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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0045778697823 Format: EP Label: Anti Manufacturer: Anti MPN: 86978 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Anti Release Date: July 22, 2008 Studio: Anti Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One Day As A LionI was a teenager when Rage first came on the scene and blew me and my friends away. We loved the militant Public-Enemy political message, the impressive delivery and flow of Zack, and the funky/metal guitar of Tom. They were a band built for teenage boys to love and idolize. Rage was one of my favorite bands and their old albums still sound VERY good today. So I came into One Day As A Lion hoping for something great. And overall it is pretty good, but it's definitely not great. ... Read More Rating:  - Kind of sad...OK, the first track is pretty cool but the others just don't make the cut. It has a touch of the Beastie Boys to it but is more like the Renegades album then any original RATM material. It's kind of sad, really. I was such a huge RATM fan and wish Zack could have more success (although I was pissed that the he left the band right before they were supposed to play in my town...) Anyway, ODAL is kind of weak material. If it was anyone other than Zack de la Rocha, I don't think it would ... Read More Rating: - de la Rocha is as good as ever, but music is lackingde la Rocha is as lyrically and vocally intense as ever, but the music of One Day is somewhat subpar, especially in comparison to Morello and crew from Rage. Some of the songs sound almost identical, two of the songs differentiate in only a(very)slight variation in strum pattern. The lyrics are interesting and hard hitting, though, and some of the songs pick up a nice groove. Overall,it's an album worth picking up if you like de la Rocha. Rating: - Zach De La Rocha moves on...next door...Misses TomThis 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... Rating: - One Day As a Lion - One Day As a Lion (EP)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 ... Read More |
