Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson
( August 5th, 1947 – September 21st. 2026)
was an Australian
rock singer,
songwriter,
television personality
and actor.
He was best known
as the lead vocalist
and the longest-tenured
remaining member
of the Australian
hard rock band
from 1976.
He was also a
past member
of rock bands
Buster Brown
and
The Party Boys.
As a solo artist,
he was best known
for his debut single,
"Suddenly"
(1987),
which achieved international success
peaking at number 2
on the Australian
Music Report,
number 31 on
the Belgian Ultratop 50,
number 11
on the
New Zealand
Singles Chart,
number 3
on the Irish
Singles Chart,
number 69
on the Netherlands
Singles Chart
, and number 3
on the
UK Singles Chart,
respectively.
On Australia Day
January 26th 1993,
Anderson was made a
a Member of the Order of Australia
for his role as a
youth advocate.
According to rock music historian
Ian McFarlane,
"over the course of a lengthy career,
[the] gravel-throated vocalist ...
has gone from
attention-grabbing,
rock'n'roll bad boy
to all-round Australian media star."
Rose Tattoo
were inducted into the
Australian Recording
Industry Association
(ARIA)
Hall of Fame in 2006.
Blood from Stone
is the second
and final
studio album
by Australian hard rock singer
credited as Angry.
The album was
released in
September 1990
a and peaked at
number 35
on the
ARIA Charts.
Reception
Steve Mascara
gave the album
4/5 and said
There's songs about glory,
motorbikes,
girls,
bars and fights,
tempered with the
odd social
conscience ditty,
of course."
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