1000 Mona Lisas

American punk band April 2020 April 2025 1000 Mona Lisas were an American punk band from Hollywood, California, United States, formed in 1992. They found minor success in 1995 with their cover of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know". It first became popular when they performed it live at The Whisky A Go Go, after which, almost as an afterthought, the band decided to include it on their debut EP as a hidden track after much cajoling by their A&R guy Brian Malouf.https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%221000+mona+lisas%22&pg=PA74 1000 Mona Lisas Unveiled on RCA Billboard 20 January 1996 13 June 2014 Before signing with RCA Records, the band became popular performing throughout Southern California often, also through extensive DIY touring of the west coast and posting songs and ticket giveaways on the internet, which was an unusual practice at the time.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/06/business/worldbusiness/06iht-juke.t.html Media Markets: Will Internet Replace Record Shops? The New York Times 6 March 1996 13 June 2014 Covington, Richard They released a full-length album on RCA on February 27, 1996, titled New Disease produced by Geza X which was the first major label release to be offered via the internet before its street date release through a site called IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive). The band members were Armando Prado (guitar, vocals) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/504891/1000-mona-lisas-spill-their-secrets.jhtml https://archive.today/20131118022016/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/504891/1000-mona-lisas-spill-their-secrets.jhtml dead November 18, 2013 1,000 Mona Lisas Spill Their Secrets MTV 1995-11-21 2020-04-22 Gianni Neiviller (bass, vocals) Rocco Bidlovski (drums, vocals). References External links artist p165864 1000 Mona Lisas 1000 Mona Lisas Facebook Fan Page 1000 Mona Lisas on Reverbnation Category:Punk rock groups from California Category:RCA Records artists