Lionrock

{{Short description|Band}} {{about|the British band|other uses|Lion Rock (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{One source|date=March 2011}} '''Lionrock''' was a British big beat group, comprising record producer Justin Robertson,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> MC Buzz B, and producer, engineer, programmer and synthesist Roger Lyons. Lyons replaced recording engineer Mark Stagg in 1995. Their biggest chart success came in 1998, when "Rude Boy Rock" reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

The group formed in 1992, and signed to Deconstruction Records in 1993.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=235}}</ref>

Their song "Rude Boy Rock" was featured in the video game ''FIFA '99'', as well as on the soundtrack to the 1999 film ''Idle Hands''. This song samples "Nimrod" (1965) by Jamaican reggae band Skatalites. Their song "Fire Up the Shoesaw" was included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film ''Go''.

==Discography== ===Albums=== *''An Instinct for Detection'' (1996) - UK No. 30 *''City Delirious'' (1998) - UK No. 73<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

===Singles=== *"Lionrock" (1992) - UK No. 63 *"Packet of Peace" (1993) - UK No. 32 *"Carnival" (1993) - UK No. 34 *"Tripwire" (1994) - UK No. 44 *"Straight at Yer Head" (1996) - UK No. 33 *"Fire Up the Shoeshaw" (1996) - UK No. 43 *"Project Now" (1996) - UK No. 97 *"Wet Roads Glisten" (1997) - UK No. 80 *"She's on the Train" (1997) - UK No. 77 *"Rude Boy Rock" (1998) - UK No. 20 *"Scatter and Swing" (1998) - UK No. 54<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 323}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169157|label=Lionrock}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050213125039/http://www.global-trance.co.uk/fr_index.html?%2FLionrock.html Lionrock] at global-trance.co.uk *[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f79268b-652e-4ce3-88f9-e33a9c6da062.html Lionrock] at [http://www.musicbrainz.org MusicBrainz.org] *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/3168-Lionrock Lionrock] at Discogs

Category:English electronic music groups Category:English techno music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:Breakbeat music groups Category:Big beat groups Category:1991 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Time Bomb Recordings artists