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    Quote Originally Posted by vandeleur View Post
    Be interesting to hear how gagar makes this all about him
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    wow. I'm shocked, R.I.P.
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    I've heard the 'Van Halen wanted their first album to sound like Montrose' rumor before. Sammy was also fond of saying they tried to get him in the band in 77, but I took that claim with an entire salt lick block of salt. It's a shame about Ronnie - that first album was classic - despite the singer - and even Paper Money was really good. He seemed like a pretty down to earth guy, and no one can really dispute the mark he made with that first album.

    And yeah. Surprised Ched Chunker hasn't been weeping Oscar style tears of sorrow for any camera near him.
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    I hadnt heard those rumors before..Another reason to say TY to Diamond Dave...can you imagine if that had happened??!! Would it have been like comparing VH 1 to 5150?

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    Sammy (aka Bette) = I, I, Me,me,me,me, myself, myself, my birthday, my birthday, my, my, my, me, me, me, I, I, I, Chickens*it..... Well...at least Ronnie was smart enough to throw Bette out of the band that bears his name. Ronnie just could no longer ...."make no CONNECTION" with Red Bette.
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    I don't think it's right to link the two. I know we all hate Sammy but this was way, way before VH was even on his horizon. Anyone here who may say they didn't like Montrose's self titled album is either a liar, a fraud, or not a rock fan at all. It's a classic. Anyone here who says they didn't smoke a joint back in the day listening to this shouldn't comment in this thread.



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    I have never owned this lp...I have only heard a few tunes done by Montrose honestly..no comment on the rest

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    Sammy is a self-absorbed prick. Conniving his way into Van Halen only fed his oversized ego. He's a fucking name dropper.
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    RIP Ronnie.

    I wish I knew some of your songs... but I boycott Hagar!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hagar the Horrible
    "one of the few bands from that era where all four original members were still able to do it.
    you just know that's how he's going to campaign for a return to Van Halen.

    "hey, Ed, i know i threw you under the bus in my book and said all those horrible things in interviews, but i think we should bury the hatchet and re-unite. you know, while the four of us are still around to do it."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fairwrning View Post
    I have never owned this lp...I have only heard a few tunes done by Montrose honestly..no comment on the rest

    That's where I sit as well. I really dig the tunes I know though and the dude had mad chops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fairwrning View Post
    The first time Eddie Van Halen and I met, it was around 1977. We were on a stadium show with Boston, Black Sabbath, myself, Van Halen. He came to my dressing room, and said, "I'm a Montrose freak, I love the band!" And Ted Templeman told me, when he signed Van Halen, they were called something else, and he wanted to name them after the guitar player. He said on the first Van Halen record, he took the first Montrose record in there and said, "Boom. We're going to have eight great songs, they're going to be this long, they're going to be this tempo." And pretty much patterned the whole thing after it – right down to saying, "Why don't you guys get Sammy Hagar to sing in this band? He's been thrown out of Montrose." That's a true story!



    WHAT A FUCKIN DOUCHE.....I will never mention the fat fuckers name again..So He was asked to be in VH in 77?? VH was copying Montrose??
    Sam always does two things in interviews. He shamelessly plugs the Cabo Wabo brand and reminds everyone he was in Van Halen like he's still shocked himself that they were dumb enough to bring him on.
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    I love how he say's Ted told the band we are going to have 8 song's this long and this tempo like the Montrose record. What a joke !! Van Halen wrote everyting one the first album 3 years before they recorded it !! He is so full of shit !! I did hear that Ted sugggested bringing him in to sing on the first VH record years ago but who knows if it's true. Ed was a big fan of that first album. I love it myself but Ronnie's best work was his solo albums.
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    I've said it many times. I never REALLY wanted Sam Haggar to die, even though I hate him with the fire of 10,000 suns. Because if he ever died, he'd make headlines, which is what he'd want.

    Fuck all that. I wish he was so fucking dead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zing! View Post
    I've heard the 'Van Halen wanted their first album to sound like Montrose' rumor before. Sammy was also fond of saying they tried to get him in the band in 77, but I took that claim with an entire salt lick block of salt. It's a shame about Ronnie - that first album was classic - despite the singer - and even Paper Money was really good. He seemed like a pretty down to earth guy, and no one can really dispute the mark he made with that first album.
    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!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Bug View Post
    That sucks, god damm cancer claims another, RIP Ronnie....

    Slash, Peter Frampton + Others React on Twitter
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    It didn't take long for rock luminaries and music insiders to react on Twitter. Here's a sampling (we'll have more as they're posted).

    Peter Frampton (@peterframpton): Saddened to hear the passing of friend Ronnie Montrose. He was a wonderful person & an amazing guitar player, I will miss you dear Ronnie.

    Slash (@Slash): Myles just told me Ronnie Montrose passed. fn' shame. “Montrose” is one of the all time great R&R albums. Major influence. RIP man. IiiI; )'

    Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx): Ronnie Montrose's first two “Montrose” albums & his work with Edger Winter changed my musical life forever.RIP.

    Dee Snider (@deesnider): Just found out that the legendary Ronnie Montrose died. That first Montrose album was life changing for me. #RIPRonnieMontrose

    kipwinger (@kipwinger): I had the pleasure of working w/ Ronnie not too long ago.He was a real gem,very giving & very talented.A great loss to the world. RIP Ronnie

    matt sorum (@mattsorum): Lost the great Ronnie Montrose. Check out the first couple of Montrose records if you don't know him. Classic and great. RIP Ronnie

    Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk): Woke 2 very sad news Ronnie Montrose has passed away from cancer at 64. He created one of the all time landmark hard rock albums w/ debut LP

    Steve Lukather (@stevelukather): My heart goes out to Ronnie Montrose and his family. Monster player and really nice guy. He will be missed…

    David Ellefson (@ellefsondavid): RIP Ronnie Montrose!!! I had the pleasure of playing bass for him circa 2005-07. Such a powerhouse human being

    Glenn Hughes (@glenn_hughes): Just heard that my good friend Ronnie Montrose has passed away….I'm speechless…RIP my brother…you will be missed @ the Hughes's…GH

    David Ellefson (@ellefsondavid): RIP Ronnie Montrose!!! I had the pleasure of playing bass for him circa 2005-07. Such a powerhouse human being

    Nonpoint (@nonpoint): Another legend gone Rest In Peace Ronnie Montrose

    Myles Kennedy (@MylesKennedy): Sad to hear Ronnie Montrose passed away. Rock Candy was one of the first songs I ever learned.
    Catfish (@fuckhagar): Who?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Bug View Post
    SAMMY HAGAR: 'It's A Shame To Lose RONNIE MONTROSE' - Mar. 4, 2012

    Former VAN HALEN and current CHICKENFOOT singer Sammy Hagar has commented on the passing of his former bandmate Ronnie Montrose (MONTROSE, GAMMA), who died yesterday (Saturday, March 3) after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 64 years old.

    Said Hagar in a statement posted on his official web site: "Ronnie Montrose gave me my first break as a songwriter, as a frontman, as a recording artist, as a touring artist, and for that I will always be grateful.

    "I was looking forward to a reunion for my birthday bash in Cabo with Denny [Carnassi, drums], Bill [Church, bass] and Ronnie — one of the few bands from that era where all four original members were still able to do it.

    "It's a shame to lose Ronnie and I'm so sorry for his loved ones. Rest in peace."
    This is the most putrid thing I've ever read. Fucking guy dies and Hagar uses it as a chance to discuss each of his "job skills." Not to mention his god damn birthday party.

    I expect NOTHING LESS from this below-average talent with less class than South Central on a Saturday afternoon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yount View Post
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    March 6, 2012 11:45 AM ET


    On my 65th, on October 13th, I was planning on coming out with Montrose, doing the whole first album, then going in with my other band, and then bringing Chickenfoot out. I was going to try to [cover] my whole four decades for the fans that night, without nobody knowing.
    BWAHAHAHA!!! Of course no one would know--no one's heard any of those songs!

    Fuck--four decades of Hagar rock! What a treat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    BWAHAHAHA!!! Of course no one would know--no one's heard any of those songs!

    Fuck--four decades of Hagar rock! What a treat!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Catfish (@fuckhagar): Who?

    Stop man....I'm in tears. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Catfish (@fuckhagar): Who?

    HAHAHAHAHA! Had to quote that twice man. Hilarity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sadaist View Post
    HAHAHAHAHA! Had to quote that twice man. Hilarity.
    LOL!! God dammit I hate Hagar!!!!!!

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    Seriously... I'd rather suck my uncle's dick than listen to Chickenfeet.

    That's right!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Seriously... I'd rather suck my uncle's dick than listen to Chickenfeet.

    That's right!

    Damn...that's serious hate.



    I'd need to see a picture of said uncle before I'd go that far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    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!!!!
    Damn, fish. If someone distilled all your hate for Hagar and put it in a bottle...

    Oh, wait - we already have the piss called Cabo Wabo Tequila.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zing! View Post
    Damn, fish. If someone distilled all your hate for Hagar and put it in a bottle...

    Oh, wait - we already have the piss called Cabo Wabo Tequila.

    I don't particularly like tequila anyhow. It's way too sweet. Sure I've done the shots with salt & lime while partying with friends.....but I'll take Kentucky Bourbon over Tequila any day of the week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sadaist View Post
    I don't particularly like tequila anyhow. It's way too sweet. Sure I've done the shots with salt & lime while partying with friends.....but I'll take Kentucky Bourbon over Tequila any day of the week.
    I'm more of an Absolut guy, but Petron Gold is pretty good stuff. Cabo isn't worth the money - plus I can see Sammy pissing a squirt in every single bottle, so his adoring red heads can soak themselves in the red rocker's alien DNA.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Zing! View Post
    Damn, fish. If someone distilled all your hate for Hagar and put it in a bottle...

    Oh, wait - we already have the piss called Cabo Wabo Tequila.
    Zing! you always understood me.

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    As usual, Sammy is full of shit. Van Halen was Van Halen long before they met Ted Templeman,and it was Dave who named the goddamn band. Also, every song that appears on Van Halen's first album was already written long before the album was recorded, most of them played in club gigs for years, and previously recorded on various demo tapes. I think "Jamie's Cryin'" was the only thing they specifically wrote for the album. So no, he had nothing to do with the length or tempo of the songs.

    Ted was a producer, and a damn good one, which is evident on the Montrose album as well as the 6 pack, and hell, he even managed to make "F.U.C.K." almost tolerable, though the fact that he was never willing to work with either Sammy Hagar or Eddie Van Halen again after that, really speaks volumes.

    BTW, really classy as usual, Bette.....supposedly paying tribute to your dead friend Ronnie, and you still gotta get in the digs at Van Halen. Nice going, douchebag.
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    Because Van Halen had such an extensive back catalog of songs, I figured Ted may have come into the studio and said, "OK, uptempo songs, fairly short in length, like Montrose. Whadda you boys got?"

    Not saying that VH were at all influenced by Montrose, but maybe more the recording techniques with hints to song structure and tempo that Montrose may have used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sadaist View Post
    I don't particularly like tequila anyhow. It's way too sweet. Sure I've done the shots with salt & lime while partying with friends.....but I'll take Kentucky Bourbon over Tequila any day of the week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Seriously... I'd rather suck my uncle's dick than listen to Chickenfeet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    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!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    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 ?

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    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."

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by kwame k View Post
    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?
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