One Day As a Lion – Wild International

It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.

I’ve been hearing whispers and whatnot about One Day As a Lion, a collaborative project between RAGE’s Zach de la Rocha and Jon (former drummer of The Mars Volta). So to my surprise I see a post on OKP with the first leaked record from their upcoming EP. Shake’s a big fan of RAGE so it’s only right I make a post myself. Add that to the fact that this record is dope! Hit the jump for more info on the project as well as the tracklist. UPDATE: Added the CDQ version, courtesy of Flint.

DOWNLOAD: One Day As a Lion – Wild International

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 in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.

01 – Wild International
02 – Ocean View
03 – Last Letter
04 – If You Fear Dying
05 – One Day As A Lion

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~ by Shake on July 16, 2008.

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21 Responses to “One Day As a Lion – Wild International”

  1. fuckin nasty

    senseiscommon said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

  2. thats that shit

    Find A Soul 4 Sale said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  3. oh man shake you just made my day.

    A.M. Kush said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  4. Rage Against The Machine & Led Zeppelin > Any fucking rock band you pick

    Find A Soul 4 Sale said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  5. fuck all these side projects we need another Rage album

    Find A Soul 4 Sale said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

  6. hella nice

    skeme said this on July 16th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  7. when does the EP come out!?!?

    A.M. Kush said this on July 16th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

  8. this is too sikk

    Prospekt said this on July 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

  9. ill.
    wasn’t there supposed to be a de la rocha’s solo joint too? seems like it’s been ‘in the works’ for years now.

    One ID said this on July 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

  10. he recorded the solo joint
    but it never got released
    the label sat on it

    Find A Soul 4 Sale said this on July 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

  11. DOPE SHIT

    KIMBO said this on July 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm

  12. Amazing! Im glad to see Zach is back and spouting his unbelievably politically challenged lyrics to the world’s ears again.

    Gonzo by Nature said this on July 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

  13. Yeo, files missing from the link, re-up? or was it taken down for a reason?

    Vegas P. said this on July 17th, 2008 at 1:16 am

  14. Link dead, we need another.

    NiGHTMARE said this on July 17th, 2008 at 6:47 am

  15. oh shit can we get a new link please?!?!

    bambam said this on July 17th, 2008 at 7:21 am

  16. ILL! Best surprise in a long time. Thankyou dopeboyz

    black nutz said this on July 17th, 2008 at 7:32 am

  17. just go to their myspace, its up

    black nutz said this on July 17th, 2008 at 7:33 am

  18. aww man.. File Not Found..

    dmt said this on July 17th, 2008 at 10:57 am

  19. the re-up gang in full effect.

    Shake said this on July 17th, 2008 at 10:59 am

  20. I just heard it on Sirius radio… cant wait to hear more, love Rocha

    Nila said this on August 17th, 2008 at 6:06 am

  21. i gotten the album when it came this shit was rawer than all the rap albums out until recently when slaughterhouse dropped their album

    D.C. THE SOULCHILD said this on August 25th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

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