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1993 - 
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1988 - Members
4 Male
Origin
Australia
Genre
Hard Rock
Style
Rock/Pop
Mood
Gritty
Born
4 Male
Origin
AustraliaGenre
Hard RockStyle
Rock/Pop
Mood
Gritty
Born
1986
Active
1986 to Present...
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In 1986 the band was signed to Mushroom Records, where they recorded their first single. During this time both Tommy Poulter and John McKinnon left the band and Anthony Ragg was brought in to take McKinnon's place. Their debut single, "Bottom of My Heart", was released in 1986 with "Bad Love" as its B-side. After its release "Bottom of My Heart" charted on the Kent Music Report.
The band was signed to RCA Records after the RCA executive Simon Lowe saw them perform in Sydney and the band travelled to New York City to work on their first album. Bandmate Ron Thiessen did not accompany them, as he left prior to the band being signed, and he was replaced by Anthony Ragg.
In 1988 the band released their self-titled debut album Kings of the Sun, which was produced by Eddie Kramer and mixed by Dave Thoener. The album's lead single "Serpentine", peaked at number 48 in Australia.
After the album released Glenn Morris joined the band to play lead guitar and the group toured the United States and Europe. They returned to Australia in 1988 to open for Guns N' Roses, but were kicked out of the tour after Clifford Hoad "dropped his pants in front of the audience and bad-mouthed Guns N' Roses publicly". There had also been tension due to a remark Hoad made in an interview for the Australian ‘On the Street’ magazine, where he claimed that Guns N' Roses took much of their image from Rose Tattoo.
Years later Hoad responded to this by stating "When I said those things, I meant them. It wasn’t necessarily aimed at Guns N’ Roses. It was aimed at the Australian press and public. ‘OK, make a fuss over Guns N’ Roses but at least know that Rose Tattoo exists."
More line-up changes occurred in 1986 after Morris left the band to join The Screaming Tribesmen, although he re-joined KOTS before the band released their second album, Full Frontal Attack in 1990.
The band's second album, Full Frontal Attack was released in August 1990 and was produced by William Wittman. Dave Thoener returned to mix the album. Full Frontal Attack was the last album the band released through RCA Records and Morris and Ragg left the band in 1992.
The band's third album Resurrection was released in 1993 through Mushroom Records. It was recorded at A&M Studios and Paramount Studios and was mastered at Precision Mastering. Phil Soussan and Brad Spurr both contributed to the record and Spurr joined the band after its release.
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