Mean (album)

Mean
Studio album by Montrose
Released 1987
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length 37:50
Label Enigma
Producer Ronnie Montrose
Montrose chronology

Jump On It
(1976)		 Mean
(1987)		 -
Ronnie Montrose chronology
Territory
(1986)		 Mean
(1987)		 The Speed Of Sound
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Kerrang! [2]

Mean is the fifth and final album by the band Montrose. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.

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 film RoboCop (1987).[3]

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

  1. "Don't Damage the Rock" (Ronnie Montrose) 5:06
  2. "Game of Love" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) 2:57 Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders cover
  3. "Pass It On" (Montrose, Johnny Edwards, James Kottak) 3:37
  4. "Hard Headed Woman" (Montrose) 3:50
  5. "M for Machine" (Montrose) (3:59)
  6. "Ready, Willing, and Able" (Montrose) 4:19
  7. "Man of the Hour" (Montrose) 4:23
  8. "Flesh and Blood" (Montrose, Edwards, Kottak) 4:36
  9. "Stand" (Montrose) 4:46

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Franck, John. "Montrose Mean review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  2. ↑ Oliver, Derek (28 May 1987). "Montrose 'Mean'". Kerrang! 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. p. 13.
  3. ↑ anti-m.com - MONTROSE-MEAN