Montrose - Montrose (Deluxe Edition) '2017

Tracks list

	Tracklist

CD1
01. Rock The Nation (Remastered)
02. Bad Motor Scooter (Remastered)
03. Space Station #5 (Remastered)
04. I Don't Want It (Remastered)
05. Good Rockin' Tonight (Remastered)
06. Rock Candy (Remastered)
07. One Thing On My Mind (Remastered)
08. Make It Last (Remastered)

CD2
01. One Thing On My Mind (Demo)
02. Shoot Us Down (Demo)
03. Rock Candy (Demo)
04. Good Rockin' Tonight (Demo)
05. I Don't Want It (Demo)
06. Make It Last (Demo)
07. Intro (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA 4/21/73)
08. Good Rockin' Tonight (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca,
USA 4/21/73)
09. Rock Candy (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)
10. Bad Motor Scooter (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)
11. Shoot Us Down (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)
12. One Thing On My Mind (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca,
USA 4/21/73)
13. Rock The Nation (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)
14. Make It Last (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)
15. You'Re Out Of Time (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca,
USA 4/21/73)
16. Roll Over Beethoven (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca,
USA 4/21/73)
17. I Don't Want It (Live Ksan Radio Session, Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca, USA
4/21/73)


One of the first American-bred hard rock groups to challenge British supremacy
in the early '70s, Montrose are remembered as, if not the most successful, then
certainly one of the most influential bands of the era. In fact, many of the
personalities responsible for the group's legendary self-titled debut (producer
Ted Templeman, engineer Donn Landee, vocalist Sammy Hagar) would later become
instrumental players in the formative and latter-day career of the mighty Van
Halen. And to his credit, though he ultimately lacked the focus and leadership
skills to consistently guide his band's career, guitarist Ronnie Montrose was a
true original on the instrument. His superlative playing aside, the avid
big-game hunter lived the guitar-playing gunslinger lifestyle long before Ted
Nugent made the combination famous.

After cutting his teeth as a session musician with the likes of Van Morrison and
the Edgar Winter Group, Ronnie Montrose decided to form his own, self-named band
in 1973. Enlisting the help of fellow session pros Bill Church (bass), Denny
Carmassi (drums), and a talented up-and-coming California singer named Sammy
Hagar, Montrose soon released their eponymous first album in November of that
year. Although it never broke the Billboard Top 100, Montrose eventually went
platinum and was arguably the first full-fledged heavy metal album by an
American band (early proto-metal efforts by Blue Cheer and Steppenwolf
notwithstanding). With classics like "Space Station No. 5" and "Bad Motor
Scooter" leading the charge to the nation's airwaves, it is still considered one
of the finest, most influential releases of the decade to boot. But trouble was
already looming, as Church quit the group soon after and was replaced by
bassist/keyboard player Alan Fitzgerald for the ensuing tour. Released less than
a year after their debut, Paper Money proved to be a surprisingly diverse but
unfocused follow-up that failed to match its predecessor's popularity. Making
things worse, escalating tensions between Ronnie Montrose and Hagar soon led to
the latter's departure following the Paper Money tour. (Hagar went on to an
increasingly successful solo career and eventually, of course, Van Halen.)
Hagar's replacement was relative newcomer Bob James, but it was new full-time
keyboardist Jim Alcivar who quickly placed his stamp on the group's
appropriately titled third album, Warner Bros. Presents Montrose!, which was
released at the tail end of 1975 and produced by Ronnie himself. Soon after the
release, Fitzgerald departed the band (he later became a member of Night
Ranger). New bassist Randy Jo Hobbs performed on 1976's Jack Douglas-produced
Jump on It. Also poorly received and boasting an ill-conceived album cover to
match, it never had a chance and the musicians soon went their separate ways.
Carmassi joined Hagar's solo band (also featuring Bill Church by then) and later
played with Heart and many others. As for committed outdoorsman Ronnie Montrose,
the guitarist took some time off to enjoy his other hobbies before releasing
three albums with new band Gamma in the early '80s. He recorded under the
Montrose name once again for 1987's Mean, a one-off affair featuring singer
Johnny Edwards (later briefly of Foreigner), bassist Glenn Letsch, and drummer
James Kottak (soon to form Kingdom Come, and eventually a member of the
Scorpions).

In early 2002, Ronnie Montrose formed a new Montrose lineup with bassist Chuck
Wright (Quiet Riot), drummer Pat Torpey (Mr. Big), and singer Keith St. John
(Burning Rain). They played West Coast dates throughout the year in support of
their Rhino compilation The Very Best of Montrose. Montrose continued his
production and session work, and would tour regularly over the last dozen years
of his life, despite battling prostate cancer during the late 2000s. A
self-inflicted gunshot ended his life on March 3, 2012. 



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