Released 1987 Mean
(1987) - Release date 1987 Label Enigma Records | Length 37:50 Artists Montrose, Ronnie Montrose Producer Ronnie Montrose Genres Hard rock, Glam metal | |
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Mean
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Mean is the fifth and final album by the California-based hard rock band Montrose and released in 1987. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.
Contents
According to Ronnie Montrose, singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak were still officially in the band Buster Brown at the time of the recording of Mean. They later played together in the first line-up of the band Wild Horses.
Guitarist Ronnie Montrose and bassist Glenn Letsch played together in the band Gamma both before and after this album.
It features the song "M for Machine" which was written as a potential song for the 1987 American cyberpunk action film RoboCop, directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Drummer James Kottak would go on to join the original line-up of hard rock/glam metal band Kingdom Come, remaining with that band during their most commercially successful period, prior to reconnecting with Edwards in Wild Horses. After leaving Wild Horses, Edwards became the frontman for Foreigner on their 1991 album, Unusual Heat.
Track listing
- "Don't Damage the Rock" (Ronnie Montrose) – 5:06
- "Game of Love" (Clint Ballard, Jr. / Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders cover) – 2:57
- "Pass It On" (Montrose, Johnny Edwards, James Kottak) – 3:37
- "Hard Headed Woman" (Montrose) – 3:50
- "M for Machine" (Montrose) – (3:59)
- "Ready, Willing, and Able" (Montrose) – 4:19
- "Man of the Hour" (Montrose) – 4:23
- "Flesh and Blood" (Montrose, Edwards, Kottak) – 4:36
- "Stand" (Montrose) – 4:46
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Don't Damage the Rock5:09
2Game of Love2:59
3Pass It On3:39