FEATURED ARTIST
Monolith Myspace - Rock, Alternative, Grunge
MONOLITH was started in early 2004 by former LICK guitarist/songwriter Alex Rude.With the addition of Iliya Hamovich on drums and Steve Logan on bass, we are finally hitting our stride. The concept behind the band is making music that doesn't sound like everyone else or anyone else. We want to keep it heavy with plenty of dynamics and still have great songs. By "great songs" we mean songs with original riffs and hooks big enough to catch a great white shark. We believe we have done that and we will not stray from that philosophy. There are so many influences in our material that it is hard to pinpoint where it all comes from, but rest assured, we still sound like a very cohesive unit with our very own identity. Everything affects us when we write including whatever we are listening to that day, what books we happen to be reading, what films we have recently seen or the state of the world politically, socially, economically and culturally. We do not limit ourselves to whatever is "in vogue" at the moment. We model ourselves after bands with very broad styles like Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Queen just to name a few. But we still like it HEAVY!! Without the heaviness we can't make the pretty parts as nice as they deserve to be or the hard ones as heavy as they should be. As Jimmy Page once said; "It's all about the light and shade." Like a great painter, we struggle to find the perfect harmony between colors- creating moods and feelings that anyone listening will undoubtedly experience, though what you feel will probably be different than the next person. We are proud to create music in studio situations that allows us to show all the facets that a good band should and we are also proud to be able to play live with enough energy and raw emotion that you will never forget.