12 Facts About Pete Way

Pete Way was a founding member of Waysted and Fastway and notably played with Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne.

Pete Way started playing bass guitar in bands with friends from high school.

Pete Way was unable to extricate himself from a contract he signed with Chrysalis and stepped down to play bass for Ozzy Osbourne during the Diary of a Madman tour.

Pete Way released two albums under the Damage Control banner, the first album Damage Control was recorded with Robin George, Spike and Chris Slade; the second was recorded as a trio with George and Pete Way sharing lead vocals.

Pete Way recorded a guest bass on a Warfare song along with Evo and Fast Eddie Clarke titled "Misanthropy", which was released in 2021 on Cherry Red Records.

Pete Way switched to 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.

Pete Way has been known to use basses by Ibanez, most notably a pink Ibanez Iceman bass, and the Washburn B-20 for which he was pictured in an advertising campaign.

Pete Way's image was used in an ad campaign by Artex basses.

Pete Way died on 14 August 2020, one week after his 70th birthday, following multiple injuries sustained in an accident two months earlier, in which he fell down stairs at his home.

Pete Way is survived by his wife Jenny, his son, daughters and younger brother.

Pete Way had been married six times during his life, with four ending in divorces.

Pete Way died just ten weeks after his former UFO bandmate and guitarist Paul Chapman, and one year after keyboardist Paul Raymond, leaving vocalist Phil Mogg and drummer Andy Parker as the only surviving members of the No Place to Run lineup.