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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 .
Montrose was an American hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and founder Ronnie Montrose. [1] 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.
Sam Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, [1] is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose before launching a successful solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55".
Hagar was in Van Halen from 1985 to 1996 and 2004. Both of Van Halen's compilation albums also include songs featuring current lead vocalist David Lee Roth who recorded with the band from 1974 to 1985. He returned in 1996 for the first best of album that went #1 on Billboard. He then returned in 2006 and is still a member, touring with them in ...
Despite only spending one week at number one, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was the best-selling album of 1973. Elton John had two number one albums in 1973, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which spent a cumulative ten weeks at number one.
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"Rock Candy" is a song by American hard rock band Montrose, and the last song written and recorded for their 1973 debut album. It was composed by all four band members. The song still gets performed on Sammy Hagar's solo tours and even had been re-recorded as the b-side to the Hagar single "Little White Lie" by the original band.
Ronald Douglas Montrose [1] (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) 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 ...