Montrose was an American hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and founder Ronnie Montrose. The band's original lineup featured lead vocalist and frontman Sammy Hagar,who later found greater success as a solo artist and as a member of Van Halen. Rounding out the original foursome were bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi. The band experienced moderate success before disbanding in early 1977. The 1973 debut album Montrose eventually proved to be an international sleeper hit,selling in excess of one million copies and attaining platinum status in 1986.
Ronald Douglas Montrose was an American musician and guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians,including Van Morrison,Herbie Hancock,Beaver &Krause,Boz Scaggs,Edgar Winter,Gary Wright,The Beau Brummels,Dan Hartman,Tony Williams,The Neville Brothers,Marc Bonilla and Sammy Hagar.
Dennis Joseph "Denny" Carmassi is an American drummer most notable for playing with many rock bands.
Gamma was an American hard rock band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison in San Francisco in 1979. They released four albums:Gamma 1 (1979),Gamma 2 (1980),Gamma 3 (1982) and Gamma 4 (2000). Their biggest hit was 1982's "Right the First Time",which was a minor chart entry in the US,but a top 40 hit in Canada. Some of their other best known songs include "Fight to the Finish" from their first album,and "Meanstreak" and "Voyager" from the second album.
Montrose is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Montrose,released in October 1973 by Warner Bros. It was produced by Ted Templeman. Montrose marks the career debut of singer-guitarist Sammy Hagar,who would later achieve significant success as a solo artist and as a member of Van Halen.
Paper Money is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Montrose,released on October 11,1974,by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Ted Templeman and is the band's final recording with original vocalist Sammy Hagar. It marks the arrival of new bass player Alan Fitzgerald,replacing original bassist Bill Church.
Gamma 1,released in 1979,is Gamma's debut album. It reached No. 131 on the Billboard Album charts,totalling seventeen weeks on the survey. "I'm Alive" reached No. 60 on the Billboard singles charts. "I'm Alive" is a cover of The Hollies song from 1965.
"Goin' On" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1980 album Keepin' the Summer Alive. The single reached number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Gamma 2 is Gamma's second album,released in 1980. On this album Ronnie Montrose keeps his streak of not having the same personnel on two albums in a row,changing the line-up once again. Davey Pattison (vocals),Montrose (guitar),and Jim Alcivar (synthesizer) remain from Gamma 1. Glenn Letsch replaces Alan Fitzgerald on bass and old Montrose bandmate Denny Carmassi replaces Skip Gillette on drums.
Gamma 3 is the third studio album released by the rock band Gamma. It was released in 1982.
Gamma 4 is Gamma's fourth and final album and was originally released on Ronnie Montrose's own label,RoMoCo,in 2000. In 2005,it was re-released by Wounded Bird Records. It was the last full album in Montrose's lifetime to feature contributions from him.
Mean is the fifth and final album by American hard rock band Montrose,released in 1987. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums. It was the lowest-charting release on Montrose's career,reaching No. 165 on the Billboard 200 in June 1987.
Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! is the third studio album by American hard rock band Montrose,released on Warner Bros. Records on 26 September 1975.
Blood Sports is a 1984 album released by the British heavy metal band Avenger. It was reissued in 2002 by Frontline Records.
Jim Alcivar is an American keyboard and synthesizer player and sound engineer. He is most noted for his connection to guitarist Ronnie Montrose and appearing in his bands Montrose and Gamma and on his first solo album Open Fire. His father is composer,arranger and producer Bob Alcivar.
Open Fire is the debut studio album by American musician,guitarist and session musician Ronnie Montrose,released in 1978. The album contains jazz,rock and acoustic music concepts similar to those of Blow by Blow (1975) by Jeff Beck.
Images is Dan Hartman's second full-length release but his first album of new material. It features an interesting mix of players to assist the multi-instrumentalist continue his pop rock themes featured in his tenure with the Edgar Winter Group and fittingly has Edgar Winter,Rick Derringer and Ronnie Montrose as guests. Montrose appears on two songs which was in exchange for the two Hartman written songs,"What are You Waiting For?" and "Rich Man",that appeared on Jump On It,the same year. Drummer John Wilcox and bassist John Siegler,both of Utopia,were the principal rhythm section.
The Best of Gamma is a compilation of music from the first three Gamma albums.
The Very Best of Montrose is the only compilation album by American hard rock band Montrose. It was released in 2000 by Rhino Records. The album contains songs from the group's five albums,the first four in consecutive years in the mid-seventies and another from 1987.
Sammy Hagar &Friends is the sixteenth studio album by American hard rock musician Sammy Hagar,released on September 24,2013,by Frontiers Records.
