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Mountain
US hard rock band
United States • b. 1969-01-01
Mountain is credited on 25 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
25
Pressings credited
19
Albums
6
Decades active
134
In collections
Biography
Mountain was an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969. Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and drummer N. D. Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing), the group disbanded in 1972, but reunited on several occasions prior to West's death in 2020. They are best known for their 1970 smash hit song "Mississippi Queen", which remains a staple of classic rock radio, as well as the heavily sampled song "Long Red", and their performance at Woodstock Festival in 1969. Mountain is one of many bands commonly credited with influencing the development of heavy metal music during the 1970s. The group's musical style primarily consisted of hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal. The beginning of the live recording of their song "Long Red" has become one of the most sampled drum breaks in hip hop, sampled in over 700 songs by artists such as EPMD, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Kanye West, the Game, among many others. Songs using the sample include Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and Kanye West's "The Glory".
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Credited work
25 releases · 19 albums · active 1975–2026
- Performance · 18
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Right Track Recording · Baseline Studios · Duck Studios, MD · Soho Music Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- A Tribe Called Quest
- De La Soul
- Ben Westbeech
- W.A.S.P.
- Iron Maiden
- Knightsbridge
- BPMD
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