career began by singing in the band Pensive. The group was formed in 1996 and featured a line-up including The Juliana Theory and Zao alumni Chad Alan (vocals), Brett Detar (guitar), Martin Lunn (bass) and Josh Walters (drums). Pensive released one EP titled "The Subtlety of Silence" which was released in 1997. The Subtlety of Silence record was distributed by Akeldama.
Chad helped form the influential indie rock outfit The Juliana Theory in 1997, along with Joshua Fiedler, Brett Detar, Jermiah Momper and Neil Hebrank. The band went on to chart in the Billboard top 100 with their Epic Records release "Love" selling hundreds of thousands of records.
on February 23, 2009 Chad took part in an absolutepunk.net chat talking about The Juliana Theory and also his new band Vesta. Chad shared that his favourite album was the final studio album Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat "I think for myself I would name Deadbeat as my personal favorite. It was a very organic album for the band and a lot of fun to write."
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