After Foje was disbanded, Mamontovas began his solo career and has since been nominated and awarded best solo act in the national music awards.
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Mamontovas' performance was the main act at the festival by the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on May 1, 2004, celebrating Lithuania's accession to the European Union.
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In 1983, Andrius Mamontovas began his musical quest by forming Foje, one of the most popular bands in Lithuania.
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He was one of the co-founders of the Lithuanian rock band Foje (in 1983).
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Among their many accomplishments, Foje toured European and American clubs, and at the last show held in Vilnius, with an audience of 60,000.
It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of Sunki Muzika (with a literal meaning of "heavy music"), few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the band.