Rose Tattoo are an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson. Originally formed in Sydney in 1976, their sound can be described as blues-based, street-level, hard rock, evident in songs such as, “Bad Boy for Love”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw”, “Nice Boys”, “We Can’t Be Beaten” and “Scarred for Life”.

Their first four albums were produced by Harry Vanda and George Young who also worked with AC/DC.

They disbanded in 1987, subsequently reforming briefly in 1993 to support Guns N' Roses on an Australian tour. They reassembled again from 1998 and have since released two more studio albums.

These musicians can be considered ‘artist’s artist’, as they are revered by many fellow rock bands. Their songs have been covered by Guns N' Roses, L.A. Guns, Keel, Nashville Pussy, Motosierra, Pud Spuke, Helen Schneider, Skrewdriver, and even the Uruguayan band, The Knight’s, to name a few.

According to Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane, Rose Tattoo are “one of the most revered bands of all time. The Tatts played peerless, street-level heavy blues with the emphasis on slide guitar and strident lyric statements”.

Seven former members have died, including four of the early recording line-ups: Dallas Royall (1991), Peter Wells (2006), Ian Rilen (2006), Lobby Loyde (2007), Mick Cocks (2009), Neil Smith (2013) and John Meyer (2020).

On 16 August 2006, Rose Tattoo was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.

Current Member of Rose Tattoo are:

Angry Anderson – lead vocals (1976–1987, 1992–1993, 1998–present)
Paul DeMarco – drums (1992–2016, 2021-present)
Mark Evans – bass guitar (2017–present)
Mick Arnold – slide guitar (2022-present)
Ronnie Simmons – guitar (2022-present)

Former Members of Rose Tattoo have included:

Peter Wells – slide guitar, bass guitar (1976–1983, 1992–1993, 1998–2006; died 2006)
Michael “Stork” Vandersluys – drums (1976)
Leigh Johnston – guitar, backing vocals (1976)
Ian Rilen – bass guitar, vocals (1976–1977, 1998; died 2006)
Mick Cocks – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (1976–1982, 1992–1993, 1998–2000, 2005–2009; died 2009)
Dallas “Digger” Royall – drums (1976–1983; died 1991)
Gordon “Geordie” Leach – bass guitar (1977–1979, 1980–1984, 1992–1993, 1999, 2007-2013)
Chris Turner – guitar (1977)
Neil Smith – bass guitar (1979; died 2013)[25]
Lobby Loyde – bass guitar (1979–1980; died 2007)
Robin Riley – guitar (1982–1983, 2000–2005, 2010–2011), slide guitar (2005-2006)
John Meyer – slide guitar (1983–1985; died 2020)
Greg Jordan – guitar (1983–1985)
Scott Johnston – drums (1983–1987)
Robert Bowron – drums (1982)
Tim Gaze – slide guitar (1985–1987)
Andy Cichon – bass guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals (1985–1986)
Jake Lardot – guitar (1987)
Rick Melick – keyboards (1987)
Steve King – bass guitar (2000–2007)
Randall Waller – guitar (2016)
John Watson – drums (2017-2018)
Jackie Barnes – drums (2018–2019)
Dai Pritchard – guitar (2007–2021)
Justin Ngariki – drums (2019–2021)
Bob Spencer – guitar (2017–2022)

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Rose Tattoo are an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, which formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life".