Every year in November the ABC hosts Australian Music Month, and every year in November I listen to an Australia album every day, and share the picture on our socials.
Day 0: Kings of the Sun - Full Frontal Attack
Why Day 0? Well I made my career in the IT industry, and IT personnel know that numbers in computing start at zero, and so does our annual countdown.
Kings of the Sun were a band that were in a similar league to the hair metal bands of the LA strip in the 80s, but they were much more streetwise, and nowhere near as gratuitously ridiculous and grandiose as Motley Crue, RATT or Poison. Their first album was produced in America by Eddie Kramer, famous for working with Led Zeppelin among other artists. It had a big polished sound, but none of their singles charted higher than #47 in Australia and their albums sold well, but not well enough to be remembered.
Full Frontal Attack was produced by William Wittman and did poorly in the marketplace, despite some provocative press advertising.
As a record, it still stands up, but I still reach for their first album as a preference. This one has a few flat spots in terms of songs, but tracks like "Drop The Gun" are indispensable.
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