Just found out that Pete Way died on 14 August at 69. He was a founding member of UFO. Quite a character on stage. He left the band a quite a few years ago due to health issues. He also released several Waysted and FastWay (with Fast Eddie Clarke of Motorhead) albums.
That's three members of UFO this past year. 😪
Check out this side project of Phil Mogg and Pete Way
Lights Out tour? I wish, sadly I was only about 5 years old. Not that I hadn’t already been to a few concerts but not that one.
Crazy to think that was just a few months before the Sex Pistols infamous last show there.
Sad to hear this. Pete was a legend.
Saw UFO several times, only once with Pete though.
Seems like many of our heros are passing on to another realm.
I would say RIP but he was a bit of a hell raiser and I cant see him resting.
his soul will burn brightly
Oh no, another great musician gone...The whole era of 1960's and 1970's musical giants, fantastic musicians, bands and performers, is becoming a rapidly fading star..I suppose, excuse the pun, not long in reality before it's 'lights out' totally.
I always liked UFO and remember how excited I was at getting their Force It album, as a 15 year old school lad...One of the bands that stimulated my desire to want to play guitar...FastWay were pretty good too, along with another solid guitar player and character, Eddie Clarke, also sadly now gone (quite recently really).
It was what it was, a great era for music IMHO, and we will never see the likes of it again..It was a giant really, so much strength and substance and a wonderful legacy from many, many bands and musicians..we've still got the music in our hearts and souls, and thank God for that.
To reflect back at the sheer quality and volume of great records released through the 60's and 70's, just google any year, 1974 for example, and search 'albums released in 1974', whichever year, and it will knock your socks off..we tend to forget as the years go by and when I did a couple or so similar searches, I was saying, oh yeah, I forgot about that, and that etc...there is a specific site that has very good listings of this, with release dates, chart position etc, can't remember it's name at the minute, but very interesting and well worth a visit.
And let's not forget all those wonderful concert tours and fantastic live performances...
A favourite one for me ( cracking guitar solo from Schenker)