Montrose

== Info ==
Hard rock band whose lead vocalist was Sammy Hagar, who went on to controversially replace David Lee Roth in metal band Van Halen. They are best known for their hit Rock Candy. Founder Ronnie Montrose had also worked with The Edgar Winter Group and Herbie Hancock. With Edgar Winter he performed on his instrumetnal hit Frankenstein. Influenced Iron Maiden. Called the "American version of Led Zeppelin". Performed with The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Peter Frampton, Yes, Rush, Eagles, Journey, and Aerosmith. Ronnie Montrose suffered a near fatal drug overdose, which led him to become an anti-drug and alcohol activist, which he applied to his band by requiring them to avoid drugs and alcohol while on stage. Band member Denny Carmassi went on to join Night Ranger. James Cotak went on to join Scorpions. Ronnie Montrose featured Mick Brown of Dokken on stage as well as Bobby Blotzer of Ratt. Their music was featured in film and is often covered by Def Leppard. Ronnie Montrose has claimed that any artists he's featured has wanted to play Rock Candy. These include Slash from Guns N Roses and Lemmy from Motörhead. He performed the song with Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates.
== Genres ==
Hard rock
Category:Hard Rock
Category:Seventies