Ronnie Montrose Dead at 64

[Mr Walker]

I can. Fuck him. He's in the dirt now, which is where he and anyone ever aligned with that fat terrible son of a whore Hagar BELONGS.

Rot in hell, Ronnie!!!!

[78/84 guy]

I can. Fuck him. He's in the dirt now, which is where he and anyone ever aligned with that fat terrible son of a whore Hagar BELONGS.

Rot in hell, Ronnie!!!!

Rot in hell Ronnie ? Really ? What an asshole !! Besides didn't he already do that on the first 2 Montrose albums he did with Hagar ?

[Mr Walker]

Dude shot himself in the head... let's all hope Sam will follow suit.

According to Guitar Player, a report by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office, released on April 6, confirms legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The toxicology report also showed his blood-alcohol level at 0.31% when he died — almost four times the legal limit in California. No evidence of other drugs was found in his system.

The Montrose family posted the following statement on RonnieMontrose.com:

"By now, the devastating truth of Ronnie's death is public knowledge. We hope you can understand why we wanted to keep this news a private family matter for as long as possible. We can only hope that you will choose to celebrate Ronnie's life, and what his music meant to you, rather than mourn his passing. Ronnie would have wanted it that way. He loved being a guitarist, a composer, a producer, and a creator of magic. He fully understood his gifts, and yet he constantly pushed himself to evolve, improve, and make better music. He did this for himself, and he did this for you, because he adored and appreciated his fans. Please keep his energy, his joy, and his love in your hearts."

Although Montrose did not leave a suicide note, his wife/manager Leighsa Montrose feels he was probably always planning for an exit.

"Ronnie had a very difficult childhood, which caused him to have extremely deep and damaging feelings of inadequacy," Leighsa tells Guitar Player. "This is why he always drove himself so hard. He never thought he was good enough. He always feared he'd be exposed as a fraud. So he was exacting in his self criticism, and the expectations he put upon himself were tremendous. Now I see that perhaps he didn't want to carry these burdens for very much longer'

She adds, "I knew I had married an alcoholic, but Ronnie was never anything but loving. He could be curmudgeonly and cranky, but he was never angry or abusive to me in any way. He definitely had a reputation for his bad temper and controlling personality when he was younger, but he'd always say that I got the best version of himself, and we were nearly inseparable. We ate every meal together. I went to every show he played."

[kwame k]

Holy fuck!

Didn't see that one coming.......

I guess Ronnie really didn't want to do a reunion with Spammy after all and took the logical way out

[chefcraig]

Holy fuck!

Didn't see that one coming.......

I guess Ronnie really didn't want to do a reunion with Spammy after all and took the logical way out

Talk about a trifecta from hell: Terminal cancer, alcoholism and having to put up with Sammy Hagar has to rate pretty high on life's Suck-O-Meter. Eddie Van Halen, Ronnie Montrose...I wonder how Neal Schon managed to survive without taking one to the forehead or drinking himself silly?

[rocking ron]

Talk about a trifecta from hell: Terminal cancer, alcoholism and having to put up with Sammy Hagar has to rate pretty high on life's Suck-O-Meter. Eddie Van Halen, Ronnie Montrose...I wonder how Neal Schon managed to survive without taking one to the forehead or drinking himself silly?

Neal Schon ??? And what about...Keith Richards hahaha

[rocking ron]

No way they wanted Spammy Hagar in the band around '77!!!

There was at that time 1 'shark' who wanted to steal the guitar player for his own band..................his name.....:

Gene Simmons......................!!

Can you imigane..............Eddie with a 'space' mask.............

This never happened because 1 guy was very alert.................his name..............:

Diamond Dave.......................!! And right now we say.....................: Diamonds are Forever.................

yeah............A Different Kind of Truth......................!!

[Kristy]

Some old fat "rocker" died?

[LoungeMachine]

From Bantonelli

http://blog.sfgate.com/loaded/2012/0...-coroner-says/

[bantonelli]

Thanks Lounge. The article disappeared, but the story was the same as Mr. Walker's - just a shocker that it was self-inflicted.

[atomicpnk47]

Holy fuck!

Didn't see that one coming.......

I guess Ronnie really didn't want to do a reunion with Spammy after all and took the logical way out

Too soon dude

[Light Em' Up!]

This is the one I saw:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ronnie-montrose-suicide/

[kwame k]

Too soon dude

[ZahZoo]

Some old fat "rocker" died?

No, catfish is still around...

[Catfish]

No one in the world could ever blame Ronnie Montrose for killing himself. All those years with Hagar. Totally understandable and honorable.