Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

"'Bad Motor Scooter" performed here in 1974 was the second track from the album Montrose by the band of the same name. It, along with "Rock Candy" was arguably the best known song more...by the band, Montrose, with lyrics penned by frontman Sammy Hagar. It comes in with a phase-shifting guitar that sounds like a motorcycle. It had been that guitar sound that became the defining component of the song. When the song was conceived before this guitar sound, the band and Ted Templeman were not impressed because they thought it was missing something to make it stand out. Ronnie Montrose stumbled upon it while messing with a slide and fuzz box one day in the studio. Ronnie played his guitar in open D tuning, Montrose improvised what became the motorcycle sound while Templeman and engineer Donn Landee kept him going while they failed to get the tape rolling. The sound became the most recognizable feature of the song.

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[ultrahippe854]

You say Jonas Brothers-I say AC/DC You say Taylor Swift-I say Ozzy Osbourne You say Soulja Fag-I say Black Sabbath You say Miley Cyrus-I say Guns N' Roses You say 50 Cent-I say Van Halen You say Eminem-I say MONTROSE You say Bushido-I say Rammstein You say rap-I say rock You say pop-I say METAL 92% of kids have turned to rap,pop,& hip hop. If your one of the 8% who like to headbang and disturb the peace copy and paste to 6 montrose videos. If you hit spam your not a real rocker!

[unclelight]

Those first two Montrose albums-the best stuff SH ever did!

[windblownduke66]

I Agree and I'm only 13

[EdgePitSwing]

eXcalibur sent me here.

[luv24real]

Listening to this song puts a smile on my face every single time.

[dannypaice]

one of my 70's faves the self-titled album.

[slash177]

Does anybody know if the band performed another song on the OGWT? This is the only T.V footage I have ever seen of the Hager fronted Montrose.

[GIMMESHELTER50]

FUCK YES! 1974 SOPHOMORE @ MISSION SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL, FREMONT, CA. ZEPPELIN, TROWER, STONES, WHO, SABBATH, MONTROSE, AEROSMITH, NUGENT, DAY ON THE GREENS, SMOKING THAI STICKS, HASH OILS, AND MY DAD'S 1970 FIREBIRD FORMULA!!!

[mrgb46]

@theShowStopper321  That's strange because Sammy wasn't playing the guitar...interesting..

[25soundguy]

@clocktime11 yeah eight tracks were a bitch. had to buy all the good stuff again on Cassette and then again on CD

[25soundguy]

@clocktime11 yeah eight tracks were a bitch. had to buy all the good stuff again on Cassette and then again on CD

[clocktime11]

burned this one up on eight track...til cassette then burned some more