[5] In 1991, the band broke up onstage, before reforming briefly in the early 1990s for the release of their sixth studio album More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace.

In December 2012 the 'classic' line-up of Tyla, Jo 'Dog' Almeida, Steve James and Bam agreed to reform to play a series of benefit concerts for their long-time friend, and former bandmate, Paul Hornby, who was battling cancer.

The music of the Dogs D'Amour can be described as a mixture of The Rolling Stones and Faces-style blues rock and Hanoi Rocks-style glam punk.

The Dogs began to show a strong country & western side on 1989's Errol Flynn (released as King Of The Thieves in the United States), a few years before alt-country came into vogue.

[8] Tyla took over on lead vocals (while still playing guitar) to replace Ned Christie and recorded the band's first album, The State We're In, in early 1984.

[8] Dave Kusworth from The Jacobites and Paul Hornby from The Gunslingers were both brought in on guitar and drums to round out the complete band line-up.

However, Duncan's stay in the band was only brief and he gave way for the Swiss bass guitarist Mark Drax for a tour in Paris, France.

[5] Unlike the four-year gap between their first and second albums, the Dogs became more prolific, releasing their acoustic mini-LP A Graveyard of Empty Bottles in 1989.

With the group disbanded and in shambles in Los Angeles, Bam flew back to UK and joined The Wildhearts with Ginger, CJ and Danny.

[8] The final act of this line-up was the recording of Tyla's solo album The Life And Times Of A Ballad Monger.

Bam and Share then left the band and carried on touring and releasing music in their own act named Bubble.

[10] In November 2012, a Dogs D'Amour show with the classic line-up was announced at London's Borderline club on 22 February 2013, to help raise funds for their long-time friend and former drummer of the band, Paul Hornby.

[11] After tickets quickly sold out, the band added another show at the Borderline in London on 23 February, along with some other dates across the UK and in Spain.