[1][2] According to Rose Tattoo's official website's biography, from October 1982, "[he is] a former Army chopper pilot who's spent the past fifteen years thrashing the kit & the bottle.

That group relocated to Melbourne where Royall continued with McAskill and they were joined by Ian Mawson on keyboards (ex-Company Caine), Warren Ward on bass guitar (ex-the Flying Circus, Blackfeather) and Lindsay Wells on guitar (ex-Healing Force, Chain, Blackfeather).

[11][12] Royall was also credited as co-composer for much of the group's first album including the early singles, "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw" (September 1978) and "One of the Boys" (November).

[14] Dallas Leslie Royall died of an unspecified cancer in 1991 while being treated for heroin and alcohol addictions.

[15][16][17] Anderson wanted to reform Rose Tattoo in the early 1990s and told Nick Murphy of the Maitland Mercury, in March 2011, "I was in Los Angeles in 1989 recording an album which the 'Bound for Glory' single came off... there was still this great following for the band.

"[18] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 in August, Rose Tattoo were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Regent Hotel, Melbourne.

[22] Dennis Jarman of PlanetMosh observed, "Things heavy up as the aptly titled 'Assault and Battery', driven along by pounding drumming from [Royall].