Lionrock was a British

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, comprising

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Justin Robertson, MC Buzz B, and producer, engineer, programmer and synthesist Roger Lyons. Lyons replaced recording engineer Mark Stagg in 1995. Their biggest

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success came in 1998, when "Rude Boy Rock" reached the

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of the UK Singles Chart. The group formed in 1992, and signed to

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in 1993. Their song "Rude Boy Rock" was featured in the

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'' FIFA '99'', as well as on the

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to the 1999

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'' Idle Hands''. This song samples "Nimrod" (1965) by Jamaican

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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 #30 *''City Delirious'' (1998) - UK #73

Singles

*"Lionrock" (1992) - UK #63 *"Packet of Peace" (1993) - UK #32 *"Carnival" (1993) - UK #34 *"Tripwire" (1994) - UK #44 *"Straight at Yer Head" (1996) - UK #33 *"Fire Up the Shoeshaw" (1996) - UK #43 *"Project Now" (1996) - UK #97 *"Wet Roads Glisten" (1997) - UK #80 *"She's on the Train" (1997) - UK #77 *"Rude Boy Rock" (1998) - UK #20 *"Scatter and Swing" (1998) - UK #54

References

External links

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