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Denny Carmassi is an American drummer. Carmassi was an original member of Montrose, along with Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose, and Bill Church, and also played with Montrose while Bob James was the band's singer, and has also played with Sammy Hagar as a solo artist. He has also played with Heart, Coverdale/Page, Whitesnake and David Coverdale. Montrose was the original Californian hard rock band, pioneering the kind of short and punchy songs that would be a template for later and more successful bands such as Van Halen. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ronnie Montrose, (born November 29, 1947 in Denver, Colorado) is an American guitarist. ... Bill Church was the bassist on the first Montrose album. ... Heart is an American rock band which came out of Interlake High School in Bellevue, Washington. ... Coverdale-Page is an album by Jimmy Page and Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, released by Geffen Records on March 27, 1993. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
When Montrose left Winter to form his own hard rock outfit, Montrose, Church was recruted along with singer Sammy Hagar and DennyCarmassi on drums.
After Hagar left Montrose to start his solo career, Church rejoined the singer for eight studio albums from "Nine On A Ten Scale" (1976) to "VOA" (1984) until Hagar left to front Van Halen.
Nicknamed "Electric", Church, along with Ronnie Montrose and DennyCarmassi had a "Montrose" reunion on Hagar's "Marching To Mars" CD (1997) on the song "Leaving The Warmth Of The Womb."
Below is a list of some of the projects that Denny has worked on over the years.
There may be a few more, but, this is about all I can think of off hand.
Denny also played on Gamma2, Gamma3, Gamma 4, and while with Heart he played on "Passionworks", "Heart", " Bad Animals", "Brigade" and "Desire Walks on"
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