12 Facts About Dallas Royall

Dallas Leslie "Digger" Royall was an Australian hard rock drummer.

Dallas Royall was a member of Band of Talabene, Buster Brown and Rose Tattoo.

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

Dallas Leslie "Digger" Royall was born in July 1949, his father was a guitarist.

That group relocated to Melbourne where Royall continued with McAskill and they were joined by Ian Mawson on keyboards, Warren Ward on bass guitar and Lindsay Wells on guitar.

Also in that year, Dallas Royall was briefly the drummer for Melbourne-based blues rockers, Band of Talabene.

Dallas Royall was credited as co-composer for much of the group's first album including the early singles, "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw" and "One of the Boys".

Dallas Royall's drumming was broadcast on Countdown on "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw" in October 1978.

Dallas Royall formed Illustrated Men in November 1984 with former Rose Tattoo band members, Mick Cocks on guitar, Gordie Leach on bass guitar, Ian Rilen on lead vocals, and Pete Wells on lead guitar.

Dallas Royall joined Chris Turner's backing band and was recorded on the album, Exile.

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

But, of course, that was the year that our original drummer "Digger" Dallas Royall kicked his heroin habit.