To spend time with Pete Way – UFO’s founder member and bass player – was to revel in the company of someone who genuinely enjoyed living life to its fullest extent. His death at the age of 69 was not completely unexpected and yet, to those of us that knew him, Pete appeared to be an utterly indestructible character whose love of rock’n’roll was as infectious as his sense of humour. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, in August, 1951, Pete discovered music at an early age. He worked his way through a number of groups and studio jobs before founding UFO in 1968 alongside frontman/partner-in-crime Phil Mogg. The band’s first two albums saw them serve up a heady brew of unfocussed space rock with Pete writing two meandering tracks on their 1970 debut, UFO 1. The band’s hard rock sound c...
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