MONTE was formed by the singer and lead guitarist, Caitlin Montclare in 2017, later adding a drummer and audio engineer, Ismael Baiz, and bassist Meghan Rose to the official line-up. Influenced by such as punk bands The Lunachicks, NOFX, and Bad Religion, and metal bands like Motörhead, and Iron Maiden, MONTE has released several singles, and two EPs and performed more than 50 shows throughout the United States, including renowned New York venues such as “The Knitting Factory” and “The Bowery Electric”.
Check out the band’s new single and video “Canna-Vision”, written and directed by Caitlin Montclare. Sonically, the song is a shout-out to the California pop-punk bands of the 80’s and 90’s, bands like NOFX, Pennywise, and Lagwagon. Their nostalgic punk rock drum rhythm, fast guitars, walking bass lines, and hot-tinged vocals blast off from the beginning to the end of the song. On the taxing effects of the 9-5 cycle that inspired the song, Montclare remarks, “Why come into work, when we are undervalued in the workplace? We might as well sit home, smoke weed, and be blissfully unaware of the crumbling world we live in. We should be neck-deep in our art, not our work. Wouldn’t that be something?”
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The band’s first full-length album is due out in late Spring/early Summer and is being produced by platinum record producer Barb Morrison, and mixed by Grammy Award-nominated Dan Malcsh and Jeremy Kinney.
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Photo Edits by Stoney, provided by Spencer Lee PR
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