Mountain (band)

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Mountain
Mountain 2016 (Phil Baker, Joe Venti and Corky Laing)
Mountain 2016 (Phil Baker, Joe Venti and Corky Laing)
General information
Genre (s) Hard rock
founding 1969
Website http://www.mountainrockband.com/
Founding members
Leslie West
Vocals, bass
Felix Pappalardi († 1983)
Steve Knight († 2013)
Laurence "Corky" Laing
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Phil Baker
Vocals, bass
 Joe Venti
Vocals, drums
 Laurence "Corky" Laing
former members
bass
 Mark Clarke (1985-?)
bass
 Rev Jones

The hard rock formation Mountain was founded in 1969 in New York following the release of Leslie West's LP of the same name .

Band history

In addition to Leslie West (* 1945), Felix Pappalardi (1939–1983), Steve Knight (1935–2013) and Corky Laing took part in a project that saw itself as the successor to the legendary group Cream . Pappalardi was previously the producer of Cream's last three albums before that group split up. The band performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 . The successor group of Mountain, West, Bruce & Laing , had from 1972 with the bassist Jack Bruce (1943-2014) a former Cream musician.

On April 17, 1983, Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife Gail Collins after an argument.

Mountain has been reformed several times, e.g. B. in 1985 with bassist Mark Clarke (formerly Colosseum and Uriah Heep ). The band changed its composition several times during the 1980s and 1990s and still exists today with the current line-up Phil Baker (guitar, vocals), Corky Laing (drums) and Joe Venti (bass, vocals). Mountain's repertoire today consists of both the classics of the late 1960s and early 1970s and new numbers. Leslie West is no longer there for health reasons.

style

Many pieces of the band were on the one hand characterized by extreme volume and heavily distorted guitar solos by West, on the other hand they also played lyrical ballads, which were carried by the soft voice of Pappalardi. Gail Collins contributed a number of texts as well as individual cover drafts.

Discography

Albums

  • Leslie West - Mountain (1969)
  • Mountain Climbing (1970)
  • Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
  • Flowers of Evil (1971)
  • Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)
  • Best of (1973)
  • Avalanche (1974)
  • Twin peaks (1974)
  • Go for your life (1985)
  • Over the Top (Best Of) (1995)
  • Blood of the Sun 1969-1975 (1996)
  • Super Hits (1998)
  • Man's World (1996)
  • King Biscuit - Live Greatest Hits (2000)
  • Flowers of Evil - Best (1969–1974, Zounds , all tracks digitally remastered)
  • Mystic Fire (2002)
  • On the Mark (2002)
  • High (2002)
  • The Best of Mountain [with Felix Pappalardi] (2003)
  • Eruption (2005)
  • Got Blooze (2005)
  • Masters of War (2007)

Official bootleg series

  • Live at Canadian Festival Express; June 28, 1970 (2005)
  • Live Fillmore East December 27, 1970 (2005)
  • Live at Swing Auditorium, December 20, 1971 (2005)
  • Live at Ludwigsberg, April 28, 1996 (2006)
  • Live at Shepherds Bush, Sep 17, 1997 (2005)
  • Live Capitol Theater, New Jersey (2005)
  • Brandwine Club, Live 1981 (2005)
  • Live in Karlshamn, Sweden 1994 (2005)
  • Olympic Auditorium, Live 1970 (2005)
  • Live from Woodstock August 16, 1969 (2005)
  • Live at Pineknob Theater 1985 (2005)

DVDs

  • Sea of ​​Fire (2002)
  • From the Front Row ... Live (2004)
  • Live In Texas (2005)

Web links