The Verve, Radiohead, Swervedriver, Smashing Pumpkins, Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, South, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, My Bloody Valentine, Rites of Spring, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Oasis, U2, The Replacements, Soul Asylum, UNKLE, Sonic Youth, P.J. Harvey, Wilco, Jason Falkner, Love and Rockets, Soundgarden, Beck, ON, Failure, Superchunk, Jane's Addiction, Superdrag, Cheap Trick, The Jesus and Mary Chain, For Love Not Lisa, Puller, Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Jawbox, Leona Naess, Sense Field, The Crow, Drive Like Jehu, The Afghan Wigs, New Order, Depeche Mode, Peter Frampton, Neil Young, John Frusciante, INXS, The Rolling Stones, Wings
TWENTY THREE LIONS is a band that will fight to the death to hold onto the dying spirit of the early and mid 90s. A time when such bands as Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins to The Verve and The Flaming Lips showed the world what meant to have not only great songs, but an ethos that reflected the sincerity and passion for the music they were making.
The record OVERCOME is a result of three years of writing, recording, and live shows, - along with 2 births, a heavy loss, and a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Long days and late nights were spent in a small studio in the South Bay of Los Angeles, and over that time, the members of the band went through dozens of songs, finally settling on these.
TWENTY THREE LIONS is comprised of 4 band members (Miles, Paul Duncan, Paul Bessenbacher, and Davey Latter), but Miles is the leader and creative force behind the project. Miles is a former member of the band For Love Not Lisa, a band that exploded onto the scene in the early nineties, recording two records for Atlantic/Elektra Records. FLNLs song, Slip Slide Melting, also appeared in the platinum-selling soundtrack to the film "The Crow" starring Brandon Lee.
After For Love Not Lisa disbanded, Miles joined Puller (Tooth and Nail Records).
Puller turned the unfurnished east Hollywood Hills home of singer Mike Lewis into a recording studio where Lewis and Miles produced and engineered the record Closer Than You Think with engineer Andrew Alekel.
Not merely content to be a guitarist and songwriter, Miles branched out into the world of production and engineering, working with bands such as The Lost and Found (Status Recordings), veteran L.A. punk band Instigator, Mylin, and singer-songwriter Aaron Andersen. And as if all that werent enough to keep one man busy, Miles has put together yet another band, The Echo Division, which released their debut record "Under California Stars" in 2006
In the days since the release of "Overcome," Twenty Three Lions has recorded three new songs (two of which can be found on Interleague Records.com).
Now there is talk about a For Love Not Lisa reunion with live shows and new recordings to follow...
