of Montreal
of Montreal is an American rock
band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996,
named after a failed romance with a woman "of Montreal." The band is
one of the bands of the Elephant 6 collective. Throughout its existence, of Montreal's
musical style has evolved from vaudeville and Beatles influenced psychedelic
twee pop to a mixture of electronica, funk, glam, and afrobeat music influenced
by Prince and David Bowie.
Origin: Athens, Georgia
Genres: Indie pop, indie rock,
neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, funk, R&B
Years active: 1996–present
Labels: Polyvinyl, Kindercore,
Bar/None
Members:Kevin Barnes, Bryan
Poole, Dottie Alexander, Davey Pie, Zac Colwell, Clayton Rychlik, K Ishibashi,
Nicolas Dobbratz.
Past members:Julian Koster, Andy
Gonzalez, Andy Gonzalez,Derek Almstead,Jason NeSmith,Nina Barnes, Thayer
Sarrano, Ahmed Gallab, James Huggins.
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