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Angry Anderson AM is an Australia n Rock Singer , Television Presenter / Reporter and Actor . He is best known as the vocalist with the Hard Rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his charity work. On Australia Day , 1993 , he was awarded an Order of Australia for his role as a youth advocate. BIOGRAPHY Born Gary Anderson on 5 August 1947 in Melbourne , he first came to notice as the singer with Buster Brown, a band he fronted between 1973 and 1975 . Along with himself, the original line-up also featured Drummer Phil Rudd , who would leave the group in 1974 to join AC/DC and also with Paul Grant as guitarist who still plays locally in Melbourne. Buster Brown released an album, ''Something to Say'', in 1975 before disbanding the same year. Rose Tattoo had been formed by Peter Wells of the Heavy Metal band Buffalo . Anderson replaced the group's original singer Tony Lake and when drummer Michael Vandersluys departed soon afterwards, he was replaced by Dallas Royal, who had been Rudd's replacement in Buster Brown. Anderson led Rose Tattoo for six studio albums until disbanding the group in ''. By this time Anderson had established himself as an advocate on social issues and made regular appearances on the Channel Nine program '' A Current Affair '' as a human interest reporter. In 1987 he had his biggest hit when the ballad "Suddenly" from the ''Beats from a Single Drum'' album was used as the wedding theme for the '' Neighbours '' episode in which the popular characters Charlene Robinson And Scott Robinson married. The track reached #1 in Australia and # 3 in Britain . ''Beats from a Single Drum'' had been planned as Anderson's debut solo release but had been billed as a Rose Tattoo album due to contractual obligations however after the success of "Suddenly" it was re-released in 1988 as an Angry Anderson album. With the dissolution of Rose Tattoo, Anderson pressed on with a solo career, releasing the album ''Blood From a Stone'' in 1990 that produced the hit single "Bound For Glory". He performed this song during the pre-match entertainment at the AFL Grand Final between Hawthorn and West Coast , appearing on top of a Batmobile . In the early years of the 2000s he participated in and organised a string of charity events. In 2002 Anderson played with former members of The Angels at the ''Bali Relief'' concert in Perth, Western Australia , held in aid of victims of the Bali Bombing . Today, Anderson is a single father of four, and lives in Sydney . Having lost four former bandmates (Royal, Wells, Ian Rilen and Lobby Lloyde ) to various forms of cancer, Anderson is now an advocate for men's health. He currently appears in a TV campaign information campaign about Prostate Cancer . CONTROVERSY In July, 2007, Angry Anderson was criticised for comments he made about Muslim assimilation in Australia . |
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