Guitarist Pete Wells has died from prostate cancer at the age of 58.
The musician, founder, alongside Angry Anderson, of Aussie rock band Rose Tattoo, became aware of the condition back in 2002. He was, however, diagnosed too late to be helped by surgery, telling Australia's '60 Minutes' programme in 2005: "That's the point about the bloody thing is that if I got it early - a year or six months earlier or something - it would have saved an awful lot of inconvenience, I can tell you - pain and misery and the rest of it, you know. So the trick is to get it early. I mean, they can fix this damned thing."
Wells pursued a great many side projects, amongst them the Lucy DeSoto Band, Rocks Push and Hillbilly Moon. A statement on the Rose Tattoo website reads "It is with profound sadness that we report the passing of the legendary Pete Wells. Pete bravely battled prostate cancer for the last four years of his life, and unfortunately it was the disease that won out in the end. Pete Wells leaves a musical legacy that will live on forever. R.I.P. Pete Wells - a great musician, a rock'n'roll legend, and most importantly, a great friend."