(Image swiped from the official Rose Tattoo web site)Not a good week for guitarists. Rose Tattoo's lead guitarist Pete Wells passed on this week, succumbing to prostate cancer. If you've only heard of Rose Tatoo referred to as lesser cousins of AC/DC then I'd suggest you give them a listen. Rose Tattoo were more comparable to Motorhead, lumped into heavy metal even though they were more like amped-up classic Stones and Chuck Berry riffage. Their songs centered around more real concerns than the endless sexual innuendos of AC/DC and were also notable for Wells' extensive use of slide guitar. Wells started out in Buffalo, an interesting proto-metal band that I'll post about soon. After their breakup in the mid-'80s Wells continued with his own band playing more traditional blues material. Like all bands, they reformed for a bit recently and put out a live album but really their first three albums are all you'll need. I thought I had more rarities but I only have some radio live tracks from 1976 when Ian Rilen (who soon left to form X) was still in the band. So, I'll offer up some of my favorite tracks.
You Really Got Me (Live)
(From Rose Tattoo)
Remedy
T.V.
(From Assault & Battery)
Magnum Maid
Suicide City
There's a great fan site here.
10 comments:
very sad news.
hey g,i'd agree the first 3 lps are essential but how could you forget PAIN from a few years back?
if you havent heard it ,its a more than decent album more like the early stuff on quite a few tracks
than some of the 'metally' stuff they did after the first three lp's.
love your blog,keep it comin'.
I just heard about this yesterday! It's tragic. Rose Tattoo are a very much underrated band.. their fisrt LP is a classic!
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