| Pete Way |
| Background
information |
| Birth name |
Peter Frederick Way |
| Born |
August 07, 1951 (1951-08-07) (age 56) |
| Origin |
Enfield, Middlesex, England |
| Genre(s) |
Rock |
| Occupation(s) |
Bassist, songwriter |
| Years active |
1970 - present |
Associated
acts |
UFO, Fastway, Waysted, The
Plot, Ozzy
Osbourne |
| Website |
Official website |
Pete Way (born Peter Frederick Way, 7 August 1951, in Enfield,
Middlesex) is a bass player. He is the bassist of UFO,
Waysted
and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy
Osbourne.
Way began his career as a studio musician for many artists. He
played in bands with friends from high school and later created a band
with friends Phil
Mogg and Andy
Parker and Mick Bolton. This was known as the original UFO
lineup. Later into his career the band met guitarist phenom of the Scorpions,
Michael
Schenker. Later the band signed on guitarist/keyboardist and long time
friend Paul
Raymond. The group released many albums and singles but never had a top
40 hit. Only 2 songs broke the top 100 which were "Only You
Can Rock Me" and Lights Out.
Disliking the more melodic direction UFO were taking in the
early eighties, Pete jumped ship to form Fastway with former Motorhead guitarist
"Fast" Eddie
Clarke. Pete was unable to extracate himself from a contract he signed
with Chrysalis and stepped down to play bass for Ozzy
Osbourne.
In 1982 Pete formed the punningly titled Waysted with Fin
Muir, Paul
Raymond, Frank
Noon and Ronnie Kayfield. Their debut album "Vices" was released in
1982 and reached #78 in the UK charts. The band's third album "Save
your Prayers", featuring Danny Vaughn in place of the departed Fin and
former UFO
guitarist Paul Chapman, was their most successful in America where it
reached #185.
In 1992 he joined Phil Mogg in the restarted UFO and released
the High Stakes and
Dangerous Men album. Pete remains in the band to this day.
Way commonly uses Gibson Thunderbird basses which
are renowned for the hard edged rock tone; however he recently
commented that he has been using an Epiphone Thunderbird as he found it seemed
to have a fatter tone. He has also been known to use basses by Ibanez,
most notably a pink Ibanez Iceman bass.
|
Contents
- 1 Discography
- 1.1 UFO
- 1.2 Waysted
- 1.3 MOGG/WAY
- 1.4 PETE
WAY
- 1.5 The
Plot
- 1.6 Fastway
- 2 References
- 3 External
links
|
Discography
UFO
- UFO 1
(1970)
Uncharted
- Flying (1971) Uncharted
- Phenomenon
(1974)
Uncharted
- Force It (1975) Chart Position
71 (US)
- No Heavy Petting
(1976) Chart
Position 167 (US)
- Lights Out
(1977) Chart
Position 51 (UK), 23 (US)
- Obsession
(1978) Chart
Position 26 (UK), 41 (US)
- No Place to Run
(1980) Chart
Position 11 (UK), 51 (US)
- The Wild, The
Willing And The Innocent (1981) Chart Position
19 (UK), 77 (US)
- Mechanix
(1982) Chart
Position 8 (UK), 82 (US)
- Making Contact
(1983) Chart
Position 32 (UK), 153 (US)
- Misdemeanor
(1985) Chart
Position 74 (UK), 106 (US)
- Ain't Misbehavin'
(EP) (1988) Uncharted
- High Stakes
& Dangerous Men (1992) Uncharted
- Walk On Water
(1995)
Uncharted
- Covenant
(2000)
Uncharted
- Sharks (2002) Uncharted
- You Are Here
(2004)
Uncharted
- The Monkey Puzzle
(2006)
- UFO Live (1972) Uncharted
- Live In Concert
(1974)
- Strangers In The
Night (1979) Chart Position 42 (US), 8 (UK)
- Lights Out In Tokyo
(1992)
- Live In Japan
(1992)
- T.N.T. (1993)
- Heaven's Gate
(1995)
- On With The Acton
(1998)
- Live In Texas
(2000)
- Regenerator - Live 1982
(2001)
- Showtime
(2005)
- Space Metal
(1976)
- Anthology
(1986)
- The Essential UFO
(1992)
- Best Of
UFO: Gold Collection (1996)
- X-Factor:
Out There & Back (1997)
- Flying
: The Early Years 1970-1973 (2004)
- An Introduction To UFO CD
(2006)
- The Best Of The Rest
(1988)
Waysted
- Waysted: Vices
(1983)
- Waysted: (EP)
(1984)
- Waysted:
The Good, The Bad, The Waysted (1985)
- Waysted: Save Your Prayers
(1986)
MOGG/WAY
- Edge of the World (1977)
- Chocolate Box (1999)
PETE WAY
- Amphetamine (2000)
- Alive In Cleveland (2002)
- Acoustic Animal (2007)
The Plot
- The Plot (2003)(featuring Michael
Schenker on guitar).
Fastway
References
External links
| v • d • e UFO |
| Phil Mogg | Andy
Parker | Pete Way
| Vinnie
Moore | Paul
Raymond |
Michael
Schenker | Jason Bonham | Paul Chapman | Danny Peyronel | Neil Carter | Mick Bolton | Paul Gray | Atomik Tommy M | Laurence Archer |
Clive Edwards | Aynsley
Dunbar | Bernie Marsden | Larry
Wallis | Robbie France
|
| Discography |
| Studio albums:
UFO 1
| Flying | Phenomenon
| Force
It | No
Heavy Petting | Lights Out
| Obsession
| No Place to Run
| The Wild, the
Willing and the Innocent | Mechanix
| Making Contact
| Misdemeanor
| Ain't Misbehavin'
| High Stakes &
Dangerous Men | Walk
on Water | Covenant
| Sharks | You Are Here
| The Monkey Puzzle |
| Live albums:
Live | Live
in Concert | Strangers in the
Night | Lights Out in Tokyo
| Live in Japan
| T.N.T. | Heaven's
Gate | On With the Action
| Live in Texas
| Regenerator - Live 1982
| Showtime |
| Compilations:
Space Metal
| Anthology
| The Essential UFO
| Best of UFO: Gold
Collection | X-Factor:
Out There & Back | Flying:
The Early Years 1970-1973 | An
Introduction to UFO CD | The
Best of the Rest |
