One Day as a Lion
| One Day as a Lion | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Alternative hip-hop , rap rock |
| founding | 2008 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Founding members | |
| Zack de la Rocha | |
| Jon Theodore | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, keyboard |
Zack de la Rocha |
Drums |
Jon Theodore |
One Day as a Lion was a crossover band from Los Angeles , California .
history
The band was founded by Zack de la Rocha , the front singer of the crossover band Rage Against the Machine , and the ex-drummer of The Mars Volta , Jon Theodore . The band was named after a photo from 1970 showing a wall in Boyle Heights , a Latino district of Los Angeles , with the words “It's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb”. It is better to live a day as a lion than to live a thousand years as a lamb ”) shows. An EP was released on July 22, 2008 on the independent label ANTI Records . In 2011 the band was finally disbanded.
Discography
EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 US
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| 2008 | One Day as a Lion | - |
US28 (10 weeks) US |
First published: July 18, 2008
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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NO
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US
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| 2008 | Wild International One Day as a Lion |
NO6 (1 week) NO |
- |
First published: July 16, 2008
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Web links
- One Day as a Lion at laut.de
- One Day as a Lion at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Musikexpress : Rage Against The Machine: We have sorted their albums according to commercial success ; accessed on November 15, 2019
- ↑ a b Chart sources: NO US