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Monty Are I

Monty Are I
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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
Genres Alternative rock
Symphonic rock
Post-hardcore
Years active 1998-2011
Labels Island Records
Website montyarei.com
Members Stephen "Stevie" Aiello
Justin Muir
Ryan Muir
Andrew Borstein
Past 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.

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.


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