Angry Anderson looks rough as guts but he’s actually one of the nicest blokes you could ever meet. He does a lot of charity work for children and young people. Hard to believe he’s now 75 years old.
Saw the tatts at caringbah hotel in january 2023 only paul the drummer and angry from original line up great show last saw them bombay rock 1982. My hearing came back next day LOL
@@yorumsfield556 gotta be some copyright thing goin on. Can't believe bad boy for love, rock n roll outlaw, and then some other less well known songs reactrd to but no WCBB at all?? Doesn't make sense at all.
the only tune that gave ac/dc a run for its money in that era i recon *although years later i can appreciate the rest of rose tattoos body of work much better as an adult
The film clip when they are in wrecker's yard. It would be one of their mate's businesses. Prolly got out the Sanyo camcorder to record the clip. So bogan. So Western Sydney. I've also searched and can't believe it hasn't been reacted to.
In 2006/7 when Lobby Loyde was dying of lung cancer, there was a farewell tour and Billy Thorpe joined him, having a long history together. I went to their gig at the Pier Hotel in Frankston, Victoria and it was a powerful performance. Ironically, Billy passed before him. Lobby played with the Aztecs for a bit, and also played bass in Rose Tattoo for a while
Although I'm not a fan of this type of music I respect Angry Anderson (Gary Stephen) for the way he has turned his life around. He came from an abusive family background, had bad role models, acted up and got himself into trouble. While playing in bands he met his wife ( later getting divorced) and had children who became the centre of his world and were the catalyst for his positive change. Angry became an advocate for youth, social and charity issues. He was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for this. He also had parts in films, was in the media and wrote a book about his life. Angry also became spiritually orientated in his approach to life. I'm so glad that you had the bonus track with the legendary Billy Thorpe and his fabulous guitar playing. Yes, he was a fantastic loud rocker but you should hear him with his crystal clear voice singing ballads. He does the most beautiful singing of the classic, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow', and 'I Told The Brook'. Also a psychedelic, long-play, 'Children of the Sun.'
You've made every bogan in Oz very happy , me included. Edit his name is Gary Anderson. In an earlier band he wore a purple or pink jumpsuit and wore his hair like Dave Hill from Slade . Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.
Feral working class uncouth unsophisticated yobbos with mullet hairdos, low income, unemployed like a redneck but usually dwelling in the outer suburbs or cities. (probably how the English view all Australians LOL). Watch Housos v Authority for an exaggerated stereotype. @@TheThamesmen
So true. But sometimes they are better performances when older and better resourced. Would you rather see John Farnham sing "Help" with the Melbourne Symphonic Orchestra, or see him do "Sadie, The Cleaning Lady"?
Guns 'n' Rose's actually were influenced by Aussie Pub Rock. They listened to the Tatts, AC/DC, The Angels etc. Angry ( Gary) Anderson was in a band prior to the Tatts with Phil Rudd from AC/DC, called Buster Brtown. Please react to them in Aussie week 5. Good on ya lads! Also, I believe this band deserves to be on the same pedestal as AC/DC. The version of Rose Tattoo that were in the second video I saw at Bathurst Leagues Club. They were touring with Gunners & Skid Row that year. Fucking awesome gig!
I saw the Tatts supporting ZZ Top for their tour of Oz in the mid 80s - they were bloody brilliant. Angry Anderson may only be a little fella, but he's got a huge presence on stage.
He’s played with Dragon, Keith Urban, SheDaisy, Avion, Rodney Crowell, Rose Tattoo, to mention a few and as you say, Shania Twain. He doesn’t play with her anymore. He’s based in Australia these days. I went to the same fellowship group as he did. Fun fact- he was actually born with 12 fingers and had two removed. He was already an outstanding guitarist by his late teens.
So did I. They were as good as ZZTop who were going through the motions ( good motions). The Tatts never play that way and were a shock to some of the crowd. Angry was going full boar.
Yeah, the bonus track was much more representative of the Tatts at their heights. The big guy with the smoke in his gob was Pete Wells, and man could he play. (RIP) Most of the original band members are dead, if ever a band lived up to the "play hard, die young" moniker it was the Tatts. Guns & Roses covered a few Rose Tattoo songs, & Slash said once that they were the band he wished he'd been in. Apologies for having a crack at you about the first video, but it really wasn't representative of the Rose Tattoo I remember. I was lucky enough to see them live maybe 5 or 6 times, and I'm pretty confident they were a major factor in my ongoing issue with tinnitus to this day. Wild, wild band, these boys didn't just look tough, they were blokes you did not want to ever mess with.
Rose Tattoo were banned from the legendary " LIVE " music show ' COUNTDOWN " when Angry, physically exchanged his chewing gum orally with a Band member.
Pete Wells(RIP) was a great slide player. He had his own band & a tattoo shop near me in the 1990 - 2000s . He played the Empire Hotel in Annandale on Friday nights.
I second more Billy the Sunbury footage is great and there’s black and white footage of a gig at Melbourne town hall that opens with the house pipe organ playing. Amazing.
Is it just me - or do our aussie musicians, singers, tend to share and work alot better - even when two huge talents come together - and create at such a great height equal to their own performances
Angry was also an actor in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome He was the guy who had a head on a stick with it towering over him. watch that last concert video Live at the Boggo jail
Rose Tattoo was probably the first Australian blues/rock band I ever heard. Up until then, I had only listened to American blues. The "Tatts" might not have been as note perfect as some of the famous American blues artists of their time, nor were their songs steeped in the painful history that often frames American blues. However, Rose Tattoo had an edge to them I hadn't heard before, which was in itself formed from an Australian version of the school of hard knocks. If you only heard The Tatts on an album, you would say that they were pretty good, but it was in their live performances that they became a legendary act. Rose Tattoo really personified the Aussie Pub Rock era. They may not be the best band to come out of Australia, but late in a festival, when the crowd was well-lubricated, Rose Tattoo could whip them into a heaving, frothing mob. And that is perfection.
One of the nicest men I have meet, so down too earth so loving and so pleasant to talk too. I had the honour of bumping into him in Sydney and he spent about 15 minutes just chatting with me, so TY Angry for all the music and Thank You for being the wonderful man you are and all the work you do for others. Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶
Ok you got me, I've subscribed...😃! Rapid fire thoughts on the 'Tatts. 1...this is a later iteration, to be revered nonetheless. 2...The first 'Tatts gig that I went to at Sydney's Bexley North pub, I didn't realise that the first bloke that I set eyes on, standing at the bar with back to the door, was Angry. I knew the music, but that night I acquired the knowledge that Angry was only about 5ft 2in tall. 3...The guy playing the slide licks in this clip is Dai Pritchard, a latter day stalwart of balls out guitar in Oz. I know that he was giving guitar instruction locally at the time of the following tale. My son and his mate were getting lessons at this time, from Dai I suspect, loving their lessons and improving by leaps and bounds, until the other guy's mom went to pick them up one day, and promptly yanked her son from the lessons because she "didn't like the look of the place" where the teacher lived. (It probably smelled like rock and roll😄) Upon losing this powerful influence on his guitar skills, my young fella went on to be a handy bass player. 4...As for myself, my brief sally into pub rock here in Oz in the late '70s never got any better than when setting up for a Saturday night in Sydney's west, backstage we found a discarded invoice from the 'Tatts gig at that venue the night previous. Already sporting a heavy rep. and about the time they recorded their first album, they had played for a pissy 100 bucks more than us. We were worth our money...they definitely got Rose Tattoo dirt cheap. ✌
Great song, great Band, back in the day Angry was mad, used to leap off the stage and punch on with the crowd. Live at Boggo Road Jail is well worth seeing.Crazy Rock band playing to the inmates in High Security Prison, they dont do that anymore.
Haha, no they don't play in prisons anymore. Fun fact, Boggo Road is now a kind of museum where you can take tours to see how hard prison was back then, and there will be a train station at Boggo Road in the new Cross-River Rail project under construction right now.
Angry has also done some acting most famously as Ironbar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. But he is also famous for being a big contributor of time to charity work helping young people
An absolute ripper Aussie song is Axiom with the incredible Brian Cadd singing A Little Ray of Sunshine. Also Gingerman by Brian Cadd and Sweet Sweet Love by the wonderful Russel Morris.
@@TheThamesmen Was such an amazing time in my life 🌟⭐🌟 All three band's were brilliant.. ZZ Top was so very in sync and the visuals were spectacular 🚘🌈
I will have to put The Screaming Jets into the loudest band calculations as well. I can't remember the exact venue (it was either the Jam Club in Morwell, or the Astrodome in Traralgon (both close to one another in Victoria, they were both smallish venues). I honestly don't think I have heard a louder band. My ears are still ringing from The Jets performance that night.
@@MickH60 Hey Mick, no, I never had the privilege of seeing Motorhead live, that would have been awesome though. Music misses Lemmy so much. We need more songwriters who can kick your guts out, while moving your heart, sometimes at the same time. Thanks for your message, I am so inspired now, I am off to watch some Motorhead.
Great musos and real showmen. So glad I grew up through this time. I saw the Tatts at Blacktown RSL and first few notes they blew the fuses, hahaha. Great show. Also recommend Kevin Borich.
You guys covered the " Cosmic Psycho's " yet ? Now, there is an Aussie band if ever there was one. Doc.on them called " Blokes you can trust " Worth a watch 👍🇦🇺
for your next Aussie week or any time really please please do Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun if you do turn up your headies up to 11 it is a complete eargasm and it WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
Angry may seem like the bad boy but he is the biggest softy ever. His gives so much of himself to charity, especially after losing his son to mindless violence.
I saw them quite a bit in early 80’s. One stinking hot night at a gig in Brunswick (Melbourne), me with friends up the front, Angry dumped a bucket on water over us. Sweaty, wet, dancing, a great night 🪣
Angry Anderson is one of the nicest guy you will find. My son has special needs and Angry made my son's day by having a chat. My son even has a photo of them together.
I was at the Adelaide gig when they supported ZZtop in the 80s still one of the best gigs I've been to. Excellent video and choice once again 👏. Oh and the Angels " take a long line" for Aussie week 5 so remind Chris lol his choices so far are brilliant 👏.
They were brilliant 1 of my top 10. Enjoy getting lost down the rabbit hole of Aussie music you guys do excellent videos so supporting you is a no brainer.
They didnt call him Angry Anderson for nothing, he was known to jump down from the pub stage and knock out hecklers cold then climb back up onto the stage and continue where he left off. But for many decades now he completely mellowed out and does amazing work with childrens charities and trying to steer men down the right tracks in life. He does a lot of small ongoing parts in many aussie TV Series, Namely playing the angry chapter house motorbike leader in Housos and Fat Pizza.
That version of Going Down is arguably the best rock video/performance I have ever seen. Watched it many times. One of the great Rose Tattoo lineups plus Billy Thorpe. All three guitarists taken by health issues far too young - Pete Wells and Mick cocks from cancer and Billy Thorpe heart issues. Saw the Tatts last month in a pub here. Angry 76 years old and an excellent lineup incl;uding the drummer from these clips. Still powerhouses playing with tremendous intensity. The Bad Boy clip is actually one of their worst with a short lived lineup. Check out anything from Wakken Festival in Germany for some real Rose Tattoo or Tramp from the D'Arg Hotel last year.
Seen them as a support act to ZZ Top at Sufers Paradise, with the Angles, great live act, he lives up to his nickname on stage, Angry! He gave it to the crowd on many occasions that night. To his credit he was always creating support for charity.
I didn’t recognize their name, but I sure remembered this song! Ah, sweet nostalgia... I listened to this in my 1965 Barracuda, with an especially nice girl beside me! 🏎
suburban and inner city (lout) gang culture was massive back then when all the major citys were still pretty much blue collar industrial manufacturing hubs with a proper pub culture
Rose Tattoo is a favourite band of mine. I have seen them live 15 times this is my favourite track of theirs. Check out Angry Anderson solo hit Suddenly a totally different genre
Angry does a lot of charity work these days but I think he was pretty wild back in the day 😄 Aussie Chris is doing a great job, he needs to get you onto Skyhooks, a great band from the 70's & ahead of their time (IMO).
The 'Rosie Tatts', as we often call them, are straight-out hard driving rock. Their lead singer Angry Anderson has aired some controversial social views over the years, but seems to be mellowing in his dotage. As for Billy Thorpe ... RIP legend!
The fantastic Angry Anderson, or as he's known now, as he's aged disgracefully is "Slightly Annoyed" Anderson🤣. Hit No 3 on the UK charts in 88 with the ballad "Suddenly". He's also an actor and has appeared in many Aussie films and tv shows. He also starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Funnily enough, he's run for election in politics for The National Party which is as about as conservative as you can get in mainstream politics in Australia. They make the US Republicans look like liberal, skinny jean-wearing, latte-drinking hipsters in comparison😁. Funny how he joined the Nationals as he's a serious leftie. A fantastic guy..............love him to death.
Really wish you guys would listen to studio recordings first. This gig was something like 40 years after the band was at their peak, and while they still had plenty of fire, it does not do justice to the blistering elements of them as younger, hungrier, wilder.
Peter - Here's the truth. We ain't that young or pretty.... having a vid to watch is better than us, see our point: We also like to see live, so we have something to watch. That's why. we are two middle-aged men, who are probably self conscious but love music.
@@TheThamesmen Ah. Yes. Very fair point, as someone who shares your demographic status, I understand. I suppose I'm a bit protective of the music of my yoof, and hope that others experiencing it for the first time hear it at its best.
Angry was in a band called Buster Brown with AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd. They played a girls school dance in Melbourne and Angry had the girls lined up waiting for a kiss from him. 😊
I miss seeing bands like the tatts, they also did a really good cover of Stevie Wright's song black eyed bruiser. But hey, has everyone forgotten one our best pub bands, who never disappointed us with their high energy performances, the radiators? Some of their best songs were I'm coming home (their first hit, but only in Oz), summer holiday, Nancy can't dance, radiation - all from their first album. But I just love one of their later songs life's a gamble.
Australian rock and roll music is amazing. A treat for you two to enjoy is Mental As Anything's version of Rock and Roll Music. There is nothing in the world as Australian as that version. Complete with cockatoos, the Harbour Bridge, Australian taking the p* ss humor, and fabulous music: ua-cam.com/video/ZYW5PHqBwgM/v-deo.html
You should watch early footage of the original rose Tattoo, the singer is the only original member here.... If you get the chance watch Rose Tattoo the butcher and fast Eddie in 1982, brilliant..... PS, the wife and I have see that "Tatts" probably over 20 times, half of those times with another great Aussie band the Angels...
Angry Anderson looks rough as guts but he’s actually one of the nicest blokes you could ever meet. He does a lot of charity work for children and young people. Hard to believe he’s now 75 years old.
He sure is a sweet gentle soul.
75? Angry has got two tours left in him.
Hes a great bloke now, but he used to be a Lunatic, his word not mine.
met him, he was an arsehole
I was going to write this, but Judy, you've said all.
Aussie week 4 and no Angels ! They were the kings of pub rock. "Take a Long Line", Comin' Down, Shadow Boxer etc. etc.
Maybe Aussie Week 5?
The weeks not over 🤷🏼♂️
R.I.P. Thorpie and Peter Wells.
RIP. Thanks for supporting us, and more Aussie music soon!!
Saw the tatts at caringbah hotel in january 2023 only paul the drummer and angry from original line up great show last saw them bombay rock 1982. My hearing came back next day LOL
Never been a better Aussie rocker than Thorpie.
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My fave Rose Tattoo song would be We can't be beaten. It's got such grit. Dirty rock at it's best. 👍🇦🇺
I'm dumbfounded as to why no one has reacted to We Can't be beaten. Arguably there most famous/best song. An absolute Aussie rock anthem.
Hands down their best song. And I've suggested it heaps of times and still no reaction. Maybe one day hey! 👍
@@yorumsfield556 gotta be some copyright thing goin on. Can't believe bad boy for love, rock n roll outlaw, and then some other less well known songs reactrd to but no WCBB at all?? Doesn't make sense at all.
the only tune that gave ac/dc a run for its money in that era i recon *although years later i can appreciate the rest of rose tattoos body of work much better as an adult
The film clip when they are in wrecker's yard. It would be one of their mate's businesses. Prolly got out the Sanyo camcorder to record the clip. So bogan. So Western Sydney. I've also searched and can't believe it hasn't been reacted to.
Lol you guys are hilarious Angry Anderson is his name 1993 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his role as a youth advocate
And thirty years later disgraced himself by championing Pauline Hanson, go figure
@@gloryglory5688 ikr? Bonkers Straya, we're standing in it
@@gloryglory5688 retard
This might might sense to you. The reason you've found so many rabbit holes listening to Aussie music is we have something like 200 million rabbits.🤣
In 2006/7 when Lobby Loyde was dying of lung cancer, there was a farewell tour and Billy Thorpe joined him, having a long history together. I went to their gig at the Pier Hotel in Frankston, Victoria and it was a powerful performance. Ironically, Billy passed before him. Lobby played with the Aztecs for a bit, and also played bass in Rose Tattoo for a while
Although I'm not a fan of this type of music I respect Angry Anderson (Gary Stephen) for the way he has turned his life around. He came from an abusive family background, had bad role models, acted up and got himself into trouble. While playing in bands he met his wife ( later getting divorced) and had children who became the centre of his world and were the catalyst for his positive change. Angry became an advocate for youth, social and charity issues. He was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for this. He also had parts in films, was in the media and wrote a book about his life. Angry also became spiritually orientated in his approach to life.
I'm so glad that you had the bonus track with the legendary Billy Thorpe and his fabulous guitar playing. Yes, he was a fantastic loud rocker but you should hear him with his crystal clear voice singing ballads. He does the most beautiful singing of the classic, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow', and 'I Told The Brook'. Also a psychedelic, long-play, 'Children of the Sun.'
The Tatts! Now we're talking! Btw as poms i'm surprised you dont remember Angry - he sang the song for Scott & Charlene's wedding on Neighbours! :)
Top 3 hit for angry with suddenly back in 1988 here in the UK. Saw Rose tattoo down in Birmingham on their European tour few years ago 🇦🇺
You've made every bogan in Oz very happy , me included. Edit his name is Gary Anderson. In an earlier band he wore a purple or pink jumpsuit and wore his hair like Dave Hill from Slade . Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.
Whats a Bogan? Thanks for supporting us, and more Aussie music soon!!
@@TheThamesmen think working class and proud , with a little bit of Chav or Redneck just for the he'll of it.
@@TheThamesmen Bogan - working class and proud.
@The Thamesman probably the equivalent to americas version of a red neck, salt of the earth working class people as stated above.
Feral working class uncouth unsophisticated yobbos with mullet hairdos, low income, unemployed like a redneck but usually dwelling in the outer suburbs or cities. (probably how the English view all Australians LOL). Watch Housos v Authority for an exaggerated stereotype. @@TheThamesmen
listen to all of these guys when they were young! ... you keep getting them as fossils!
So true. But sometimes they are better performances when older and better resourced. Would you rather see John Farnham sing "Help" with the Melbourne Symphonic Orchestra, or see him do "Sadie, The Cleaning Lady"?
@@lencooke944 Forget Farnham. I want to see Tatts with Pete Wells on slide.
@@warrenbridges1891 I would agree
@@lencooke944 Also saw him live playing bass for Buffalo. Those were the days.
Awesome! You really should listen to ‘We Can’t Be Beaten’ sometime, it’s a Pub Rock anthem.
Guns 'n' Rose's actually were influenced by Aussie Pub Rock. They listened to the Tatts, AC/DC, The Angels etc. Angry ( Gary) Anderson was in a band prior to the Tatts with Phil Rudd from AC/DC, called Buster Brtown. Please react to them in Aussie week 5. Good on ya lads! Also, I believe this band deserves to be on the same pedestal as AC/DC. The version of Rose Tattoo that were in the second video I saw at Bathurst Leagues Club. They were touring with Gunners & Skid Row that year. Fucking awesome gig!
Gunners did a cover of "Nice Boys"
G n R's were heavily influenced by fuckn Chisel too
Billy rocked so hard !
SOOOOOOO HARD
I saw the Tatts supporting ZZ Top for their tour of Oz in the mid 80s - they were bloody brilliant. Angry Anderson may only be a little fella, but he's got a huge presence on stage.
Billy Thorpe , the legend. RIP.
He was great on that bonus track
The guitarist is Randall Waller, who now plays with Shania Twain. Apart from Angry, no members of that lineup were original Tatts.
The second clip was closer to the original lineup.
He’s played with Dragon, Keith Urban, SheDaisy, Avion, Rodney Crowell, Rose Tattoo, to mention a few and as you say, Shania Twain. He doesn’t play with her anymore. He’s based in Australia these days. I went to the same fellowship group as he did. Fun fact- he was actually born with 12 fingers and had two removed. He was already an outstanding guitarist by his late teens.
"scarred for life" was another big classic back then
Saw Rose Tattoo when they supported ZZTop in 87, blew everyone away.
Saw them as support to ZZTop in 86.... awesome night
So did I. They were as good as ZZTop who were going through the motions ( good motions). The Tatts never play that way and were a shock to some of the crowd. Angry was going full boar.
A legendary Aussie band, caught them years ago, checking out Aussie bands you go down a rabbit hole, amazing
I think we're gonna need another aussie week 🥵
SUB AND WE WILL :) Thanks for supporting us, and more Aussie music soon!!
Yeah, the bonus track was much more representative of the Tatts at their heights. The big guy with the smoke in his gob was Pete Wells, and man could he play. (RIP) Most of the original band members are dead, if ever a band lived up to the "play hard, die young" moniker it was the Tatts. Guns & Roses covered a few Rose Tattoo songs, & Slash said once that they were the band he wished he'd been in. Apologies for having a crack at you about the first video, but it really wasn't representative of the Rose Tattoo I remember. I was lucky enough to see them live maybe 5 or 6 times, and I'm pretty confident they were a major factor in my ongoing issue with tinnitus to this day. Wild, wild band, these boys didn't just look tough, they were blokes you did not want to ever mess with.
Thanks Peter- Be well an have a fab weekend
More of the awesome sound of Alberts.
Easybeats, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, just to name a few.
Rose Tattoo were banned from the legendary " LIVE " music show ' COUNTDOWN " when Angry, physically exchanged his chewing gum orally with a Band member.
Pete Wells(RIP) was a great slide player. He had his own band & a tattoo shop near me in the 1990 - 2000s . He played the Empire Hotel in Annandale on Friday nights.
so cool.... maybe you could do some Billy Thorpe at Sunbury Music festival...Oopoopadoo..... he really rocks......
I second more Billy the Sunbury footage is great and there’s black and white footage of a gig at Melbourne town hall that opens with the house pipe organ playing. Amazing.
So glad to see Rose Tattoo getting there time in the light 🌹
Tatts were the house band for the Hells Angels "Annual Conference" at Broadford so Alex wasn't far wrong!
Great to see a pioneer of Aussie music Billy Thorpe. What a star
Oh hell YES - love the Tatts. As a kid in the '70s, Angry was the first person I saw with THAT MANY tattoos.
NW THEY ARE EVEERYWHERE....Thanks for supporting us, and more Aussie music soon!!
Is it just me - or do our aussie musicians, singers, tend to share and work alot better - even when two huge talents come together - and create at such a great height equal to their own performances
Where Aussie's mate we share everything 👍 but yea your right been some great coming togethers over the years
I agree %100 mate
its not a competition with Aussie muso's, they just get better together.
Always rocked above and beyond in cooperation with one another
I went to a concert in late 80's where Rose Tattoo, Angels and ZZ TOP played absolutely awesome full of bikers
Zz!!!!
We never really rated Thorpie as a guitarist in Oz , but , by god , he always had a ball with one around his neck.
Angry was also an actor in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome He was the guy who had a head on a stick with it towering over him. watch that last concert video Live at the Boggo jail
I just love the blues rock of this song 🤗
Angry did a lot of charity work and segments for the midday show on disadvantaged to try and hight light and help set up charity programs
He’s also a racist hillbilly, so……
Angry goes well. Saw them at Caulder Park Melbourne with Guns and Roses. Messy day and night that one.
It's Calder
Rose Tattoo was probably the first Australian blues/rock band I ever heard. Up until then, I had only listened to American blues. The "Tatts" might not have been as note perfect as some of the famous American blues artists of their time, nor were their songs steeped in the painful history that often frames American blues. However, Rose Tattoo had an edge to them I hadn't heard before, which was in itself formed from an Australian version of the school of hard knocks.
If you only heard The Tatts on an album, you would say that they were pretty good, but it was in their live performances that they became a legendary act. Rose Tattoo really personified the Aussie Pub Rock era. They may not be the best band to come out of Australia, but late in a festival, when the crowd was well-lubricated, Rose Tattoo could whip them into a heaving, frothing mob. And that is perfection.
That's beautifully written Len, should get you to do the notes instead of the nuffy that does!
@@christhecurator I think you do a fantastic job Chris.
Alex looks like BRAINS from THUNDERBIRDS with those glasses.
One of the nicest men I have meet, so down too earth so loving and so pleasant to talk too. I had the honour of bumping into him in Sydney and he spent about 15 minutes just chatting with me, so TY Angry for all the music and Thank You for being the wonderful man you are and all the work you do for others.
Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶
Our pleasure! HAVE A FAB WEEKEND. Thanks for supporting us, and more Aussie music soon!!
OMG I remember seeing the Tatts in some of the dodgiest gigs in Sydney during the 80’s, they always tore the roof off !!
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Ok you got me, I've subscribed...😃! Rapid fire thoughts on the 'Tatts.
1...this is a later iteration, to be revered nonetheless.
2...The first 'Tatts gig that I went to at Sydney's Bexley North pub, I didn't realise that the first bloke that I set eyes on, standing at the bar with back to the door, was Angry. I knew the music, but that night I acquired the knowledge that Angry was only about 5ft 2in tall. 3...The guy playing the slide licks in this clip is Dai Pritchard, a latter day stalwart of balls out guitar in Oz. I know that he was giving guitar instruction locally at the time of the following tale. My son and his mate were getting lessons at this time, from Dai I suspect, loving their lessons and improving by leaps and bounds, until the other guy's mom went to pick them up one day, and promptly yanked her son from the lessons because she "didn't like the look of the place" where the teacher lived. (It probably smelled like rock and roll😄) Upon losing this powerful influence on his guitar skills, my young fella went on to be a handy bass player.
4...As for myself, my brief sally into pub rock here in Oz in the late '70s never got any better than when setting up for a Saturday night in Sydney's west, backstage we found a discarded invoice from the 'Tatts gig at that venue the night previous. Already sporting a heavy rep. and about the time they recorded their first album, they had played for a pissy 100 bucks more than us. We were worth our money...they definitely got Rose Tattoo dirt cheap. ✌
Great stories and welcome. Great to have you here
Great song, great Band, back in the day Angry was mad, used to leap off the stage and punch on with the crowd. Live at Boggo Road Jail is well worth seeing.Crazy Rock band playing to the inmates in High Security Prison, they dont do that anymore.
Haha, no they don't play in prisons anymore. Fun fact, Boggo Road is now a kind of museum where you can take tours to see how hard prison was back then, and there will be a train station at Boggo Road in the new Cross-River Rail project under construction right now.
COOL!!
Angry has also done some acting most famously as Ironbar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. But he is also famous for being a big contributor of time to charity work helping young people
seen them in Newcastle Mayfair way back
Angry used to hit his head with the mic until it bled
i touched his chrome dome at the gig : )
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@@TheThamesmen don't forget the Cosmic Psychos lads
can't come in is right up there : )
More Aussie pub rock from my teens we had our own punk and ska scene with some greats as well
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An absolute ripper Aussie song is Axiom with the incredible Brian Cadd singing A Little Ray of Sunshine. Also Gingerman by Brian Cadd and Sweet Sweet Love by the wonderful Russel Morris.
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Sweet sweet love is one of my all time fave songs! And a little ray of sunshine... is utterly gorgeous.
I had the privilege of seeing these guys live along with The Angels and ZZ Top in the 80s at the Gold Coast speedway 🤘🤘
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@@TheThamesmen Was such an amazing time in my life 🌟⭐🌟 All three band's were brilliant.. ZZ Top was so very in sync and the visuals were spectacular 🚘🌈
two of the loudest aussie band i have seen live . seen rose tattoo many times billy Thorpe only once latter in his career he blew me away.
I will have to put The Screaming Jets into the loudest band calculations as well. I can't remember the exact venue (it was either the Jam Club in Morwell, or the Astrodome in Traralgon (both close to one another in Victoria, they were both smallish venues). I honestly don't think I have heard a louder band. My ears are still ringing from The Jets performance that night.
Clue is in the name?
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@@lencooke944 You never saw Motorhead then !!! The start of my 40 year romance with tinnitus...!!!
@@MickH60 Hey Mick, no, I never had the privilege of seeing Motorhead live, that would have been awesome though. Music misses Lemmy so much. We need more songwriters who can kick your guts out, while moving your heart, sometimes at the same time.
Thanks for your message, I am so inspired now, I am off to watch some Motorhead.
Just do an Aussie month ..
I'm an Aussie ..
There's plenty of great Aussie bands from the 70s 80s and 90s
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Great musos and real showmen. So glad I grew up through this time. I saw the Tatts at Blacktown RSL and first few notes they blew the fuses, hahaha. Great show. Also recommend Kevin Borich.
You guys covered the " Cosmic Psycho's " yet ? Now, there is an Aussie band if ever there was one. Doc.on them called " Blokes you can trust " Worth a watch 👍🇦🇺
for your next Aussie week or any time really please please do Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun if you do turn up your headies up to 11 it is a complete eargasm and it WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
I used to see Gary "Angry" down at my local fruit and veg shop.
Go Angry!!!! ❤️
Angry may seem like the bad boy but he is the biggest softy ever. His gives so much of himself to charity, especially after losing his son to mindless violence.
I saw them quite a bit in early 80’s. One stinking hot night at a gig in Brunswick (Melbourne), me with friends up the front, Angry dumped a bucket on water over us. Sweaty, wet, dancing, a great night 🪣
Angry Anderson sang ‘Suddenly’ for Scott and Charlene’s wedding in Neighbours 😂❤
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yep , they opened for Guns & Roses Australian tour in 1990, the Sydney concert was epic......
Can only imagine
Angry Anderson is one of the nicest guy you will find. My son has special needs and Angry made my son's day by having a chat. My son even has a photo of them together.
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I was at the Adelaide gig when they supported ZZtop in the 80s still one of the best gigs I've been to. Excellent video and choice once again 👏.
Oh and the Angels " take a long line" for Aussie week 5 so remind Chris lol his choices so far are brilliant 👏.
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They were brilliant 1 of my top 10. Enjoy getting lost down the rabbit hole of Aussie music you guys do excellent videos so supporting you is a no brainer.
They didnt call him Angry Anderson for nothing, he was known to jump down from the pub stage and knock out hecklers cold then climb back up onto the stage and continue where he left off.
But for many decades now he completely mellowed out and does amazing work with childrens charities and trying to steer men down the right tracks in life.
He does a lot of small ongoing parts in many aussie TV Series, Namely playing the angry chapter house motorbike leader in Housos and Fat Pizza.
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That version of Going Down is arguably the best rock video/performance I have ever seen. Watched it many times. One of the great Rose Tattoo lineups plus Billy Thorpe. All three guitarists taken by health issues far too young - Pete Wells and Mick cocks from cancer and Billy Thorpe heart issues. Saw the Tatts last month in a pub here. Angry 76 years old and an excellent lineup incl;uding the drummer from these clips. Still powerhouses playing with tremendous intensity. The Bad Boy clip is actually one of their worst with a short lived lineup. Check out anything from Wakken Festival in Germany for some real Rose Tattoo or Tramp from the D'Arg Hotel last year.
Thanks mates..... Love it....Well done....
Glad you enjoyed it
Assault and battery is my favourite Tats song.
Seen them as a support act to ZZ Top at Sufers Paradise, with the Angles, great live act, he lives up to his nickname on stage, Angry! He gave it to the crowd on many occasions that night. To his credit he was always creating support for charity.
Nice. Must have been a fun night
I was there too. The last concert at the Surfers race track.
I didn’t recognize their name, but I sure remembered this song! Ah, sweet nostalgia... I listened to this in my 1965 Barracuda, with an especially nice girl beside me! 🏎
Classic Aussie Rock! Magnificent
That was a nice stroll down the old dirt track.
Should check out Deep Water by Richard Clapton with Jimmy Barnes.
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i worked with his brother , best chef ever
Fantastic! Loved it 😍
Unsure if mentioned in comments below but Angry Anderson also sang the wedding song for TV Neighbours and starred in Mad Max: Thunderdome.
See them a few times in the early 80s and at Reading rock festival, they were great live.
I was there at Reading. George
It was a proper rock festival then, 1981 they had the Kinks, Budgie (loved Budgie) Alex Harvey, wishbone ash, it was great back then.
@@kenhewitt7357 Reading was Rock
That's the bikie gang leader of The Hunters from the TV show Houseos, you would call it Social Housing. Yes I've only seen them at bikie clubhouses
The Spinal Tap album you speak of is "Smell the Glove." I get some heavy George Thoroughgood vibes from this band.
Smell the glove!!! Bobby Mc flay
Billy Thorpe mamma live on gtk this was in late sixtys very impressive
It's was EXHAUSTING going to a Tatts concert! That solid guitar all night. Your head hurt and ears vibed for days. Fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it!
suburban and inner city (lout) gang culture was massive back then when all the major citys were still pretty much blue collar industrial manufacturing hubs with a proper pub culture
Rose Tattoo is a favourite band of mine. I have seen them live 15 times this is my favourite track of theirs. Check out Angry Anderson solo hit Suddenly a totally different genre
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Angry does a lot of charity work these days but I think he was pretty wild back in the day 😄
Aussie Chris is doing a great job, he needs to get you onto Skyhooks, a great band from the 70's & ahead of their time (IMO).
Yes to Skyhooks! "Living in the 70s" is a must-listen for our two favourite transplanted Londoners.
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Angry is one of nature’s wonderful human beings.
The 'Rosie Tatts', as we often call them, are straight-out hard driving rock. Their lead singer Angry Anderson has aired some controversial social views over the years, but seems to be mellowing in his dotage. As for Billy Thorpe ... RIP legend!
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yep & and that was many years from when they started rockin Aussie pubs and blowing people away
The fantastic Angry Anderson, or as he's known now, as he's aged disgracefully is "Slightly Annoyed" Anderson🤣. Hit No 3 on the UK charts in 88 with the ballad "Suddenly". He's also an actor and has appeared in many Aussie films and tv shows. He also starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Funnily enough, he's run for election in politics for The National Party which is as about as conservative as you can get in mainstream politics in Australia. They make the US Republicans look like liberal, skinny jean-wearing, latte-drinking hipsters in comparison😁. Funny how he joined the Nationals as he's a serious leftie. A fantastic guy..............love him to death.
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Really wish you guys would listen to studio recordings first. This gig was something like 40 years after the band was at their peak, and while they still had plenty of fire, it does not do justice to the blistering elements of them as younger, hungrier, wilder.
Peter - Here's the truth. We ain't that young or pretty.... having a vid to watch is better than us, see our point: We also like to see live, so we have something to watch. That's why. we are two middle-aged men, who are probably self conscious but love music.
@@TheThamesmen Ah. Yes. Very fair point, as someone who shares your demographic status, I understand. I suppose I'm a bit protective of the music of my yoof, and hope that others experiencing it for the first time hear it at its best.
P.S. Pete Wells in older recording; authentic and brutal. A real star.
Great love band, I used to sing there covers, Angry is An Awesome dude
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The roses in Guns & Roses were named after Rose Tattoo, so no wonder they were chosen to support Guns & Roses.
Freddie King recorded Goin' Down.Don Nix wrote the song........And thanks for reacting to this cover.
The Yoda of Aussie Rock....
Ha!😀
Angry was in a band called Buster Brown with AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd. They played a girls school dance in Melbourne and Angry had the girls lined up waiting for a kiss from him. 😊
very cool!!!
The guy on the left looks like Parker from The Thunderbirds
That's your original Tatts line-up. RIP Pete Wells & Mick Cocks
I miss seeing bands like the tatts, they also did a really good cover of Stevie Wright's song black eyed bruiser.
But hey, has everyone forgotten one our best pub bands, who never disappointed us with their high energy performances, the radiators? Some of their best songs were I'm coming home (their first hit, but only in Oz), summer holiday, Nancy can't dance, radiation - all from their first album. But I just love one of their later songs life's a gamble.
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The Tatts!
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Australian rock and roll music is amazing. A treat for you two to enjoy is Mental As Anything's version of Rock and Roll Music. There is nothing in the world as Australian as that version. Complete with cockatoos, the Harbour Bridge, Australian taking the p* ss humor, and fabulous music: ua-cam.com/video/ZYW5PHqBwgM/v-deo.html
You should watch early footage of the original rose Tattoo, the singer is the only original member here.... If you get the chance watch Rose Tattoo the butcher and fast Eddie in 1982, brilliant..... PS, the wife and I have see that "Tatts" probably over 20 times, half of those times with another great Aussie band the Angels...
You could see where bad to the bone was inspired by this 70’s song