Editing Angry Anderson (section)

== Personal life ==
In Angry Anderson's 1994 biography, ''Angry – Scarred for Life'', the author Karen Dewey describes his life as "Sexually, physically and mentally abused he broke the brutal family pattern to become a besotted, devoted father of four."<ref name="Dewey"/> Anderson described how "[t]here was physical and emotional violence in the family" and a family friend began sexually abusing him from the age of five.<ref name="SMH3"/>

In 1982, prior to one of Rose Tattoo's European tours, Anderson met Lindy Michael.<ref name="Coupe"/> The couple's daughter, Roxanne, was born in 1983.<ref name="Coupe"/> Anderson and Michael married in January 1986 and have also had three sons, Galen, Blaine and Liam.<ref name="Coupe"/><ref name="SMH3"/> By 2002, Anderson and Michael were divorced.<ref name="Coupe"/><ref name="SMH3"/> Anderson is a single father and lives in the Sydney suburb of [[Beacon Hill, New South Wales|Beacon Hill]].<ref name="SMH1"/> Although he does not believe in an omniscient god, he attends the [[Baháʼí House of Worship|Baha'i temple]] regularly, saying: "the spirituality I have given myself over to is the divine."<ref name="SMH3"/>

Having seen cancer claim the lives of five of his Rose Tattoo bandmates (Dallas Royall, Peter Wells, Ian Rilen, Lobby Lloyde and Mick Cocks), Anderson has become an advocate for men's health. He appeared in a TV campaign promoting awareness of [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/prostate-cancer/3242438|title=Prostate cancer|date=4 June 2007|website=Radio National|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>

On 4 November 2018, Anderson's son Liam was killed in an attack in a park in [[Queenscliff, New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |last=McKinnell |first=Jamie |date=4 November 2018 |title=Angry Anderson's son Liam dies after alleged assault on Sydney's northern beaches |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-04/angry-andersons-son-reported-killed-in-nsw-assault/10463856 |access-date=4 November 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref>