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MONTROSE

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Cinderella: Long Cold Winter (1988)

Mercury Records

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Heart 1985 Capitol ——————————————————————— Tracks: 01. If Looks Could Kill 02. What about Love 03. Never 04. These Dreams 05. The Wolf 06. All Eyes 07. Nobody Home 08. Nothin’ at All 09. What He Don’t Know 10. Shell Shock ———————————————————————

Mark Andes

Denny Carmassi

Howard Leese

Ann Wilson

Nancy Wilson

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Tuesday, September 19: Gamma, "Four Horsemen"

R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)

If the first Montrose record was the great hidden gem of early ‘70s heavy rock, Gamma’s second album was the platonic ideal of late ‘70s/early ‘80s hard rock/AOR.  In other words, Ronnie Montrose pulled it off twice, because Gamma 2 was just straight-up awesome, and “Four Horsemen” kicked off with a killer fast-paced opening featuring stellar drumming from Denny Carmassi and a racing riff from Ronnie before switching to a slightly more swaggering groove in the verses.  It wasn’t super metallic, but had a great balance of aggressive heavy rock and classic rock: Montrose’s soloing was dexterous and elegant, and even if Davey Pattison sounded like a cross between Paul Rodgers and Lou Gramm his inflection had just the right personality for the sound coming out of the rest of the band.  Just like Ronnie’s namesake band, Gamma was a great outfit that suffered from bad luck and a mercurial leader that seemed constitutionally incapable of playing the game, but “Four Horsemen” was quintessential classic hard rock for its era that also had a bit of futuristic feel that didn’t sound as cheesy as one would think. 

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Montrose live, 1970s.

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