Chris Munro – A Weekend at Ramona’s
Which Moment Changed Your Life?
For me, Chris Munro, everything changed when Ben Nunes and I decided to take music seriously. Before that, music had always been part of my life—I played in bands, picked up different instruments, and spent hours figuring out how songs worked. But there’s a difference between playing music and committing to it. That shift happened when Ben and I started A Weekend at Ramona’s and realized we weren’t just messing around anymore—we were building something real.
I’d been involved in music for as long as I could remember. Growing up, I had a guitar in my hands before I even knew I wanted to play it. Throughout high school, I was in bands, played shows, and experimented with some songwriting of my own. But I wasn’t yet thinking of it as a path, or as something I could build a future around. It was just something I loved doing—a way to step back and watch the dust settle. Music was a constant, but it wasn’t my life’s focus.
Ben and I first met at a high school Battle of the Bands. Our bands were competing against each other, and while there was that usual tension that comes with any competition, there was also an instant mutual respect. We both had a fire—a desire to create something bigger. After the event, we started talking more seriously, and it didn’t take long to realize we had something different—not just musically, but in the way we clicked as people. There was a connection, a shared sense of vision. It was clear we were onto something.
The first project we dove into was our Chest Pains EP. This was where we figured out what A Weekend at Ramona’s was going to sound like. We weren’t trying to mimic other bands anymore. We drew from influences like Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes, but we didn’t want to recreate those sounds—
we wanted to craft something with its own identity.
It was about sharing something real with our audience
and having them respond to it.
Today, A Weekend at Ramona’s is far from where we started, but that commitment to authenticity is still at the core of everything we do. We’ve released new singles, including Amanda and I Never Get It Right, each one showcasing how far we’ve come in refining our sound. The journey of writing, recording, and performing has taken us to new heights, and we’re still pushing forward. Right now, we’re back in the studio, crafting new music that blends the rawness of our early work with more evolved, polished sounds. It’s exciting to be in a place where we can look back at our growth while continuing to push boundaries and stay true to the roots that started it all.
When I reflect on the moments that changed my life, I always come back to the band and the impact it has had on everything. Music had always been something I loved, but it wasn’t until I started treating it as something worth investing in that it became real. That’s what happened the moment Ben and I decided to create something together. From that day on, everything felt different. I stopped thinking of music as a side thing and started realizing that if we wanted to make this work, it would take passion, dedication, and a willingness to grow.
Every practice, every song we write, every show we play—
it’s all about creating something that reflects who we are and
putting that out into the world.
That’s what changed everything for me.
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