|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 5,824
|
Ronnie Montrose passes
dddaaaayyymmm. Got on his Bad Motor Scooter and left!
 Legendary American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died earlier today (Saturday, March 3) after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 64 years old. Montrose's official web site has been updated with the following message: "A few months ago, we held a surprise party for Ronnie Montrose's 64th birthday. He gave an impromptu speech, and told us that after a long life, filled with joy and hardship, he didn't take any of our love for granted. "He passed today. He'd battled cancer, and staved off old age for long enough. And true to form, he chose his own exit the way he chose his own life. We miss him already, but we're glad to have shared with him while we could." In a September 2011 interview with North County Times, Montrose revealed that he didn't pick up his guitar for two years following his cancer diagnosis. "I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating," he said. "I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I was seeing the light at the end of the recovery tunnel and was going to live pain-free, I realized again that it was a fun little instrument to play." He added, "I've blocked all my health issues out of my mind. That's a portion of my life that I'm done with. Now, I can't wait for every day to come so I can wake up and plug in. I'm up there entertaining myself and my playing is stronger than ever, because my excitement is back." Ronnie Montrose always followed his heart. Ever anxious to take his music to the next level, in 1979 he founded the trailblazing band GAMMA, a group whose trio of ahead-of-their-time albums were an explosion of guitar and synthesizer pyrotechnics anchored by a bluesy edge. Between and beyond these band forays, Montrose the player devoted himself to exploring instrumental guitar music on landmark albums like "Open Fire" and "The Speed Of Sound". Fans periodically clamored for another taste of the original MONTROSE power trio format, but he wouldn't revisit MONTROSE — that huge, heavy sound; those rich, pealing riffs — until the time came when he could do it with total conviction.
__________________
'85 911. White - 53,000 miles bought 3-16-07. "Casper" '88 924S. Blue - 120k miles bought with 105k miles. '94 968 Coupe - White - 108,000 miles bought 9-28-17 '09 Cayman - Grey - bought 9-8-20 |
||
03-04-2012, 12:32 AM
|
|
|
Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 19,039
|
Well that sucks. RIP Ronnie.
__________________
"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
||
|
03-04-2012, 02:20 AM
|
|
|
19 years and 17k posts...
|
Rip...
__________________
Art Zasadny 1974 Porsche 911 Targa "Helga" (Sold, back home in Germany) Learning the bass guitar Driving Ford company cars now... www.ford.com |
||
|
03-04-2012, 05:27 AM
|
|
|
In the shop at Pelican
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 10,459
|
RIP.
Montrose's first album will always be a classic. |
||
|
03-04-2012, 06:18 AM
|
|
|
19 years and 17k posts...
|
When I was learning how to play the drums, I would listen to that album with my Koss headphones on and rock! I don't know how my poor mother survived!
__________________
Art Zasadny 1974 Porsche 911 Targa "Helga" (Sold, back home in Germany) Learning the bass guitar Driving Ford company cars now... www.ford.com |
||
|
03-04-2012, 07:21 AM
|
|
|
Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 19,039
|
One of my faves from that album . . . .
__________________
"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
||
|
03-04-2012, 07:30 AM
|
|
|
|
Capitalist and Patriot
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Freedomville
Posts: 1,923
|
This sucks! What a Monster Guitar Player!
As a guitar player learning to play in the early 80s you had to know the bad moto scooter riff (and song). Great blues player along with the likes of Gary Moore. They both will be missed.. Get on your Bad moto scooter and Ride.... Ride..... Ride....
__________________
Former Test driver & Production Manager Singer Vehicle Design 2009 Cayenne GTS, '81 911SC RoW Targa (lot's of goodies), '86 535csi, '84 633 csi (turbo charged-sold)  , '68 912 Targa (sold) , '69 911E (sold) "Dream it, Believe it, Decide it, DO it " |
||
|
03-04-2012, 02:12 PM
|
|
|
In the shop at Pelican
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 10,459
|
|
||
|
03-04-2012, 05:18 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 45
|
R.I.P.
The guitar at the beginning of Space Staion #5 just might be "the" definitive tone of hard rock guitar.
__________________
dhc 87 911 14 Cayman 17 Boxster S |
||
|
03-04-2012, 05:26 PM
|
|
MazdaSpeed3
