What can you say about a band that weathered musical change like a fashion designer who changes clothes to suit the season? Nothing, but sit back and admire that band or any band that can maintain the artistry and professionalism necessary to remain viable in a world that seemingly changes in the "blink of an eye".

MONTERREY is one of those rarities that has matured smoothly through the years like a fine wine, without losing the bite or the clarity of taste required of all true classics. Foremost and most importantly, they believe that music is fun and in some way, should always move a listener physically or spiritually.

MONTERREY is a band that has provided the combination of entertaining stage presence along with toe-tapping musical renditions, which many claim, has made one of the premier dance bands in the Midwest. With over twenty years of development, the musicians of MONTERREY have combined their respective experiences to better communicate their insight and understanding of musical performance.

Brothers, Joe and David began their musical journey during those wondrous years of rampant "Beatlemania". Like so many young boys of the time, they dreamed of when they would be playing before an endearing crowd of star struck admirers. Drummer, Jim, began his musical career in much the same way, except that Jim (at the ripe age of 15 had the opportunity of actually being a part of that mania, by being in a opening act for such British Invasion luminaries as "The Yardbirds" and "The Dave Clark Five".

These three crossed paths during the early seventies and endured numerous changes in personnel and musical styles. Surviving the early Seventies "Hard Rock" period and the mid to late Seventies glitter of flashy "Disco" prepared them well for many subsequent styles of music.

All three eventually realized that there is no substitute for formal training in order to bring the complete picture into focus. At one time of another, they all attended The American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, where they studied such things as jazz, percussion, music composition, classical guitar, theory and other related subjects.

Realizing the importance of sonic textures and the necessity of understanding modern music production techniques eventually led brothers Joe and Dave to their second musical endeavor; opening their own recording studio in the Winter of 1978. The experiences gained by working with the likes of Elmer Brown of Earth, Wind & Fire, Steve Cobb and Henry Johnson of The Ramsey Lewis Band, Eululah Hathaway, wife of the gifted, late Donny Hathaway, and countless other fine artists, created a deep appreciation of the many facets of the music industry. After five exciting years of working both the performance and recording sides of the business, the boys finally decided to just perform and closed shop in February of 1983.

Throughout this period, Jim continued performing with Monterrey. In addition he taught drumming privately. His teaching students paid off by having the opportunity to teach young movie actor "Fred Savage" trap set playing in the feature movie, "Vice Versa" with Judge Rhinehold via Columbia Pictures. He occasionally played as a studio musician and pursued other projects of his own.

This amalgamation of modern music components taught the boys about the importance of musicianship, experience and technology which eventually lead them to incorporate synthesized and sequenced music technology. Modernizing their music, allowed them to adapt to "A Down Sized World" without sacrificing the fullness of their musical sounds.

"Give them a listen - you're sure to be pleased and impressed"