Monty Are I 'Wall of People' album

What’s in a name? For the band formerly known as Monty, years of great memories, but that was then and this is now. Officially changing their name to Monty Are I, the Providence, Rhode Island-based ‘action rock’ band is moving full-steam ahead to the August 1st in-store date for their debut album WALL OF PEOPLE, the first release on the Stolen Transmission label. The album was recorded with producer Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, Receiving End of Sirens) at his Baltimore studio. In addition to five new tracks, the album will include six tracks remixed by Squire from the band’s self-financed indie EP The Red Shift. The Providence Phoenix called the EP “a triumphant kick in the sack with some balls-out rock exuding the breathless exuberance of Steve Aiello and Ryan Muir accompanied by dynamic percussion and blistering guitars.”

Following up their standout performance at Bamboozle 2006 last weekend in the parking lot of Giants stadium in New Jersey, Monty Are I is preparing for their next round of late-spring and early-summer tour dates. The schedule kicks off at the end of this month with a handful of shows with Jack’s Mannequin, followed by nine dates through the end of June on this year’s Vans Warped Tour 2006 (their fourth year on the Vans Warped schedule), and then three weeks in July with Rx Bandits. (Please see itinerary attached.)

Monty Are I – comprised of Steve Aiello (vocals, lead guitar), Mike Matarese (bass), Andrew Borstein (keyboards, trombone, sequencing), and identical twins Justin (drums) and Ryan Muir (vocals, trumpet, guitar) – have been friends since high school in Cranston, Rhode Island, when the first incarnations of the band were assembled. Similar to Lynyrd Skynyrd and others, the band’s name is homage to their high school music teacher. But the name change (prompted by other bands who laid earlier claim to the moniker) will have no lasting effect. “The fact remains the same,” they wrote on their website, “we’re 100% the same band we were yesterday and the day before, and will always continue to be. No matter what our name is, that will never change.”

Spreading the word will be their dedicated Street Team of over 1,400 members spread worldwide from New England to Australia, plus 10,000+ friends they’ve made on myspace.com, and visitors to their own website (montyrock.com). With the name change hassles behind them, Monty Are I now stand ready to take their exhilarating ‘action rock’ straight to the top of the charts.

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Monty Are I - Wall of People