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One Day As A Lion | 
| Artist: One Day As A Lion
Label: Anti
Category: Music
List Price: $8.98
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 573
Format: Ep
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.2
MPN: 86978
UPC: 045778697823
EAN: 0045778697823
ASIN: B001BTKP6S
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Wild International | | • | Ocean View | | • | Last Letter | | • | If You Fear Dying | | • | One Day As A Lion |
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After almost a decade of speculative anticipation on the part of his fans, Rage Against the Machine's Zach de la Rocha finally returns to the studio, with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. It's been a long wait, but if anything, the machine's sway has only grown more insidious, and de la Rocha rises to meet it as if he hadn't missed a beat. RATM fans will find all the familiar sonic and lyrical calling cards here, but One Day as a Lion is a mimeograph of neither contributor's flagship band. "If You Fear Dying" and opener "Wild International" highlight this five-song, 20-minute set. Sharing nearly synchronized leading riffs, the two songs also take similar liberties with religious taboo: "I target more heads than a priest Ash Wednesday" ("If You Fear Dying"); "I'm like a nail stuck in the wrist of their Christmas" ("Wild International"). In "Ocean View"--a heart-breaking, impressionist portrayal of the PATRIOT Act's capacity for enabling new twists on the old story of racial profiling--de la Rocha's wailing chorus glides atop a merciless cascade of thunderous drums. For those who follow either of these guys, everything here merits sustained attention. More generally, for those who like their protest music hard, loud, and in small doses, One Day as a Lion is king for a day, at least. --Jason Kirk
Product Description
One Day As A Lion is the creation of musical comrades Zack De La Rocha & Jon Theodore. This is music about space - the space between friends and collaborators where ideas form; the space in a song where the tension builds waiting for the next wave of sound; the space in the corners of the recording studio (Sinatra's old room at Ocean Way) where the sound gathers to fade and die. One Day As A Lion worked hard to capture that space on tape, unadulterated, unmolested, from heart to hand to skins to mics to tape to speaker to ear. The result, someone said, sounds like Led Zep meets Dr. Dre.
Album Description
Anti- Records' One Day As A Lion is an on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals. 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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Zach De La Rocha moves on...next door...Misses Tom September 7, 2008
D. Rekt (Wicheeta, Kansass)
This CD is a collaboration from Zach De La Rocha (of Rage Against the Machine fame)and some indie guys...sounds like RATM as a garage band...minus Tom Morello's innovative guitar playing...slashing chords and tubby drums...with Zach ranting as usual in the forefront...I would much rather hear the stuff that Trent Reznor produced for Zach...this is just him sleepwalking through some more angry indie stuff...
One Day As a Lion - One Day As a Lion (EP) September 5, 2008
S. D. Mason (Greenville, NC)
One Day As a Lion (2008, Anti) One Day As a Lion's first studio EP. ****
For a long time there was talk of Zack de la Rocha releasing solo material (apparently material he had been working on even before Rage Against the Machine split), and even more talk when he worked with Trent Reznor. But now we get some sort of taste of what de la Rocha is like on his own, but he equally shares the stage with Jon Theodore, former Mars Volta drummer. As expected, One Day As a Lion is explosive, with de la Rocha spitting hateful messages at the powers-that-be while taking a minimalist effect. The idea is fantastic; Theodore's drumming is superb, playing a central role in not only developing an effective beat, but also being fairly responsible for filling the sound, as de la Rocha's vocals and keyboards are either sparse or start-and-stop. Sure, it sounds like lost Rage material, but it's fairly intimate for what it is, and what it is is righteous. A full-length LP would be outstanding. On it, boys! (Wild International)
 Great! September 4, 2008
clo (Sacramento, CA USA)
i've waited a long time for Zach to release new music and this is great!
Zack De LaRocha August 24, 2008
Donald E. Lee (Everson Wa)
Zack still has the fire but was not sure of the message, I am a fan of RATM so I would always support Zack and his music. I enjoyed track one and three but if it wa anyone else I would not have bought. It was the same with Night Watchman of Tom Morrello from RATM but that was on the Dylan side of music.
Right on course August 20, 2008
Chris Wren (Chicago, Illinois)
The re-emergence of Zack de la Rocha has been something I have kept close track to. From the work on In the Mode to Saul Williams to the work with DJ Shadow, Zack has laid low since the dividing of Rage Against the Machine 8 years ago. While I could continue to go on a personal note and discuss how important Rage and Zack were to my budding musical ears, this review will focus more on the music and the work of two important talents. De La Rocha's talents have always been understated but publicly acclaimed, always capable of a line or two that never leaves your head. Jon Theodore has always been considered one of the best drummers yet this improvised blend of rock and hip hop speaks volumes to how even in simplicity, complexity can be attained.
Ok, so one little Rage allusion: if anything, this record shows Zack's influence in Rage as being more than just a lyricist. The perseverance of gritty style and minimalist aggression is very much encapsulated in this record. Instead of falling into abstract musical ideas, a focused, cohesive work is presented here, just unpolished enough to keep your feet cemented to the pavement. "If You Fear Dying" pulses like a hot summer day, seething through the synths and burgeoning drums. "Ocean View" comes in like a buzz saw, while "Wild International" takes early 90s hip hop drums and a radio hum. This project unifies two voices and cannot be categorized in any simple terms, but then again, isn't that the point? One Day as a Lion does let its members have their respective roars, but unified, the project speaks volumes great start of something, I hope to see more.
Pick it up for a taste of what might emerge, hopefully sooner rather than later.
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