One day as a lion
 

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“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”

“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”

“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”

They got a song up on their myspace page (Wild international), it's pretty tight :
MySpace.com - One Day As A Lion - LOS ANGELES, California - Other - www.myspace.com/onedayasalion


It basically sounds just like RATM which is awesome but also kinda makes you wonder why the need for a separate band, complete creative control? Zach's had enough of Morello's solos? Theodore does a decent job of it but doesn't really shine like he did in Volta...http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...power/sigh.gif

Anyways, super stoked for an album or an EP.http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ower/hyper.gif

Oh, I thought RATM reunited. Or is this just a side project of de la Rocha's? I respect Zack a lot but if he thinks that he's going to be able to deliver as effectively as he did in Rage he's sorely mistaken. Morello was half the reason anyone listened to their music, and as far as I knew, everyone in the band endorsed Zack's style.

I can't say that I'm impressed by this. I loved Rage and hated Audioslave, but I don't think I could bear to listen to Zack's political rants for an hour.

I too didn't really take to Audioslave (the music was tight but the vocals just never went anywhere) but I like anything Zach makes (he did a song a few years ago with DJ Shadow called March of death which I also dug the shit out of) which makes me think that for me, Zach was RATM...and honestly, I could do without Morello's antics...:\

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You've gotta be joking. De la Rocha was the activist, the outspoken one, but Morello was the intellectual of the group (you do know he got a degree in Political Science from Harvard, right?) and certainly the most gifted musician. And for me, it was always the music that held the band together. Maybe it was Zack's anger and frustration against the status quo that really brought Rage out, but he wasn't musically talented, and I don't think that a hip-hop EP is gonna change most people's perception of him. Unless he got Rick Rubin to produce it, I don't think it's gonna be anything special.

Nope, I shit you not. You've got a prime example of a long time RATM fan who is interested in anything Zach does, as opposed to stuff Morello might be doing in the future. One day as a lion is a perfect example of that, it's just Zach, some drums and a keyboard and it still kicks ass. It's all about the vocal delivery (if it wasn't, Audioslave would have been just as good a band as RATM, which it wasn't, not even close).

But really, I couldn't be happier if the band got together again and started writing new stuff (despite Morello's solos, they still wrote some fantastic tunes), but until then I'll gladly eat up anything Zach serves us...

I presume you have heard this Marijan? It's a few years old now though.

This is the most amazing thing I've heard in years. It somehow manages to be worse than RATM. That is a pretty big accomplishment.

I quite like it but then it is hardly a progressive sound is it?

really terrible

I haven't actually, thanks, that was pretty good.

saw them on myspace..theyre real good mainly cuz they have that RATM type sound

love this band

One Day As A Lion
 

Anyone checked them out?

Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore's new project. Well, they released their EP late July and apparently the full album is due out this fall.

I dug it quite a bit, but I'm just curious what all of you think thus far.

I liked it, especially Wild International. I wouldn't rate it as highly as his stuff with RATM.

Also, I really don't like la Rocha's singing voice, fair enough he's branching out, but the chorus for Ocean View just sounds terrible.

The only group in music history capable of sounding worse than RATM.

Earlier thread here: http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...highlight=lion

Mmm, I'd agree on Ocean View, but in short doses, as in If You Fear Dying, it fits well.

It'll be intriguing to see what else they put out.

Also, I thought his lyrics were still on par with his Rage material.

EDIT:
At Jackhammer, my bad. I searched a few different ways and nothing came up. Feel free to merge them.

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That's Okay the search function can be a pain. Thread merged.

The ep is pretty neat but I would rather see RATM reunite.

Well they have for shows at least. Apparently they kicked arse @ Reading recently. Has Adidasss got the One Day release yet? Seeing how he gets everything else early I would like to hear his opinion.

Oh, I thought I already commented. Basically it's a stripped down version of RATM, kinda like Scars on Broadway and Serj Tankian are two halves of one whole. It's decent music but fairly forgettable. It kept me entertained for a few work out sessions, then I forgot about it...:\

A big build up. A dedicated thread and then it hits: --It's decent music but fairly forgettable---. Talk about an anti-Climax lol

Whattayougonnado...*shrug*

I love this EP. It's rock without the rock instruments. It has the political grit that was so well done by RATM and yet it's able to seperate itself. It sounds modern and a departure not just from RATM, but rock itself. I use to be a huge hater of keybaords in rock-ish songs, but if you can do what Zach is doing with a keyboard, I'm all for it.

i was almost dissapointed. The only song i REALLY liked was Wild International