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{{Short description|Australian rock singer (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Angry Anderson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=AUS|AM}} | image = Rose Tattoo - 2022216180759 2022-08-04 Wacken - Sven - 1D X MK II - 1617 - AK8I4466.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Anderson with [[Rose Tattoo]] at [[Wacken Open Air]] 2022 | birth_name = Gary Stephen Anderson | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|8|5}} | birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]], [[rock and roll]] | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actor|television personality}} | years_active = 1971–present | label = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]/[[Festival Records|Festival]] | associated_acts = [[Buster Brown (Australian band)|Buster Brown]], [[Rose Tattoo]], [[The Party Boys]] | website = {{URL|angryanderson.com.au}} }} '''Gary Stephen''' "'''Angry'''" '''Anderson''' {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=AUS|AM}} (born 5 August 1947) is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He has been the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member of the [[hard rock]] band [[Rose Tattoo]] since 1976. As a solo artist, he is best known for his international hit "[[Suddenly (Angry Anderson song)|Suddenly]]" (1987). On [[Australia Day]] 26 January 1993, Anderson was made 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) [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
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