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Influences
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Pixies, The Black Keys, The Greenhornes, Thee Shams, The White Girls, The Buffalo Killers, Radiohead, The Clash, The Sheds
Sounds Like
60s garage pop created by the clash if they had listened to a lot of Grunge in the 90s
We're released two EP's this year. Download them for free on our Website here
The Lions Rampant sound is R&R at its most raw and impulsive, but it's by no means Slop Rock.
If you need a genre, this one fits in the "Garage Rock" bin, but the songs are crisply melodic and wildly soulful.
The players -- singer/guitarist Stuart MacKenzie and bassist Paul Bunyan (also of The Sheds) -- and their guests (Amy Jo and Reuben Glaser from Viva La Foxx, among others) dig deep into the dirty, Blues-on-fire groove and inhabit the songs, which are tightly-knitted, belying Garage Rock's rep for being messy. The Lions write, essentially, Pop songs and drench them in their swampy, moldy aura.
MacKenzie's guitar sound is perfect for the songs; the tone and the vocals recall Mudhoney at the height of their power.
It's hard to be distinct in a field where everyone sounds like they're trying to replicate records from 40 years ago. But the Lions' have an energized yet graceful and more compact vision, and that makes Play Rock N Roll stand out like a flower blossoming from a sidewalk crack.
Y'all sounded great Saturday! There was an overthrow of power and Derek and Terri, the ballroom bartenders, usurped power and stole the title of King and Queen! there was much bloodsheed! Not pretty ;)
If you are interested in redeeming this coupon for tongue in the next 365 days, please come to the Jem Birthday extravaganza on April 17 & 18. Jem reserves all rights to exchange tongue at the appropriate times in the appropriate areas:
cant wait... i promise there will be no non-consensual hair cuts saturday. the scissors will be left at home as to appease any urges that may come over my body.
