NICE BOYS
DON'T PLAY
ROCK N' ROLL
THE OTHER BAND
FROM DOWN UNDER
Rose Tattoo
is the debut
self-titled album
by
Australian
Hard Rock band
released in
November 1978
on the
Albert Productions label.
It was produced by
the famous
Vanda & Young team
who have worked with
AC/DC,
The Angels
and
Stevie Wright.
The album was released
as
Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw
(or Rock 'n' Roll Outlaws)
in some markets.
Background
Rose Tattoo
formed in Sydney
in 1976
by
Pete Wells
who wanted
a tough
slide guitar
based band.
They recorded their
debut single,
"Bad Boy for Love"
with
on
lead vocals,
Mick Cocks
on
rhythm guitar,
Ian Rilen
on
bass guitar,
Dallas "Digger" Royall
on
drums
and
Peter Wells
on slide guitar
during mid-1977.
Rilen,
the song's writer
departed to
form
punk rock group,
X,
prior to its release
in October 1977.
The single was
produced by
Vanda & Young
ex-The Easybeats,
AC/DC's
producers
and peaked at No. 19
on the
Australian Kent Music
Report Singles Chart.
To cover
Rilen's departure,
Cocks switched to
bass guitar,
then
Chris Turner
(ex-Buffalo)
was brought in
Anderson's
one-time bandmate,
bass guitarist
Geordie Leach
was recruited
to replace Turner
and record their
self-titled debut LP,
Rose Tattoo,
which reached
the top 40
on the
Australian Kent Music
Report Albums Chart
in November 1978.
The album,
produced by
Vanda & Young,
was released in
some markets as
Rock N' Roll Outlaw
from their second
Australian single,
"Rock N' Roll Outlaw"
which did not reach
the top 50.
Leach left
the band
in May 1979
to be replaced
in October
by guitarist
Lobby Loyde
(Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries).
The band toured
the United States,
recorded an
unreleased album
in Los Angeles,
and then toured
Europe
(including UK),
but by September
Loyde had left
and Leach
had returned.
Early in 1981,
"Rock N' Roll Outlaw"
started to chart
in Europe,
peaking at No. 2
in France,
No. 5
in Germany
and
No. 60
in UK.
The line up of
Anderson,
Cocks,
Leach,
Royall
and
Wells
toured Europe
from April.
Three years after
their debut
the band issued
the follow-up album,
Assault & Battery
in September,
which reached
the top 30
in Australia.
Both
Rock N' Roll Outlaw
and
Assault & Battery
peaked at No. 1
on the
UK heavy metal
albums chart
TRACK LIST
Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw
Nice Boys
The Butcher and Fast Eddy
One of the Boys
Remedy
Bad Boy for Love
T.V.
Stuck on You
Tramp
Astra Wally
Never Too Loud
I Had You First
Fightin' Sons
Snow Queen
Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw
(live)
Bad Boy for Love
(live)
Rock 'n' Roll Is King
(live)
Suicide City
(live)
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