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LIONS

2 years we will never forget!

About Me


Lions opened hearts worldwide to strong emotions and regard of affection, taking anguish and aggression, and delivering it through a positive outreach. Sharing moments of self-destruction to self-construction, Lions was about strength, trust, and community. You get back what you put in.
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- Lions formed August 2005
- First show was with Far From Ruin and Liferuiner in Hamilton, ON (October 27, 2005)
- Recorded demo “From The Blood In My Heart To The Blood On My Hands” (October 2005)
- Never Walk Alone Fest (December 28, 2005)
- North East US Tour with Liferuiner and Strength N’ Honor (Dec 28th to Jan 7th 2006)
- Interview with WeGoToShows.com (February 2006)
- Ontario Canada Tour with Ion Dissonance and Tie Fighter (March 17th to March19th 2006)
- Offically Released Ep “From The Blood In My Heart To The Blood On My Hands” (July 1, 2006)
- LIONS North American Tour from June 27th to July 25th '06
- Canada portion with E-town Beatdown (June 27th to July 10th 2006)
- USA westcoast portion with E-town Beatdown and Tie Fighter (July 11th to July 21st 2006)
- USA southwest/southcentral portion with Death Sentence (July 21st to July 25th 2006)
- Ontario Canada Tour with Die Young and Life Long Tragedy (Sept 7th to Sept 9th 2006)
- Ontario/Quebec Canadian Tour with Solidarity (Oct 10th to Oct 14th 2006)
- Interview with CJLO radio in Montreal (October 14th 2006)
- Ontario Canada Tour with Ligeia (November 29th to December 3rd 2006)
- Ontario/Quebec Canadian Tour with Another Breath (March 11th to March 17th 2007)
- Recorded new demo “The North Face” (April 2007)
- Unofficial Release date of "The North Face" (December 8th 2007 @ JUGGERNAUT FEST)
- LAST SHOW was JUGGERNAUT FEST (Decemebr 8th 2007)
In between tours and recording over the past 2 years Lions has also played with bands Death Before Dishonor, Blacklisted, Sworn Enemy, Down To Nothing, Sinking Ships, SOLIDARITY, Fearless Vampire Killers (Cro-Mags), First Blood, Steel Trap, On A Warpath, Countdown, Let It Die (rip), xLooking Forwardx, x1920x, Battlecat, The Gorgeous (rip), Closed Casket Funeral, Arise and Ruin, A Crow’s Glory, xIn This Defiancex (rip), xTo This Dayx, Millennial Reign, and Risky Business (rip)
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Member Since: 3/21/2005
Band Website: you're lookin at it
Band Members: LIONS:
guitar | shawn
vocals | jay
drums | jose
bass | tj
guitar | ryan

other playaz:
bass | drew (original member)
bass | dallas ('06 tours)
guitar |zack (fill in)
drums | alex (fill in)
guitar | jesse (fill in)
Influences: our friends, our families, our loves, our enemies.
Sounds Like: hardcore
Type of Label: None

My Blog

APRIL 2008

i'm doing vocals for battlecat april 21st in hamilton ontario and april 26th in wndsor ontario.  we might get fresh for ol time sakes so dont miss it!www.myspace.com/thebattlecatjay ...
Posted by LIONS on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:13:00 PST

UPDATES WINTER 08

We (Lions) are all taking a step back to focus on our personal lives, families, jobs, and education.  For the last 2 years we've been touring, writing, recording, touring, playing mad shows non s...
Posted by LIONS on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:30:00 PST

Thank you...

Lions have reached the point in our lives and careers where it is time to move on. For the last few months we have taken a few steps back and re-evaluated our priorities, unfortunetly lions was no lon...
Posted by LIONS on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:25:00 PST