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Montrose was the original Californian hard rock band, pioneering the kind of short and punchy songs that would be a template for later and more successful bands such as Van Halen. The band featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo star and Van Halen member Sammy Hagar. Rounding out the foursome on their Ted Templeman-produced debut, Montrose (Warner Bros., 1973), were drummer Denny Carmassi and Bill Church. The original line-up lasted long enough to make just this one album. The first member to leave was Bill Church who was later replaced by Alan Fitzgerald for the band’s second and final album with Hagar on vocals, Paper Money (Warner Bros., 1974). After departing, Hagar released a succession of solo albums in the mid-to-late 70s and early 80s (often with the remaining members of Montrose) as well as a one-off live album with the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve. He joined Van Halen in the mid 1980s. As a band Montrose released a further two albums on Warner Brothers, Warner Brothers Presents …Montrose (1975) and Jump on It, both featuring Bob James on vocals, and new member Jim Alcivar on keyboards. On Jump On It Fitzgerald was replaced on bass by Randy Jo Hobbs.
Whilst Montrose failed to make the kind of impact their pioneering early work merited, they have nonetheless influenced a whole generation of hard rock and metal bands. A rare snatch of their brilliance as a stage band can be heard in the Barbara Striesand film ‘A Star is Born’ (1976), which features an unseen Montrose hammering out a scintillating version of one of their greatest songs, Rock Candy, as Streisand arrives backstage.
Whilst Montrose failed to make the kind of impact their pioneering early work merited, they have nonetheless influenced a whole generation of hard rock and metal bands. A rare snatch of their brilliance as a stage band can be heard in the Barbara Striesand film ‘A Star is Born’ (1976), which features an unseen Montrose hammering out a scintillating version of one of their greatest songs, Rock Candy, as Streisand arrives backstage.
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Warner Bros. Presents
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The Very Best of Montrose
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The_Wind86 wrote:
the debut is genius.
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Raku92 wrote:
Rock the nation !
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Supernaut_ wrote:
good band, very good debut album
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
man it reocrds my plays by them as just ronnie montrose but i love this band either way
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
SOOOO GET ON YOUR BAD MOTOR SCOOTER AND RIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Wabrewman wrote:
"Bad Motorscooter" rocks!!!! For that matter, all their music rocks!!
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
Thare ST is so awosme! SOOO GET ON YER BAD MOTOR SCOOTER AND RIDE!!!!
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KeyToo wrote:
great classic :)
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BurningRemnant wrote:
A classic of American hard rock
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NWG369 wrote:
Good stuff
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Bcinu2 wrote:
I am so pissed I just missed Montrose tonight. And lastfm doesnt have their version of Connection....... So I must be going to my vinyl collection to change this vibe to one of a true Rock Minnion, yes folks I am mearly a disc-siple of all that rocks! ROCK ON!!
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veyita_88 wrote:
I love the debut album.
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razzu wrote:
hard, sweet and sticky!
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Lasers89 wrote:
Wow this is just fantastic classic rock.
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detharon wrote:
Really good, yet forgotten classic band.
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Adds102 wrote:
Chickenfoots version of Bad Motor Scooter in London was epic!
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stlthbmr wrote:
What ? No Rock Candy?
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Caulls wrote:
So suprised there aernt more listeners!!!!!
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Fenn3c wrote:
These guys have some great stuff. They really do need more plays.
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lemmyswart wrote:
foookin awesome stuff the best rock debut ever and so lil plays a damn shame a lot of folks are missin out
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cc5150, SMAH1989, dezio and 1 other person added Montrose to their libraries. 14 hours ago
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