THE YOUNG LIONS
The Young Lions was formed by guitarist Bob Spencer (Finch, Skyhooks). The band included drummer Clifford Hoad, Hoad's younger brother Jeffrey, who took lead vocals & guitar duties, and bass player Marlon Holden. They scored support slots for The Angels and INXS the same year. The band dissolved around 1986 after Spencer left to join The Angels, and the Hoad brothers formed "Kings of the Sun" with Ron Thiessen (guitar) and Anthony Ragg (bass). They were named after the Yul Brynner film of the same name. (More from Wikipedia)
Kings of the Sun, Kings of the Sun – This Australian hard rock band grew out of the dissolution of the Young Lions and released their debut album in 1988. From Allmusic: “Hard rock and a bad attitude fueled the bad boys from Australian band Kings of the Sun.” Their biggest hit, the Australian Top 20 hit "Bottom of My Heart" b/w "Bad Love" comes in toward the end of this album. There is a lot more in Wikipedia than in Allmusic this time; Kings of the Sun released three more albums and spawned two spinoff bands, the Rich & Famous and Clifford Hoad's Kings of the Sun, with the latter band still around.
(December 2015)
