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Black Light Cobra Maxi​-​Single

by Lion Drome

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    Contains the Black Light Cobra single, I Will Follow b-side and two home demos from 2012, Run Run and Love is Blindness.

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Black Light Cobra What breaks the sky into the atmosphere / Our collective in a song. Our mournful nights, our headstrong fights and calm. Ophiuchus took the energy and returned with glowing eyes. It’s coming down. It’s all around your head. And I'm under the spell of the Black Light Cobra. The BLOODLETTING (Concrete Blonde) will be so clean, CINEMATICS (The Epilogues) lighting up the screen. You’re under the spell So DREAM BROTHER (Jeff Buckley) and PRAY YOUR GODS (Toad The Wet Sprocket), there’s RAIN IN THE TUNNEL (Michael Lee Firkins) defying the odds and I’m under the spell. Oh safely UNDER LOCK AND KEY (Dokken), this RAGE FOR ORDER (Queensryche) ends in silence for me. Yet So alive LIGHT UP THE SKY (Van Halen) and THE UNDERGROUND (Meg Myers). HAMMER AWAY (Racer X) the mind decay, Unwind like WIRE (U2) and … DANCING ON COALS (Bang Tango) all those WASTED YEARS (Iron Maiden) It’s MORE THAN A FEELING (Boston) were MY LAST WORDS (Megadeth) I fell under the spell. She brought over some old BOC and there were FIREWORKS (Blue Oyster Cult) between her and me. Oh LOST IN PARADISE (Evanescence) is so sweet, the SOUND OF MUZAK (Porcupine Tree) keeps the DRIVE (The cars) to so alive. In SEASONS (Badland) of the LAUGHING BOY (Duran Duran) YOUR’E IN LOVE (Ratt), ALL IS FULL OF LOVE (Bjork) and now WE’LL BURN THE SKY (Scorpions). Remember live it all again Your love wasn’t severed away … In another time, another place. For me, I’m begging now and I’m under the spell. What breaks the sky into the atmosphere / Our collective in a song. Our mournful nights, our headstrong fights and calm. What makes you think you’ll get away? You’ll be pursued until the end. ST THERESA (Joan Osborne) - I’m DOWN FOR LIFE (Testament) Oh ST. THERESA, BONE DOWN (T-Ride) ST. THERESA around in your head.
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Q: What else should we know about your music?

A: I’m back in the studio with Lion Drome at the moment, recording a stand-alone single called “Black Light Cobra,” hopefully in time for Christmas. As a B-side, I’ll be including one of the many covers I recorded during COVID, a shreddy take on U2’s “I will Follow.” You can see some early, work in-progress cover art with this interview. That’s me, turned into a comic book character riding in the lion drome. This rather long (seven minute) piece of music came to me right after releasing the self-titled album in September and it kept me up many nights as this earworm that would constantly tap me on the shoulder. I figured the only way to exorcise it was to record it. I have a feeling it will be one of the most special songs I’ve recorded – Lion Drome or otherwise. The title is a reference to black light posters that were popular in young people’s bedrooms in the 1970’s. The lyrics are made up of song or album titles of music that I have really loved over the years. From Meg Myers to Testament; it’s name-checking some 27 artists. Its one big celebration of the discovery of new music and diving deep into it -the black light cobra poster being a symbolic witness to that. Its self-reflexive in a way because here is this piece of music that wouldn’t leave me alone that points to songs/ albums or artists in general that I’ve played over and over.

Taken from the 11-23-2022 Interview with Pitchperfectsite.com

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released February 4, 2023

Mike Lopez - Vocals. lead and rhythm guitars, keys and synths
Dave Beegle - Bass on "Follow", engineering and production
Jerry Bousquet - drums
Marke Foerster - Bass on "Cobra"

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Lion Drome Fort Collins, Colorado

Thrash lead guitarist goes modern rock-alternative with Lion Drome with the prime directive of mining the "epic" nature of songwriting. Lion_Drome has elements of upbeat U2, melancholy Porcupine Tree, romantic Jeff Buckley and 80s hard rock as well as synth pop rock ala The Cars and Duran Duran. Predictably, lead guitars get their place to shine all over Lion Drome songs. Get your headphones! ... more

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