Pete Way Book Review

Then the yarn changes from one purely about self obsession and destruction to something quite dark disturbing and almost redemptive.

Pete way book review. That has been the course of his life and thankfully his autobiography captures exactly this side of him. Pete way band. Peter frederick way 7 august 1951 14 august 2020 was an english bass player best known as the bassist in ufo with whom he played from 1969 to 1982 briefly in 1988 1989 and once again from 1991 to 2008. He was the kindest man i have ever known.

Saw them a couple of times in the 70 s. The fact that pete wrote it himself makes it all the more poignant. He was so protective he wouldn t let the wind blow on me. Being a lifelong ufo fan saw them on don kirshner s rock concert of course i would recommend this book.

Way has always engendered mirth affection irritation and frustration in equal measure. Not only did it give the great ufo bassist pete ways views on the events he described in many instances the opinion of the other participants in the events was also provided in a different font. Nov 17 2018 shell rated it really liked it review of another edition this was a very interesting read. This could never be that definitive book about ufo.

I guess pretty much everyone has heard that i lost my funny clever wonderful and talented husband pete way today. Way was also known as a founding member of waysted and fastway he also notably played with michael schenker group and ozzy osbourne. Ozzy osbourne says that he s way out of his league when it comes to pete way. Review hard rock ufo pete way should have known there d be problems when in the first paragraph of his prologue way mistakenly refers to the oakland raiders as a baseball team.

Following a carmina burana intro pete way took the stage with his impressively talented band that delivered big riffs and unsurprisingly delivered the goods. Put simply in terms of jaw dropping incident self destruction and all round craziness pete way s rock n roll life makes even keith richards s appear routine and ozzy osbourne seem positively mild mannered in comparison. The underworld camden. Later he d describe a joint being laced with thc a horse tranquilizer.

Anyone who s met pete way will have a wealth of stories about him. The reality of living the rest of my life without him doesn t bear thinking about. Pete way band. Musically pete is most famous for playing the bass in ufo but he s more famous again for a prodigious appetite for drugs drink and the ladies often all at the same time.