AVH Book?

[Little Intruder]

The Beatles were a force of nature.

Again, we come to the food pyramid of hard rock.

When all is said and done, there's the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Stones. All else, stems back to them. Beatles got the pop, Zep got the heavy, Stones got the blues.

Nobody else has even come close.

VS, the UK had some of the best but we had Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Doors, Eagles, Aerosmith and Van Halen just to name a few.

[CaboChris]

Elvis "Trumps" all.

[Little Dreamer]

Elvis "Trumps" all.

Elvis was a performer, and a great one, but he didn't write anything. You can't compare that to the Beatles.

[CaboChris]

Elvis was a performer, and a great one, but he didn't write anything. You can't compare that to the Beatles.

Ffs dude. Im not trying to debate this shit. I just gave some love to the GOAT. Not trying to compare anything

[James in New York]

[Rokgtar]

The first time I ever heard of Montrose was in this book.

They were just non existent on the East coast. Never mentioned nor played on the radio.






Published in 1981

Never played Montrose in the mid Atlantic either for some reason. Sammy solo got a lot more airplay.

[EJC]

The Beatles were a force of nature.

Again, we come to the food pyramid of hard rock.

When all is said and done, there's the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Stones. All else, stems back to them. Beatles got the pop, Zep got the heavy, Stones got the blues.

Nobody else has even come close.

I'm going to throw YES in here... They got the progressive



Maybe even Chicago... No other rock band was using a 4 piece horn section... That said, both bands were so unique I don't think they spawned anything... Old school Yes and Chicago were stand alone bands...

[edwardv]

Never played Montrose in the mid Atlantic either for some reason. Sammy solo got a lot more airplay.

Baltimore FM was a Montrose free zone. One college station played them in the beginning.

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[Brett]

I think it’s pretty interesting that their first album sold a million copies considering all you guys didn’t know who they were. And I didn’t really know who they were until I was older. When Sammy got into Van Halen I just assumed he was a guy who was a solo dude. I had no idea he had been in a band before.

But looking back now, there is a clear line from Montrose to Van Halen. There are a lot of similarities between the two bands. And like I said a lot of that probably came from Ted Templeman producing them similarly. He definitely used Montrose as a template.

[CaboChris]

That said, both bands were so unique I don't think they spawned anything... Old school Yes and Chicago were stand alone bands...

That was The Who.

Name ONE band who sounded like them. You can sound like Zep, Beatles, and Stones. Not The Who.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

I think it’s pretty interesting that their first album sold a million copies considering all you guys didn’t know who they were. And I didn’t really know who they were until I was older. When Sammy got into Van Halen I just assumed he was a guy who was a solo dude. I had no idea he had been in a band before.

But looking back now, there is a clear line from Montrose to Van Halen. There are a lot of similarities between the two bands. And like I said a lot of that probably came from Ted Templeman producing them similarly. He definitely used Montrose as a template.

I have loved that first Montrose album for as long as I can remember.

[EJC]

That was The Who.

Name ONE band who sounded like them. You can sound like Zep, Beatles, and Stones. Not The Who.

Hold up I forgot about Pink Floyd... I mean I used to watch Pompeii every week. I don't know if I can trace that whack shit back to anything...

[bklynboy68]

I think it’s pretty interesting that their first album sold a million copies considering all you guys didn’t know who they were. And I didn’t really know who they were until I was older. When Sammy got into Van Halen I just assumed he was a guy who was a solo dude. I had no idea he had been in a band before.

But looking back now, there is a clear line from Montrose to Van Halen. There are a lot of similarities between the two bands. And like I said a lot of that probably came from Ted Templeman producing them similarly. He definitely used Montrose as a template.

But remember, that album went platinum years later. It was in the cut out bins by the late 70’s.

[Brett]

But remember, that album went platinum years later. It was in the cut out bins by the late 70’s.

I find it hard to believe it magically started selling a billion copies later on. It must’ve done fairly decently early on.

I think you guys are being a little unfair because it’s Sammy. The album seems like it was pretty well-respected from the beginning.

And no offense, Brook, but you didn’t even know who they were for years, so how do you know exactly what it sold in the beginning?

[CaboChris]

I find it hard to believe it magically started selling a billion copies later on. It must’ve done fairly decently early on.

Brook will find any angle to minimize that album's impact.