^Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, p674, Mountain, Rolling Stone Press, U.S., 2001. The group's name is widely believed to have been inspired by West's then-considerable physical bulk, although he subsequently lost a lot of weight. Initially the group did not feature a keyboardist, but one was later added to the band to keep them from seeming like a كريم imitation.
^Fischler, Marcelle S. "Nascent Hall of Fame to Welcome First Honorees"., نيويورك تايمز, October 15, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2007. "Dee Snider of Stony Brook, the shock-rocker from the 1980s heavy metal band Twisted Sister, known for his defiant metal anthem We're Not Gonna Take It, and Leslie West of the band Mountain, who grew up in East Meadow, Lawrence and Forest Hills, are also being inducted." "نسخة مؤرشفة". مؤرشف من الأصل في 2018-02-13. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2019-04-25.{{استشهاد ويب}}: صيانة الاستشهاد: BOT: original URL status unknown (link)
