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Ronnie Montrose

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Musician

The Resume

    (November 29, 1947-March 3, 2012)
    Born in Denver, Colorado
    Guitarist
    Member of the bands Sawbuck (1969-70), the Edgar Winter Group (1972), Montrose (1972-76,1987), Gamma (1979-83,2000) and Rail (1985)
    Recorded the solo albums 'Open Fire' (1978), 'Territory' (1986), 'The Speed of Sound' (1988), 'The Diva Station' (1990), 'Mutatis Mutandis' (1991), 'Music from Here' (1994), 'Mr. Bones' (1996), 'Roll Over and Play Live' (1999) and 'Bearings' (1999)

Why he might be annoying:

    He ran away from home at 16 and spent time in reform schools and juvenile jails for 'the usual stuff: burglary, car theft and bad-check cashing.'
    He was rumored to have been offered a chance to become lead guitarist of Mott the Hoople when he left Edgar Winter's band, but he later said that never happened.
    He is better remembered for giving Sammy Hagar his big break than for his own music.
    He said about Hagar, 'I fired him from the Montrose band for the same reasons that I left the Edgar Winter Group.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    'Guitar Player' wrote, 'If you had a gang of friends who were crazy into guitars in 1973, you could be absolutely certain of one thing: that every single one of them was playing the grooves out of the first Montrose album.'
    He apparently buried the hatchet with Hagar, as he and the other original members of Montrose were special guests at several of Hagar's concerts (2004-05).
    During his last tour, at the end of the concert he would sign a guitar and auction it off, with the proceeds going to a local charity (2011).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 84 Votes: 53.57% Annoying