BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: Bassist, Australia
Known For: Former bass guitarist with Rose Tattoo
Instruments: Bass
Music Styles: Rock, Hard rock
Location: Australia
Date Born: 12th August 1947
Location Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Date Died: 30th October 2006
Location Died: Shoreham, Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular, Victoria, Australia
Cause Of Death: Cancer
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site: Ian Rilen (I-94 Bar)
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Ian Rilen
Ian William Rilen (12 August 1947 – 30 October 2006) was an Australian musician, he was bass guitarist and songwriter with Rock N’ Roll band Rose Tattoo and led punk rock group X also providing lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals. Rilen was born in Bendigo, Victoria, started his musical career in Sydney and later lived in Melbourne.
Rilen was a member of 1970s progressive blues group Band of Light and other bands including, Space, Blue Aliens, Blackfeather, Sardine v, Hell to Pay, Skindiver and Illustrated Men. Rilen wrote one of Rose Tattoo’s biggest hits, “Bad Boy for Love”, and co-wrote “Stuck on You” with his first wife Stephanie Falconer, which was covered by Hunters & Collectors. Rilen was diagnosed with bladder cancer early in 2006 and died on 30 October, aged 59. He had five children Alicia Ann Macfarlane, Jay Jay, Gentilla, Tallulah and Romeo.
Rilen was born in Bendigo, Victoria, started his musical career in Sydney and later lived in Melbourne.
He also played for the 1970s prog-blues band Band of Light. Other bands included Sardine V, Space, Hell to Pay, Skindiver, Blackfeather, The Blue Alien Band and Illustrated Men. Rilen co-wrote one of Rose Tattoo’s biggest hits, “Bad Boy for Love”, as well as “Stuck On You” which became a hit for Hunters & Collectors.
In 2006, Ian Rilen attended Rose Tattoo’s ARIA Hall of Fame induction.
Rilen worked with Ian Moss during recording of Petrolhead (1996), playing bass and co-writing songs for the album and later, also toured for a short time with Ian Moss.
Rilen’s solo albums included Love is Murder (2001) and Passion, Boots and Bruises (2004).
Ian Rilen died from bladder cancer at the age of 59 on 30 October, 2006.
Links:
- Ian Rilen (I-94 Bar)
- Daniel Ziffer, “Rose Tattoo Legend dies” (The Age, 30 October 2006)
- Vale Ian Rilen
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