ROSE TATTOO Frontman Angry Anderson - "I'm In A Bus With A Bunch Of Smelly Guys, Playing In A Rock Band Five Or Six Nights A Week - Do We Enjoy It? Yes, Probably More Than Ever"
May 20, 2008, 16 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Rod Bennett Expressadvocate.com.au:
For ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson the rigours of touring can be tough on family life but enjoyable all the same.
"I'm in a bus with a bunch of smelly guys, playing in a rock band five or six nights a week," he said. "Do we enjoy it? Yes, probably more than ever."Anderson turned 60 last year and shows no signs of entering a nice genteel retirement.
"I think the time a bloke starts thinking about it (turning 60) is when he goes through a mid-life crisis," the father of four adult children said."Men might think, 'Oh, what have I done, what can I do, what have I missed?' We all know the cliche: they break out and buy a Harley Davidson
"I did all that when I was 20."
Anderson did a lot of things in his 20s, much of it was fuelled by a troubled childhood that involved domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse.
He was born Gary Anderson in Coburg, Melbourne, and grew up in a home with a domineering and violent father.
As a result of that he got into alcohol and drugs and began singing in a rock 'n' roll band.
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