Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Gary "Angry" Anderson, frontman of Rose Tattoo, an Australian icon. Passed away at age 79, in hospital in Germany of cardiac arrest, while on tour.
He lived loud and hard, never held back, said what was in his heart, and was never far from controversy for one reason or another. But inside the little bloke was a very kind person.
I recall back in the 80's when he played a crummy below-ground dive venue in East Sydney that was about the size of half a tennis court, with about a hundred punters shoulder to shoulder. The wall of amps and the Tatts were down one end, Angry started screaming, and they turned it up way past 11. There was nowhere for the sound to go but through you. The roof nearly came off the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ place three floors above! Only time I heard them live...I barely lived through it. Onya, mate.
www.theguardian.com
He lived loud and hard, never held back, said what was in his heart, and was never far from controversy for one reason or another. But inside the little bloke was a very kind person.
I recall back in the 80's when he played a crummy below-ground dive venue in East Sydney that was about the size of half a tennis court, with about a hundred punters shoulder to shoulder. The wall of amps and the Tatts were down one end, Angry started screaming, and they turned it up way past 11. There was nowhere for the sound to go but through you. The roof nearly came off the ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ place three floors above! Only time I heard them live...I barely lived through it. Onya, mate.
Angry Anderson dies aged 79: Rose Tattoo frontman was a ferocious rock ’n’ roll singer and youth advocate
The singer, songwriter, actor and advocate, who has died following a cardiac arrest while touring in Europe, kept his band’s flame burning until the end
www.theguardian.com
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