Melbourne Hard Rockers founded in 1976 as Da Boys. In this way, the band released a solo single before adopting a new Desert Rat title in January 1978. The band was composed of former guitarist John Moon of Buster Brown members and bassist Ian Ryan, guitarist Denny Stibbard , vocalist Jerome Speldwinde and drummer John Dee. Released in late 1978, it was his only album and was designed and produced by Gil Matthews of Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs. This album contains 11 hard rockin 'songs similar to Finch or Redhouse, the production could have been better, but hey, it's a great Australian rock and roll.(rockonvinyl)