Stephen Aiello (born April 30, 1983) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for touring and recording with American rock band

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. He was one of the founding members of

Monty Are I Monty Are I (formerly known as Monty's Fan Club and Monty) is an American rock band from Cranston, Rhode Island. The band is named after the groups’s former music instructor, Arthur Montanaro. The "Are I" portion of the name is a pun on " ...

, a band he formed in 1998 with some friends. Aiello has also worked with artists such as

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, Young Guns, Cobra Starship,

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, and

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, among others. Aiello was nominated for two

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for his work with

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on the album ''

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'' (2015). His list of work includes projects with recording acts like Sleeping with Sirens, Of Mice & Men,

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, Anti-Flag,

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, and

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Early life

Stevie Aiello was born April 30, 1983, in Cranston,

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. His family has Italian origins; his great-grandparents moved from

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to United States in the early 20th-century. Aiello attended the

Cranston High School West Cranston High School West (often called West, Cranston West or abbreviated as CHSW) is a public high school located in Cranston, Rhode Island, United States. The school comprises five buildings; one of these buildings is the Cranston Area Career a ...

and then enrolled at the

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in Kingston. While he was a student there, he started writing music and playing in a number of rock and metal bands. His influences include artists as varied as

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, Metallica,

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, and

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Music career

Aiello founded

in 1998 with guitarist Ryan Muir, keyboardist Andrew Borstein, bassist Mike Matarese, and drummer Justin Muir. Aiello was the lead singer of the band and played rhythm guitar. After winning

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's Battle of the Bands in 2003, Monty Are I signed to

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, an imprint of Island Records. Monty Are I went on to play

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and shared the stage with bands like

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and

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. Aiello recorded the albums '' Wall of People'' (2006) and '' Break Through the Silence'' (2009) as frontman and composer of Monty Are I. He later joined music publishing company

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as songwriter and record producer. During this period, he worked with

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from

, Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship,

, and

. Aiello collaborated with

on the albums '' Untouchable'' (2010) and '' Redemption'' (2012) alongside producer

Joey Sturgis Joey Sturgis (born January 3, 1985) is an American record producer and owner of The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana. Sturgis started recording in 2004 including producing the Asking Alexandria single "The Final Episode" whic ...

. In early 2013, He moved to Los Angeles where he started working with

after former touring member Tim Kelleher left the band to work on his own music. Aiello is playing bass guitar, keyboards and occasionally rhythm guitar. He later began to take part at recording sessions with the band. In 2014, Aiello joined producer

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to work with

on the album '' Transmissions'' (2014), and again in 2019 for Starset's third studio album, '' Divisions''. He worked with

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on the albums '' The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways'' (2014) and '' Retrograde'' (2016). His work with

on their fifth album ''

'' (2015) earned him two nominations at the

in the categories of Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year. Aiello rejoined Joey Sturgis to work with

on their fifth album '' To Those Left Behind'' (2015). He later worked on the records '' Echoes'' (2016) by Young Guns and ''

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'' (2017) by Sleeping with Sirens. In 2018 he started a side project called CNTRLLR and on 19 October of the same year he released a new version of "Stuck" by The Aces on

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and

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. On April 26, 2019 he released a new song called "Endgame".

Discography

References

External links

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