Artist Of The Week: Monty Are I

Current Members:
Stephen Aiello (lead vocals, guitar)
Justin Muir (drums)
Ryan Muir (vocals, trumpet, guitar)
Andrew Borstein (trombone, keyboards, vocals, keytar)
Mike Matarese (bass)
Former Members:
Greg Johnson
Nick Salisbury
Albums:
Thanks For The Metal Sign (2000)
Monty's Fan Club (2002)
The Red Shift (2005)
Wall Of People (2006)
Break Through The Silence (2009)
Singles:
Dublin Waltz (2006)
Between The Sheets (2007)
One In A Million (2009)

-Monty Are I used to be called "Montys Fan Club" and "Monty"
-They are from Cranston, Rhode Island
-They won Takeover Records "Sign My Band" contest on MySpace but ended up signing with Stolen Transmission and were upstreamed to Island Records
-They also won the WBRU Rock Hunt in 2002 and the Ernie Bell sponsored Battle Of The Bands in 2003
-Monty Are I have been involved in 5 Vans Warped Tours
-They have toured with many bands including Saving Abel, Just Surrender, Secondhand Serenade, Anberlin, My Chemical Romance, Story Of The Year, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
-"In This Legacy" is featured in the Xbox/PS2 games ATV Offroad Fury 4 and Tony Hawk's Project 8
-The band is named after their band instructor Arthur Montanaro. "Are I" is a pun on "RI" which is Rhode Islands postal abbreviation
-Stephan Aiello is 27
-Justin Muir is 28
-Ryan Muir is 28
-Ryan and Justin are twin brothers
-Andrew Borstein is 27
-Mike Matarese is 27
You can follow the band on various sites including:
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/montyarei
Stephen: www.myspace.com/gnrstabb
Justin: www.myspace.com/whatladder
Andrew: www.myspace.com/andrewborstein
Ryan: www.myspace.com/likealighthouse
Mike: www.myspace.com/mikemat
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/montyarei
Stephen: www.twitter.com/StephenAreI
Justin: www.twitter.com/justinarei
Andrew: www.twitter.com/andrewarei
Ryan: www.twitter.com/RyanAreI
Mike: www.twitter.com/mikearei

Information from:
http://www.wikipedia.com/
http://www.montyarei.com/
www.myspace.com/montyarei