Lionrock was a British

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, comprising

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Justin Robertson Justin Robertson is an English electronic musician, DJ, author, artist and record producer. Discography DJ Mix albums *Journeys by DJs *Journeys by DJs Select Tape *Cream Live *Bugged Out *Imprint *Art of Acid Lionrock Albums *An Instinc ...

, MC Buzz B, and producer, engineer, programmer and synthesist Roger Lyons. Lyons replaced

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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

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

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, later sampled by

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on the tune "All Night" from the album ''Welcome to Jamrock'' from 2005. 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) *"She's on the Train" (1997) *"Wet Roads Glisten" (1997) *"Rude Boy Rock" (1998) - UK #20 *"Scatter and Swing" (1998) - UK #54

References

External links

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