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the meaning of montez le bataeu is get on the boatthe band started as guitar and vocals in leeds, writing a few joke songs things that made us laugh. Until some friends enjoyed listening to us play, then we decided to make a band and went searching for a bass and drums we ended up with a band and played a gig together. the band didnt last long together as the guitarist luke and vocals matt moved to manchester for university. Over the summer they played open mics accross leeds boosting there confidence and performance.
when they moved to manchester luke lived nexdoort to a bassist tristan, they decided to have a jam with him discovering that that this is one amazing bassist and quickly signed him up as the bassist.
after having the trio now we needed a drummer, which was proving hard, so while we were waiting we went round to every open mic and jam nite in manchester that we could possibly play, getting good responses after aswell. we played a gig in leeds first one together and had a guest drummer from an old band known as arcaic smile
we then found a drummer fin who happened to be a perfect drummer, sadly he couldnt commit because of his busy time schedule but we played a few gigs with him.
so started the hunt for a new drummer we advertised for one soon enough came allong jy our new hope for a permenant drummer.
while this was all happenening matt emailed as many venues as he could to get gigs we soon started building up gigs and now play quite frequently.
as time progressed and montez le bateau moved on they moved away from the comedy rock side started trying out punk, funk and metal trying all sides showing that we can do them all. we still play some of the old favourates as crowd warm ups as its good for attention grabbers.
so now montez le bateau keeps on building up its talent getting better with every gig
if your intrested in providing or playing a gig with us dont hesitate to message us with the details and we'll try our very best to do it
theres nothing better than a gig for us
contact:
booking/gig swap :areyouoncrack@hotmail.co.uk
matt - matsk8park@hotmail.com
luke - ithinkitsgreat@hotmail.com
tristan - kaning_sheep_luving_hippy@hotmail.com
jy - jdjssira@hotmail.com
we now have a mailing list if you would like to join it either message us or email us at
montezlebateau@googlemail.com
a new forrum for the band join it at
http://montezlebateau.proboards67.com