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No Generation
Volume One
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No Generation Recent Press:
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"All roars and manes, Lions blends heavy riffs and explosive attitude for a head-twisting take on ye olde denim rock, with guitars so eminently shred-worthy that the band’s “Metal Heavy Lady” was chosen for inclusion on Guitar Hero III. The band’s debut full-length, No Generation, is a mix of explosive psychedelia and Texas-sized riffs, like a tab of LSD chased with Southern Comfort."
- The Onion
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"Lions are actually interested in dynamics, an all-too-rare trait in bands of their beery ilk. This doesn't mean Lions have balladeer tendencies — the guitars surge and thrust, while Matt Drenik's vocals sound like the result of a drunk, horny demon screaming into a wind tunnel. The Austin quartet simply knows how to build a hard-rocking tonal atmosphere, even in the spaces between Jake Perlman's hammerhead drumming. Lions are the Eagles of death metal, had they spent an entire adolescent summer with Black Flag's "In My Head,"
- Houston Press
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"While there’s certainly plenty for Lions to rail against in the world, the album doesn’t particularly lash against any specific political or social force, but rather the lack of direction or purpose in all those forces. Lions is first and foremost about rock, about dropping loud fuzz-bombs that shake foundations, and while the guitars recall Rage Against the Machines’ monstrous thunder, the political intent springs not from diatribes, but the need to let go and unleash any restraint, whatever it may be. The band doesn’t seem to give a damn about provoking a call to action against anything, but more produce an undeniable, straightforward demand for Action, for movement that refuses detachment or indifference. No Generation therefore takes on the lethargy of displacement and fills the void."
- - Doug Freeman, Austin Sound
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"Totally cool, unaffected riff-heavy rock, but not sludgy, and full of subtle hooks and an intelligence you don’t often find in this particular genre. It sucks that this band is from Austin, because I’d love for Dallas to be able to claim the members as native sons."
- Dallas Observer
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"Lions draw blood on the outside arena with chant-along chorus’ and scorching guitars. Their 2007 release No Generation allowed the band to voice their political views as well as display their rock n’ roll chops, and their live shows aptly roar with energy and fervor."
- Austinist
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"Packing heavy riffs and driving drum lines, Austin's Lions have tapped into the raw sound and energy that makes metal heroes out of dudes in dank, dirty rock bars."
- Lawrence Weekly
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Volume One and Live Press:
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"Huffed any paint lately? Spend an hour in the company of Lions, and you might answer different. Barely 2 years old, the Austin quartet is one of Red River's biggest draws, tweaking the best of Detroit rock city (Kiss, MC5) with rotten backwoods Texas attitude. Last year's debut EP, Volume One, has some powerful fumes indeed."
- Christopher Gray, Austin Chronicle 2007 SXSW (Critics Pick)
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| "If you saw the Lions set at the Spanish Moon on Tuesday night, you probably got a good jolt of two things: loud rock and sex-fueled showmanship from lead singer Matt Drenek.
"Loud and violent only alludes to the eardrum shattering and mind-blowing experience that is Lions."
- Real Detroit Weekly
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"If you were to believe the foppish young lad (clad in black and on the prowl) to my right, the group at times recalls Fugazi, if you were to believe the lovely lady standing to my left, there were elements of Rage Against The Machine; and, sure, there's a rawness behind the music of Lions that no doubt calls to mind both those acts at their peak but Lions offers something different – something smoldering and savory, mercurial and majestic, ornate but understated, restless and never idle."
- Wichita City Paper
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"Their sound is a ferocious blend of fuzz, sweat and riffs, with a slinky Southern groove holding it all together.'"
- Nashville Scene (Critics Pick)
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"The image of the group parallels the sound, as the members look like a collective of vagabonds who might or might not pull a switchblade on you during a pool hustle... It's really quite delicious."
- Cincinnati City Beat
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"The result is explosive, raving and in psychedelic color."
- Kansas City Pitch
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"I'm pretty fucking delusional," Lions frontman Matt Drenik told ATX Magazine in May. Maybe he should've said ballsy. Drenik built a badass metal band in a month, climbed to the top of the Austin, Texas, music scene and booked a release party — all before setting foot in the studio to record his band's first album, in three sultry weeks above a dirty bar. The result is explosive, raving and in psychedelic color. Tinged with Metallica-influenced rhythms and ferocious melodies that bring Megadeth and Black Sabbath to mind, the Lions' music is lyrically as cocky, vibrant and grungy as the band members. Playing with the triumphant air of an act that knows its own wild velocity, this sweaty foursome is not so much delusional as thrillingly insane.
- Kansas City Pitch - August, 2006
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Volume One is a psychedelic trip through dive bars and crack houses where only the almighty riff survives."
- Dallas Observer (Critics Pick)
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"Holy Sweet Hillary Jesus. Think Blue Cheer on speed, or Grand Funk on PCP. The bass player looked like John Oates on heroin... All Hail Texas, indeed."
- Indianapolis Music
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"Bassist T-Rev heavily resembles Canadian rock hero Mike Levine of Triumph (or maybe it's drummer Neil Peart, circa 1976?) and wins this week's award for 'best rock 'n' roll mustache."
- Charleston City Paper
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"Live, Lions are a full-on firefight, Black Crowes Southern hemp twisted with PCP loud and violent."
- Austin Chronicle
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