[1] Leaton John Rose grew up in Adelaide and was the bass guitarist for local group, Cur, in 2000.
[2] Fellow members were JJ Peters on drums and Jona Weinhofen on lead guitar – the group disbanded in early 2000.
[2] The next year, Michael Crafter joined to share lead vocals; soon after Rose replaced Engel on bass guitar.
After the release of Choose to Love, Live Or Die, O'Gorman was replaced by Kevin Cameron and Stacy left.
The Hot Lies were an alternative rock band formed in 2004, with drummer Jared Brown, rhythm guitarist Benjamin Pix, Rose on bass guitar, lead guitarist Luke Szabo and lead vocalist Pete Wood.