If you’re no spring chicken, you definitely would have heard of Gary “Angry” Anderson. Some people know him as the loud-mouthed front man of Rose Tattoo, while others know him for his charity work and youth advocacy. But few people know of the deep-seated spiritual beliefs that form the crux of the man.

Raised by a mother who was a “dogmatically practicing Roman Catholic”, spirituality was something Angry resisted for a long time, particularly in the form of organised religion, which he states led to her being trapped in a bad marriage.

In this interesting conversation we chat about social media, sexual abuse, religion vs spirituality, depression, grief, therapy, bullying and more. Content warning: Angry does briefly discuss suicide in relation to online bullying in Part II of this chat.

For more on Angry, go to the Tatt’s website: http://www.rosetattoo.com.au/. You’ll also find him on ‘FaceFarce’ (his words): https://www.facebook.com/Gary4Angry7Anderson

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