Anthony Monaco

Everyone who hears Anthony Monaco’s music says the same thing: “I can’t believe this isn’t on the radio.” Spending his time writing, arranging, engineering, producing, directing, and singing his music has left little time left over for promotion. Now its time to change that.
A true lover of music but also a staunch music critic, Anthony Monaco writes the music he wishes he heard on the radio. Enjoying styles from Metal, to Pop, to big band Swing, you can hear all of these influences in his creations. There is an intriguing range of styles in his songs. From the poppy acoustic up-tempo “Gimme Luv” to the more tempered and thoughtful “Impressions” to the hard-edge of “Long Way To Go”, Anthony Monaco covers a range of emotions.
“I tried to just write in one genre of music People would see a show and listen to demos and say: ‘just write more songs like this one’” – I can’t do it. Songs are whole worlds unto themselves. If I’m angry, its hard for me to write with an acoustic guitar. I want an electric guitar with the distortion cranked up to 11. If I’m happy, I want bouncing drums. I have to be true to the emotion I’m feeling.”
It is this dedication that has lead Anthony to split his work further. Unable to just live within one genre of music but understanding people like to categorize musicians, he has split his work in to 3 bands. “Anthony Monaco” is the more mellow, acoustic, artistic music. “Bun Boy” ( www.myspace.com/BunBoyBand ) is for good-time party music. Finally "Left By Zero" ( www.myspace.com/leftbyzero ) is his angry, political project.
“Most of my music seems like a normal, simple pop/rock song; but that’s a trick. That’s not really what’s going on at all.” The careful listener will discover a lush and complex instrumental arrangement and thought-provoking lyrics, cleverly masked in an easily digestible pop veil. What I hate more than anything are all these songs out there about ‘ooh-baby, baby’ and such. I’m cool with a song about love but have something interesting to say. If people are going to sit down and listen to you, you should have something original or important to tell them.”
In his previous band, Loophole, he won a solid fan base through live performances playing at a slew of downtown Seattle music venues including the Central Saloon, the Fenix, culminating with a sold-out Saturday night at the Triple Door. Returning from time off recording an album, Anthony Monaco is poised to bring you the music you’ve been looking for.