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| origin = [[Byron Bay]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| origin = [[Byron Bay]], New South Wales, Australia
| genre = [[Hardcore punk]], [[metalcore]]
| genre = [[Hardcore punk]], [[metalcore]]
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'''50 Lions''' are an Australian [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] band from [[Byron Bay]], [[New South Wales]]. The band is named after a poker machine of the same name.
'''50 Lions''' are an Australian [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] band from [[Byron Bay]], New South Wales. The band is named after a [[video poker]] machine of the same name.


==History==
==History==
In 2005, they released their self-titled 7" EP, which sold out within 3 months of its release. Later that year, they released their debut album, ''Nowhere to Run'', through Washed Up Records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.washeduprecords.com/bands/50lions.html |title=Washed Up Records :: Bands<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116182822/http://www.washeduprecords.com/bands/50lions.html |archive-date=16 November 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In 2005, they released their self-titled 7-inch EP, which sold out within 3 months of its release. Later that year, they released their debut album, ''Nowhere to Run'', through Washed Up Records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.washeduprecords.com/bands/50lions.html |title=Washed Up Records :: Bands<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116182822/http://www.washeduprecords.com/bands/50lions.html |archive-date=16 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2006 they did a tour with Australian band [[I Killed the Prom Queen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.washeduprecords.com/news.html#WUR007 |title=Washed Up Records :: News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305155844/http://www.washeduprecords.com/news.html#WUR007 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2006 they did a tour with Australian band [[I Killed the Prom Queen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.washeduprecords.com/news.html#WUR007 |title=Washed Up Records :: News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305155844/http://www.washeduprecords.com/news.html#WUR007 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


They then released ''Time Is the Enemy'' through Resist Records in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.resistrecords.com/releases.html |title=Resist Records {{!}} Releases |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071024193830/http://www.resistrecords.com/releases.html |archive-date= 24 October 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
They then released ''Time Is the Enemy'' through Resist Records in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.resistrecords.com/releases.html |title=Resist Records {{!}} Releases |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071024193830/http://www.resistrecords.com/releases.html |archive-date= 24 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


At the beginning of 2008, the band played alongside [[Parkway Drive]] in 14 out of 15 dates during the Surf Rat Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.resistrecords.com/shows.html |title=Resist Records {{!}} Shows and tours |access-date= 14 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411061957/http://www.resistrecords.com/shows.html |archive-date= 11 April 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They have since released a split CD with American band [[Down to Nothing]].
At the beginning of 2008, the band played alongside [[Parkway Drive]] in 14 out of 15 dates during the Surf Rat Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.resistrecords.com/shows.html |title=Resist Records {{!}} Shows and tours |access-date= 14 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411061957/http://www.resistrecords.com/shows.html |archive-date= 11 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They have since released a split CD with American band [[Down to Nothing]].


After their European tour, they will be doing a tour of Australia with [[Blacklisted (band)|Blacklisted]], and then will be a part of the annual Hardcore festival in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/hardcore2008|title=MySpace.com - Hardcore 2008 - AU - Hardcore |website=Myspace.com|access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=25504397 |title=MySpace.com - 50 LIONS - Byron Bay / Melbourne, AU - Hardcore - www.myspace.com/50lions<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927083013/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=25504397 |archive-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 50 Lions vocalist Oscar McCall is the brother of [[Parkway Drive]] vocalist Winston McCall.<ref>[http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&id=1132 PyroMusic.net - Review of: 50 Lions - Time Is The Enemy<!-- Bot generated title -->], Pyromusic.net</ref>
After their European tour, they will be doing a tour of Australia with [[Blacklisted (band)|Blacklisted]], and then will be a part of the annual Hardcore festival in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/hardcore2008|title=MySpace.com – Hardcore 2008 – AU – Hardcore |website=Myspace.com|access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=25504397 |title=MySpace.com – 50 LIONS – Byron Bay / Melbourne, AU – Hardcore – www.myspace.com/50lions<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927083013/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=25504397 |archive-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 50 Lions vocalist Oscar McCall is the brother of [[Parkway Drive]] vocalist Winston McCall.<ref>[http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&id=1132 PyroMusic.net – Review of: 50 Lions – Time Is The Enemy<!-- Bot generated title -->], Pyromusic.net</ref>


==Tours==
==Tours==
Throughout their short career they have toured with bands such as [[Rise Against]], [[Parkway Drive]], [[I Killed the Prom Queen]], [[Evergreen Terrace]] and [[Comeback Kid (band)|Comeback Kid]].<ref>[http://www.waterfrontrecords.com/releases/releases.asp?Action=DisplayProduct&ProductID=68833 Waterfront Records<!-- Bot generated title -->], Waterfrontrecords.com</ref>
Throughout their short career they have toured with bands such as [[Rise Against]], [[Parkway Drive]], [[I Killed the Prom Queen]], [[Evergreen Terrace]] and [[Comeback Kid (band)|Comeback Kid]].<ref>[http://www.waterfrontrecords.com/releases/releases.asp?Action=DisplayProduct&ProductID=68833 Waterfront Records<!-- Bot generated title -->], Waterfrontrecords.com</ref>


In November 2009, 50 Lions teamed up with Baltimore's Trapped Under Ice for a national tour of Australia. The tour will cover Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Byron, Sydney and Perth. In January 2010, 50 Lions toured Australia nationally on the [[Boys of Summer 2010 Tour]], supporting American metalcore band [[Every Time I Die]]. During the months from April to May 2010, 50 Lions toured Europe with Parkway Drive, [[Despised Icon]], [[Winds of Plague]] and [[The Warriors (American band)|The Warriors]].
In November 2009, 50 Lions teamed up with Baltimore's Trapped Under Ice for a national tour of Australia. The tour will cover Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Byron, Sydney and Perth. In January 2010, 50 Lions toured Australia nationally on the [[Boys of Summer 2010 Tour]], supporting American metalcore band [[Every Time I Die]]. During the months from April to May 2010, 50 Lions toured Europe with Parkway Drive, [[Despised Icon]], [[Winds of Plague]] and [[The Warriors (American band)|The Warriors]].
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* Released: 2007
* Released: 2007
* Label: Resist Records (RES065)
* Label: Resist Records (RES065) / Demons Run Amok Entertainment (DRA026)
* Format: CD, digital download, LP
* Format: CD, digital download, LP
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{{awards table}}
{{awards table}}
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| [[AIR Awards of 2010]]<ref name="10noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.theaureview.com/music/jagermeister-independent-music-awards-nominations-announced/|title=Jagermeister Independent Music Awards Nominations Announced!|date=1 September 2010|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="AIRwins">{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=[[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]]|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
| [[AIR Awards of 2010|2010]]<ref name="10noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.theaureview.com/music/jagermeister-independent-music-awards-nominations-announced/|title=Jagermeister Independent Music Awards Nominations Announced!|date=1 September 2010|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="AIRwins">{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=[[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]]|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
|''Where Life Expire''
|''Where Life Expire''
| Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk Album
| Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk Album
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[[Category:Australian hardcore punk groups]]
[[Category:Australian hardcore punk groups]]
[[Category:New South Wales musical groups]]
[[Category:New South Wales musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2005]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2005]]
[[Category:Musical quintets]]
[[Category:Australian musical quintets]]
[[Category:Byron Bay, New South Wales]]
[[Category:Byron Bay]]
[[Category:Demons Run Amok Entertainment artists]]
[[Category:Australian metalcore musical groups]]

Revision as of 13:05, 28 June 2024

50 Lions
OriginByron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
GenresHardcore punk, metalcore
Years active2005–present
LabelsResist Records, Six Feet Under Records, Washed Up Records
MembersOscar McCall
Byron "Boz" Carney
Elmzy
Jonathan Niclair
Baina

50 Lions are an Australian hardcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales. The band is named after a video poker machine of the same name.

History

In 2005, they released their self-titled 7-inch EP, which sold out within 3 months of its release. Later that year, they released their debut album, Nowhere to Run, through Washed Up Records.[1]

In 2006 they did a tour with Australian band I Killed the Prom Queen.[2]

They then released Time Is the Enemy through Resist Records in 2007.[3]

At the beginning of 2008, the band played alongside Parkway Drive in 14 out of 15 dates during the Surf Rat Tour.[4] They have since released a split CD with American band Down to Nothing.

After their European tour, they will be doing a tour of Australia with Blacklisted, and then will be a part of the annual Hardcore festival in Sydney.[5][6] 50 Lions vocalist Oscar McCall is the brother of Parkway Drive vocalist Winston McCall.[7]

Tours

Throughout their short career they have toured with bands such as Rise Against, Parkway Drive, I Killed the Prom Queen, Evergreen Terrace and Comeback Kid.[8]

In November 2009, 50 Lions teamed up with Baltimore's Trapped Under Ice for a national tour of Australia. The tour will cover Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Byron, Sydney and Perth. In January 2010, 50 Lions toured Australia nationally on the Boys of Summer 2010 Tour, supporting American metalcore band Every Time I Die. During the months from April to May 2010, 50 Lions toured Europe with Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Winds of Plague and The Warriors.

Members

  • Oscar McCall – vocals
  • Byron "Boz" Carney – bass
  • Elmzy – guitars
  • Baina – guitars
  • Jonathan Niclair – drums

Discography

Albums

Title Details
Nowhere to Run
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Washed Up Records (WUR007)
  • Format: CD,
Time is the Enemy
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Resist Records (RES065) / Demons Run Amok Entertainment (DRA026)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
Where Life Expires
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Resist Records (RES090)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP

Extended plays

Title Details
Demo
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Washed Up Records
  • Format: LP
50 Lions
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Resist Records (RES086)
  • Format: LP
Pray for Nothing
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Resist Records (RES117)
  • Format: LP
Former Glory
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Six Feet Under Records (SFU102)
  • Format: LP

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010[9][10] Where Life Expire Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk Album Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Washed Up Records :: Bands". Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Washed Up Records :: News". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Resist Records | Releases". Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Resist Records | Shows and tours". Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  5. ^ "MySpace.com – Hardcore 2008 – AU – Hardcore". Myspace.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. ^ "MySpace.com – 50 LIONS – Byron Bay / Melbourne, AU – Hardcore – www.myspace.com/50lions". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  7. ^ PyroMusic.net – Review of: 50 Lions – Time Is The Enemy, Pyromusic.net
  8. ^ Waterfront Records, Waterfrontrecords.com
  9. ^ "Jagermeister Independent Music Awards Nominations Announced!". 1 September 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  10. ^ "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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