Assault & Battery (Rose Tattoo album)
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Assault & Battery is the second album by Australian hard rock
band Rose Tattoo
. It was the first sort of full-length release in three years after three years non stop on the road.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was 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"...
. It was the first sort of full-length release in three years after three years non stop on the road.
Track listing
- "Out of This Place" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "All The Lessons" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "Let It Go" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "Assault & Battery" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "Magnum Maid" (Anderson/Wells)
- "Rock 'N' Roll Is King" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "Manzil Madness" (Anderson/Wells)
- "Chinese Dunkirk" (Anderson/Leach/Cocks/Royall/Wells)
- "Sidewalk Sally" (Anderson/Cocks)
- "Suicide City" (Anderson/Cocks)
Personal
- Angry AndersonAngry AndersonGary Stephen "Angry" Anderson AM is an Australian rock singer, television presenter/reporter, actor and conservative political activist. 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...
- Lead vocals - Peter Wells - Slide guitar & vocals
- Mick CocksMick CocksMichael Thomas "Mick" Cocks was an Australian musician, most noted for his guitar work with Rose Tattoo. His original sound and style heavily influenced Guns N' Roses, who recorded a cover of the Rose Tattoo song ‘Nice Boys’. He was also a member of Heaven, Doomfoxx, Pete Wells Heart Attack and...
- Lead & rhythm guitar - Geordie Leach - Bass
- Dallas "Digger" Royall - Drums
- Engineer: Colin Freeman
- Mixdown Engineer: Sam Horsburgh