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Sunday 21 May 2006, 11.07 PM
Sampo Axelsson will perform at the POLAR MUSIC PRIZE on May 22. Guests at the gala ceremony include LED ZEPPELIN members (and prizewinners), John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant plus His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The event will be broadcast on TV4 in Sweden.
Monday 17 April 2006, 01.30 PM
Lars is featured on two songs on the new DEACON STREET II album by Tommy Denander. Other guests include Stan Bush, Christopher Cross, Jeff Watson (Night Ranger), Steve Morse (Kansas, Deep Purple), Reb Beach (Winger, Dokken), Bruce Gaitsch (Richard Marx, Madonna, Peter Cetera), Bobby Messano (Glen Burtnick, Fiona, Joe Lynn Turner) etc. Release date May 20, on MTM.
Friday 17 February 2006, 01.45 AM
Photos from the demo session last weekend have been uploaded at www.myspace.com/lionsshare. Patrik recorded the vocals for three new songs "Cult Of Denial", "The Edge Of The Razor" and "Hatred's My Fuel".
Sunday 15 January 2006, 04.00 PM
Lars Chriss has co-written the song "Spit In The Hand That Feeds You" on the new SPEEDY GONZALES album "Electric Stalker". Release in Europe on Jan. 20. Already out in Japan.
Wednesday 02 November 2005, 08.40 PM
On Saturday November 5, Sampo will be doing a special concert (feat. songs by Ozzy, Rainbow, KISS, Deep Purple etc.) with the HEAVY METAL CHOIR at Mondo club in Stockholm. The HMC lineup will include Lars Pollack (Glenn Hughes, Brazen Abbot) - Hammond organ, Sampo Axelsson (Lion's Share, Glenn Hughes) - bass, Peter Östros (Insania) - guitar, Dimitri Keiski (Insania) - keyboard/vocals, Jens Stenbro - drums and the Immanuel Gospel Choir (MTV). For ticket info click here.
Thursday 27 October 2005, 00.40 AM
Sampo Axelsson will be conducting a bass guitar clinic at Kulturama in Stockholm, Sweden later today. Sampo will be demonstrating different bass techniques as well as performing selected parts from two new Lion's Share songs (including one track featuring Bruce Kulick from KISS on lead guitar).
Monday 19 September 2005, 10.05 PM
Singer PATRIK JOHANSSON (also known for his work with ASTRAL DOORS, RICHARD ANDERSSON'S SPACE ODYSSEY and WUTHERING HEIGHTS), has officially joined LION'S SHARE.
Read a personal message from Patrik
Patrik's "member info page"
Thursday 21 July 2005, 09.50 PM
Listen to samples from all songs on the AUDIOVISION album here.
Thursday 30 June 2005, 09.40 PM
AUDIOVISION "The Calling", will be re-released in Europe by Metal Heaven on July 18. Unfortunately the LION'S SHARE "Remembrance" promo video is digitally distorted on the UNITED/ Where Is The Fire DVD. This is totally out of our control and we can only hope that the producers/label of this DVD will correct their mistake and have it re-released again real soon.
Saturday 02 April 2005, 00.40 AM
Former GLENN HUGHES/CRAWLEY bassist SAMPO AXELSSON has officially joined LION'S SHARE. Sampo co-wrote several songs with Hughes for his "Addiction" and "The Way It Is" CDs, besides being a touring member with Hughes during the late '90s.
Read a personal message from Sampo
Sampo's "member info page"
Wednesday 23 February 2005, 12.35 PM
Today is the European release date for the AUDIOVISION album. Check out reviews and other info at this location. SPRIDDA SKURARS (with Lars in Ace Frehley make up!), is featured on the 3 hour double disc DVD "Sweden Rock Festival 2004 - En Rockumentär".
Saturday 12 February 2005, 07.45 PM
Lars Chriss has co-written the song "All That I Wanted" on the new SEVEN WISHES album (release via MTM on Feb. 21). The AUDIOVISION cd has entered the Japanese sales charts (Hard Rock), at position No. 31. In related news "The Calling" was voted "Tune Of The Week" and is currently at position No.3 on "ROCK RADIO" (Sweden).
Tuesday 04 January 2005, 10.25 PM
About 150 of the biggest names in rock and hard rock from Sweden have recorded a song that will be released in a couple of weeks on a special DVD to raise money through the Red Cross for the victims of the horrible earthquake and flood disaster in Asia.
The song "Where Is The Fire" (written by Tommy Denander, Bjorne Lindbom and Bernt Ek) was originally recorded a few years ago for the victims of 9/11, but was eventually pulled from that project because it "was very poorly handled by the people in charge," according to a press release. The song has been kept in a vault with the intention of donating it if and when something horrible would happen again....well, it doesn't get much worse than this.
This special DVD will include a documentary of how the song was recorded, a music video of the song plus 10-15 never-before-shown or very rare videos with great bands like EUROPE, TALISMAN, LION'S SHARE, PAIN and lots of other great stuff.
The DVD will be sold for a special price of 100 SEK (11 Euro or 15 Dollars) and every cent of the profit will be given to the Red Cross.
It will be available through several mail order shops in Europe and hopefully in USA and Japan soon as well.
Monday 29 November 2004, 06.20 PM
Today we were shocked and saddened to learn that our dear old friend PA Danielsson died in a car accident in Italy last Friday (Nov. 26). Besides being a very close friend, PA helped write the early LION'S SHARE songs "Sins of a Father" and "Scarecrow", and played on several demos we did around 1993. He was also a touring member of TIAMAT in the mid-'90s. Our thoughts are with his family on this very sad day. Rest in peace brother.
/Lars Chriss and all past and present LS members.
Sunday 31 October 2004, 11.15 PM
AUDIOVISION, the new solo project from NARNIA frontman Christian Rivel, will release their debut album, "The Calling", in Japan on December 22 via King Records. A European release date has yet to be confirmed.
"The Calling" features contributions from some of the best musicians in melodic hard rock and heavy metal. Confirmed guests include:
Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD)
Tony Franklin (WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, THE FIRM)
Mats Levén (KRUX, AT VANCE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
Mic Michaeli (EUROPE)
Mattias "IA" Eklundh (FREAK KITCHEN)
Eric Clayton (SAVIOUR MACHINE)
Michael Höglund (PUNCHLINE, THUNDER, GREAT KING RAT)
Thomas Broman (HUGHES TURNER PROJECT, GLENN HUGHES BAND, ELECTRIC BOYS)
Thomas Vikström (BRAZEN ABBOT, CANDLEMASS, TALISMAN)
Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE)
Sampo Axelsson (LION'S SHARE, GLENN HUGHES BAND, CRAWLEY)
Tommy Denander (RADIOACTIVE)
Carl Johan Grimmark (NARNIA)
Andreas Lindahl (PLATITUDE)
Jörgen Schelander (MERCURY FANG)
Michael Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE)
Janne Stark (LOCOMOTIVE BREATH, OVERDRIVE)
According to an official press release, the vision for the project was "to create good heavy metal with strong melodies and lots of harmony vocals like QUEEN, URIAH HEEP & THE SWEET. Everything will be packed in a superb production by producer and guitarist Lars Chriss from LION'S SHARE," who has co-written most of the songs together with Christian Rivel. Several MP3 clips (not full songs) are currently available for download from the following locations: "The Calling" (mp3), "The King Is Alive" (mp3) and "Show Me the Way" (mp3).
For more information, visit RivelRecords.com/Audiovision.
Wednesday 23 June 2004, 03.35 PM
Lars Chriss is playing a guest solo on track 9. "Find Me a Meaning", on the brand new DEACON STREET PROJECT album.
Monday 31 May 2004, 06.30 PM
HELL BENT FOR WEATHER:
Pär Holmgren and Pererik Åberg, the two most famous meteorologists on Swedish national TV (SVT), have put together a band that will perform at this year's SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL. The band, dubbed SPRIDDA SKURARS ("Scattered Showers" in Swedish), will perform well-known hard rock classics with re-written lyrics in Swedish based around the weather and the greenhouse-effect theme. The media interest is huge and in addition to performing at the festival on Saturday, June 12, the band will hold a press conference on Friday, June 11 (with former "Headbanger's Ball" Europe host Vanessa Warwick). The show will be recorded by Swedish national radio and filmed for a DVD. The stage show will include a lot of "crazy" surprises, including smoking guitars, snow machines and film sequences on wide-screen backdrops.
Backing Holmgren and Åberg on stage will be well-known names from the Swedish rock and metal scene: Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE) on guitar, Thomas Broman (HUGHES TURNER PROJECT, ELECTRIC BOYS, JOHN NORUM) on drums, Sampo Axelsson (GLENN HUGHES, CRAWLEY) on bass/guitar, Dr. Rock (106.7 RockKlassiker, HIROSHIMA) on drums and Janne Hellman (HIGHWAY STARS) on keyboards/vocals, plus a "very special secret guest." A warm-up show took place on Sunday (May 30) at Fredmans in Uppsala, Sweden.
Monday 12 April 2004, 03.30 PM
Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick was at Stockholm, Sweden's Canvas studio on Saturday (April 10) recording guest appearances for the new LION'S SHARE and AUDIOVISION albums. Photo of Lars & Bruce.
Tuesday 03 February 2004, 11.55 AM
Current and former members of KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, THUNDER, HUGHES & TURNER PROJECT, EUROPE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JEFF SCOTT SOTO, AT VANCE, CANDLEMASS, TALISMAN, LION'S SHARE, NARNIA and RADIOACTIVE have contributed to the Swedish tribute to THE SWEET, titled "The Sweet According To Sweden", due on February 9 through Rivel Records.
Liner notes for the album were written by Steve Priest, the legendary bass player of THE SWEET.
"The Sweet According To Sweden" track listing:
01. Love Is Like Oxygen (mp3 )
02. Sweet F.A. (mp3 )
03. Action
04. Burn On The Flame
05. Need A Lot Of Lovin'
06. Into The Night
07. Cockroach
08. The Sixteens
09. Mother Earth
10. Solid Gold Brass
11. Shot Down In Flames
12. Identity Crises
13. Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace
14. Tell The Truth
15. Windy City
"Love Is Like Oxygen" lineup/credits:
Christian Rivel & Jeff Scott Soto -Lead vocals
Lars Chriss - Rhythm guitars
Thomas Broman – Drums
Michael Höglund – Bass
Mic Michaeli – Keyboards
Janne Stark - Lead guitars
Thomas Vikström & Jeff Scott Soto - Backing vocals
Produced, mixed and engineered by Lars Chriss at Canvas Studio
"Sweet F.A." lineup/credits:
Mats Levén - Lead vocals
Lars Chriss – Guitars
Johan Kihlberg – Drums
John Levén – Bass
Tommy Denander & Mats Levén – Keyboards
Bruce Kulick - Lead guitar
Thomas Vikström & Mats Levén - Backing vocals
Mixed and engineered by Lars Chriss at Canvas Studio
For ordering & more information, click here or e-mail info@rivelrecords.com
Tuesday 27 January 2004, 12.20 PM
Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie), Tony Franklin (Whitesnake, Blue Murder, The Firm), Mats Levén (Krux, At Vance, Yngwie) and Mic Michaeli (Europe) are among the special guests set to appear on the debut album from Christian Rivel's AUDIOVISION, the new solo project from Narnia frontman Christian Rivel.
According to an official press release, the vision for the project is "to create good heavy metal with strong melodies and lots of harmony vocals like Queen & The Sweet. Everything will be packed in a superb production by producer, engineer & guitarist Lars Chriss from LION'S SHARE, who has co-written most of the songs together with Rivel.
The first chance for anyone to hear AUDIOVISION will come with the release of the band's contribution to the Swedish tribute to THE SWEET titled "The Sweet According To Sweden". Audiovision recorded the album's opening cut " Love Is Like Oxygen", featuring a duet between Rivel and Jeff Scott Soto. Lars Chriss is also featured on track 2 on this tribute as engineer and guitarist with JK's Allstar Experience (togeteher with among others Bruce Kulick (KISS), Mats Levén (Yngwie, At Vance), John Levén (Europe), and the song "Sweet FA" . The album is scheduled for release on February 9. For more information visit www.rivelrecords.com/sweettribute.
The AUDIOVISION album project will feature contributions from some of the best musicians in melodic hard rock and heavy metal. Confirmed guests include:
Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen); Tony Franklin (Whitesnake, Blue Murder, The Firm); Mats Levén (Krux, At Vance, Yngwie Malmsteen); Mic Michaeli (Europe); Michael Höglund (Punchline, Thunder, Great King Rat); Thomas Broman (Hughes Turner Project, Glenn Hughes Band, Electric Boys); Thomas Vikström (Brazen Abbot, Candlemass, Talisman); Lars Chriss (Lion's Share); Tommy Denander (Radioactive); Janne Stark (Locomotive Breath); Carl Johan Grimmark (Narnia); Andreas Lindahl (Platitude); Jörgen Schelander (Mercury Fang); Michael Andersson (Cloudscape)
More big names will be announced later this year at www.rivelrecords.com/audiovision
Wednesday 21 January 2004, 07.00 AM
Lars Chriss is playing all guitars on track 4. "När Veckan Är Slut" - MARCUS ÖHRN, on the brand new FAME FACTORY Vol 7 album.
Wednesday 31 December 2003, 01.10 PM
Dear friends,
Another year is coming to a close (and this one's been extremely fast).
During 2003 I was involved in building a brand new recording studio in Tyresö, just outside Stockholm, and this, of course, has kept me extremely busy.
I have a pretty good picture of what the next LION'S SHARE album will be like, both song- and member-wise. Being a producer and engineer in a commercial recording studio, of course, means I don't have as much time as before to work on LS-related stuff exclusively. Another thing that's slowing down the band slightly is that the new members don't live here in Stockholm, but are spread all over Sweden (oh well, could be worse).
For those of you who want to hear my writing and playing before the next LS gets released, I am working on a very interesting project called "Christian Rivel's AUDIOVISION". Members from such bands as YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, THUNDER, EUROPE, HUGHES TURNER PROJECT, NARNIA, CANDLEMASS, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, LION'S SHARE, TALISMAN, RADIOACTIVE, PLATITUDE and ELECTRIC BOYS have all contributed to the project so far. Besides playing on it, I have co-written 7 of the 10 songs and I'm also producing, recording and mixing the album, which is to be released after the summer.
To all LION'S SHARE fans, I would like the express my deepest gratitude for your patience while waiting for the band to get more active again. I promise you that the wait WILL have been worth it once you've heard the new material!
Have a great, great 2004 and keep in touch!
/Lars Chriss
Monday 15 September 2003, 00.10 AM
Even though LION'S SHARE does NOT consider themselves a progrock band, it is with great pleasure we announce that the "Fall From Grace" album made it into the "Out-Of This World 1990 - 2002 Edition": an interactive Top 100 of the best progressive and symphonic rock-albums of the last 12-and-a-half years.
The Progwereld team asked their visitors to send in personal Top
10 lists of albums released between 1990 - 2002. Based on all the votes they compiled a list of the "100 best progalbums" of that period. Find the complete list at
http://www.progwereld.org/progvizier/wereldsetoenbrons.htm
Thursday 14 August 2003, 07.30 PM
Listen to these low-quality sound samples from all LION'S SHARE albums currently available. Order the albums at special price from CDON
ENTRANCE (Shotgun Messiah / Waiting / Through The Clouds / Lost / Mystery / Believe / War Machine / On And On / Losing My Head / Free Your Mind)
FALL FROM GRACE (Unholy Rites / The Edge Of Sanity / Fall From Grace / Drowning / Remembrance / The Day The Earth Caught Fire / A Hole Of Black / A Touch Of Evil)
PERSPECTIVE (CD 1. Sins Of A Father / Scarecrow / Arabia / Play By The Rules / I Don't Believe In Love / Judgment Day / Haunted / Just In Time To Be Late / Lion's Share / Searchin' For Answers / CD 2. Shadows / Baptism Of Fire / Wild at Heart / Flash In The Night / Transient / Don't Come Easy / World Gone Wrong / Rat-Race / Lord Of The Pain / Nothing's Free)
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LION'S SHARE will accept demos, bios and photos for the vacant drummer and bassist positions in the band until the end of this year. Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far! Unfortunately it's impossible to contact everyone with updates, so please be patient. If you are the one, you WILL be contacted early next year at the latest.
Submit by regular mail (no more mp3's please!) to:
JK Productions AB, ATTN: Lion's Share, Vinterv. 8K, 135 40 Tyresö, Sweden
Check out the brand new TEN 67 video (featuring Lars Chriss, Ian Haugland from EUROPE and the radio DJ's at "106.7 Rockklassiker"), here.
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Sunday 01 June 2003, 03.30 PM
LION'S SHARE will be holding auditions for the vacant drummer and bassist positions in the band and are inviting all interested parties to submit demos, bios and photos to: JK Productions, ATTN: Lion's Share, Vinterv. 8K, 135 40 Tyresö, Sweden. All live auditions will be held in Stockholm sometime in the fall.
Lars Chriss is currently composing material for the fifth LS album with an as-yet-undisclosed new killer vocalist (in R.J. Dio/T. Martin-style), for a tentative fall 2004 release. Some titles so far: Nomad, Face To Face and Finger Of God.
EUROPE drummer Ian Haugland has teamed up with several of his DJ colleagues at Sweden's biggest classic rock station "106.7 Rockklassiker" to release the single "Rock 'n' Roll Allright" under the band name TEN 67. The track, which features Haugland on lead vocals for the first time ever, marks the first project for new label and studio Canvas, formed by former KISS Army Sweden president Johan Kihlberg and LION'S SHARE guitarist Lars Chriss, who also produced and mixed the song. "Rock 'n' Roll Allright" is already on the A-rotation list on 106.7 Rockklassiker. Look for TEN 67 (featuring Lars on guitar), to appear at this year's Sweden Rock Festival alongside such acts as WHITESNAKE, QUEENSRŸCHE and SEPULTURA. More information on the label and studio can be found at www.jkproductions.org
The KISS tribute CD, "Undressed", which features songs culled solely from the 1980 album "Unmasked" is now released through the German label RSR Music/AOR Heaven. The album includes contributions from TYKOON (featuring Lars Chriss, Andy Loos, Tommy Denander etc.), SHAMELESS (Steve Summers, Keri Kelli), NASH (featuring ex-members of BIOHAZARD and DOPE), DEMON DRIVE, and others.
Tuesday 28 January 2003, 04.12 PM
Here it is. The LION'S SHARE top 10 list as voted by you the fans. Thanks to everybody that contributed.
1. SINS OF A FATHER
2. BAPTISM OF FIRE
3. LOST
4. WAITING / UNHOLY RITES (tie)
6. BELIEVE
7. SHOTGUN MESSIAH
8. THE EDGE OF SANITY
9. FALL FROM GRACE
10. SCARECROW
Monday 16 December 2002, 03.27 AM
Three-fifths of the most celebrated EUROPE lineup - guitarist John Norum, bassist John Levén, and drummer Ian Haugland - reunited on stage at the Hard Rock Café in Stockholm, Sweden - Dec 13th. to perform the EUROPE classic "Rock The Night" and a version of LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock And Roll".
The gig, which took place as part of the Christmas show of local radio station Rockklassiker 106.7, also featured an appearance by LION'S SHARE guitarist Lars Chriss, who played with Haugland during the regular set before Norum and Levén joined the duo for the explosive finale.
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Swedish guitarist Tommy Denander has written a special song called "Jason" for inclusion on the second tribute album for former David Lee Roth axeman Jason Becker, who is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrigs). As an added bonus, Denander has invited a very impressive list of friends to jam on the track, which will be featured on the Japanese version of the CD. Musicians on the recording are the following:
Tommy Denander - rhythm guitar, keyboards
Tony Franklin (THE FIRM, WHITESNAKE) - bass
Guitar Solos by:
Tommy Denander
Jeff Watson (NIGHT RANGER)
Erkka Korhonen (URBAN TALE)
Carl Verheyen (SUPERTRAMP)
Sayit (PRISONER, JIM JIDHED)
Reb Beach (WINGER, ALICE COOPER, DOKKEN)
Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE)
Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE, KANSAS)
Marty Friedman (MEGADETH)
Michelle Meldrum (PHANTOM BLUE, MELDRUM)
Bruce Gaitsch (RICHARD MARX, MADONNA)
Christopher Cross (seven-time Grammy winner)
Bobby Messano (STARZ, FRANK & THE KNOCKOUTS, PETER CRISS)
Paul Nelson (LIEGE LORD)
Bill Leverty (FIREHOUSE)
Saturday 12 October 2002, 03.10 PM
LION'S SHARE have parted ways with Pontus Egberg (bass) and Johan Koleberg (drums) due to personal differences. Lars Chriss (guitar) and Tony Niva (vocals) will continue writing and demoing material for the group's fifth studio album, to be released sometime in late 2003 or early 2004.
Don't forget to e-mail us your LION'S SHARE Top 10 lists!!!!!
The Top 5 songs right now are:
1. Lost
2. Unholy Rites
3. Believe
4. The Edge Of Sanity
5. Baptism Of Fire
In related news the SWEET tribute album "Sweet F.A.", (on which Lars is featured on the title track along with members from KISS and EUROPE), is now released on Malibu Records (Scana Records).
Lars is also busy writing for his side project TYKOON
Sunday 06 October 2002, 10.36 PM
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Vol II, can now be ordered directly from Premium Publishing. The special exclusive bonus CD that comes free with the book features rare or never before issued tracks by among others: Europe (Blame It On Me), Yngwie Malmsteen (Amadeus Quattro Valvole), LION'S SHARE (Judgment Day - 2001 demo), Mustasch (Log), Therion (Revelations - featuring Andy Engberg), Talisman (Rainbow's End) etc.
Don't forget to e-mail us your LION'S SHARE Top 10 lists!!!!!
The Top 5 songs right now are:
1. Lost
2. Unholy Rites
3. Believe
4. The Edge Of Sanity
5. Through The Clouds
Sunday 22 September 2002, 02.06 AM
WE WANT YOUR OPINION!
E-mail us a list of your 10 favorite Lion's Share songs. The results will be published at the Poll section within a couple of months.
Sunday 23 June 2002, 01.45 AM
For all of you that have been searching for the out of print, very rare "Ghost Town Queen" 7" vinyl single from 1988 (only 1200 copies made). Follow this link to an auction on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=885626689 The auction ends at Jun-23-02 01:21:44 PDT, so you still have like 8 hours to bid.
Saturday 01 June 2002, 00.01 AM
A new sampler from NIGHTMARE RECORDS in U.S.A., features LION'S SHARE "Lost". LS was also featured on a CD sampler that came free with the US magazine METAL MANIACS a couple of months ago (with the track "Waiting"). Nightmare Records usually have all Lion's Share CD's in stock, so check 'em out at www.nightmare-records.com
Tuesday 30 April 2002, 02.40 PM
Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has contributed lead guitar to the track "Sweet FA" for upcoming SWEET tribute album, to be released later this year. Appearing under the banner JK'S ALL STAR EXPERIENCE, Kulick is backed on the track by an all-Swedish cast consisting of:
Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE) - Rhythm Guitars, John Levén (EUROPE) - Bass, Jonas Nilsson (REDNEX) - Lead Vocals, Tommy Denander (RADIOACTIVE) - Keyboards, Johan Kihlberg - Drums, Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS) - Backing Vocals.
Sunday 28 April 2002, 02.15 PM
The second volume of Swedish metal veteran Janne Stark's acclaimed book, The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Volume 2, will be published in June and will contain all the bands that have surfaced after the first volume was issued in 1996, all the older acts that were missed the first time around and updates on all "old" bands that have released new records since the first book. This book will feature around 1,000 bands, ranging in style from AOR to death metal, and will include a bonus CD with previously-unreleased material from acts such as Therion, Dan Swanö, LION'S SHARE (2001 re-recording of "Judgment Day" with Tony on vocals), Neon Rose, AB/CD, Freak Kitchen, Motherlode, Damage Done (featuring ex-EUROPE basist John Levén, and TALISMAN guitarist Pontus Norgren), Talisman, Speedy Gonzales (featuring Tommy Denander, Vikström, Dalton), Locomotive Breath, Dogface (featuring ex-TREAT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén) and two more major artists confirmed but not yet received masters from. For further information, visit Premium Publishing's web site at www.premiumpublishing.com
Friday 22 March 2002, 03.30 PM
You can now request and listen to all songs from the four LS albums at Hard Progressive Radio
Wednesday 29 August 2001, 01.10 PM
Joe and Fred from New York, USA have started a LION'S SHARE FORUM including a chat room, for you the fans to meet with other LS fans from all over the world. Membership is of course free, so sign up right away at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/lionssharearmy Our fan club run by Peter from Sweden is also totally free of charge to join, so sign up there as well at LION'S SHARE ARMY TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!!!! Lion's Share will perform at Shopen in Falun tomorrow with a local support band. Don't forget to check the TOUR DATES section on a regular basis, since the tour dates rarely show up on this NEWS section. If the band have a show confirmed, it will show up on the TOUR section.
Monday 04 June 2001, 03.15 PM
Vote for YOUR favorite Lion's Share songs at our brand new POLL location! Lion's Share will enter the stage at 21.30 (9.30 PM), at the Sweden Rock Festival this Saturday. There will also be a signing session with the band at some point during the day (probably right after the show).
Monday 23 April 2001, 00.00 AM
Today is the release date for "Entrance" in all of Europe! Make sure your local record shop order a copy TODAY! The cataloge number for Sweden & Finland is LCM 4001. The cataloge number for the rest of Europe is MAS CD0280. Distribution by the official MASSACRE distributor in each country.
Sunday 15 April 2001, 12.30 PM
Lion's Share will appear at The Doctor Rock Show (weekly Swedish metal radio show) on ROCKKLASSIKER 106.7, Sunday April 22, 18.00-21.00 (6PM-9PM Central European Time). It's also possible for listeners outside of Stockholm to listen to the show on the internet. To listen, just click here, (or on the speaker up in the right corner of their homepage where it says "lyssna live"). Then chose the player you prefer (Real or Flash) and that's it. One song from "Entrance" will be played at today's show as well to push for the up coming Lion's Share special next week.
Tuesday 03 April 2001, 01.25 PM
Lion's Share is officially confirmed to play at SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL in June (see you there)! The first three "Entrance" reviews have arrived. Read them here and here and here.
Friday 23 February 2001, 02.30 PM
The new album "ENTRANCE", is finally completed and scheduled for an APRIL 23 release through Massacre (Europe) and Toxic (South America). The titles are 1. Entrance 2. Shotgun Messiah 3. Waiting 4. Through The Clouds 5. Lost 6. Mystery 7. Believe 8. War Machine 9. On And On 10. Losing My Head 11. Free Your Mind. We are also very proud to hereby officially announce the arrival of our new singer TONY NIVA (best described as a cross between Geoff Tate and Rob Halford). Both Kay and Andy left the band prior to the recordings, since neither of them wanted to tour and spend time away from their families and day jobs anymore (we wish them the best of luck with their lives). The keyboards on the album were performed by MATS OLAUSSON of Yngwie Malmsteen fame. Johan, Pontus and Lars are extremely happy with the new direction and sound, so watch out for LION'S SHARE in 2001!
Friday 01 December 2000, 08.10 PM
MESSAGE IN SWEDISH: På grund av ett missförstånd i distributionsledet så kommer tyvärr den svenska och finska releasen av Perspective att bli något försenad. Som kompensation har vi lyckats ordna med en mycket fördelaktig lösning i sammarbete med HEAVY SOUND ROCK SHOP i Stockholm (Malmskillnadsgatan 36). Kompensationen innebär att ni kan få Perspective hemskickad för endast 199:- inom Sverige (priset inkluderar postförskottsavgift och frakt) redan nu. I Heavy Soundbutiken kommer även skivan att säljas för endast 145:- under en begränsad tid. För eran beställning, vänligen kontakta Heavy Sound genom att antingen ringa 08-104535, faxa 08-4118114, eller genom att eposta till heavy.sound@rockshop.se Ni kan även besöka deras hemsida genom att följa länken på våran länksida. Vi ber om ursäkt för det inträffade men hoppas att denna lösning kompenserar för eventuellt lidande. Notera att skivan alltså finns tillgänglig på detta sätt redan NU!
Saturday 21 October 2000, 2.49 AM
LION'S SHARE "Perspective" will be released in Europe by MASSACRE on December 4th (cataloge number MAS CD0268).
Sunday 10 Sep 2000, 4.37 AM
MASSACRE RECORDS will release a double CD called PERSPECTIVE (featuring the first two LION'S SHARE albums) in November. The 2CD-set will be sold for the price of one regular CD, and will contain several bonus tracks.
In other News the songwriting process for the new album is going better than ever and we can promise you some great surprises for the fourth CD! Some titles so far include "Lost", "War Machine", "Shotgun Messiah", "Losing My Head", "From Now And To Forever" and "Through The Clouds".
Monday 22 May 2000, 09.30 PM
LION'S SHARE has just started writing and demoing material for the next album. The band is hoping to enter the studio during October for a possible February 2001 release.
Friday 10 March 2000, 01.30 PM
LION'S SHARE is confirmed for the 2000-DECIBEL festival in Bengtsfors Folkets Park on May 20th.
ZTV will air a special program from "Monsters Of Boat" on March 21st. (19.00/7pm).
The "Power From The North…" tribute album will be released on March 7 (USA) & March 20 (Europe) by Digital Dimension. The Japanese release is scheduled for May on JVC
Friday 11 February 2000, 05.23 PM
LION’S SHARE is confirmed to play at ZTV’s "Monsters Of Boat", on March 4-5th. For tickets please call Viking Line 08-452 40 00, or visit their homepage at www.vikingline.se
Wednesday 2 February 2000, 11.23 PM
Peter Rönnqvist from Sweden has started a LION’S SHARE supporter club and is right now looking for new members. Contact Peter at Lion_army@hotmail.com and join the LION’S SHARE ARMY NOW!!!
Sunday 16 January 2000, 05.00 PM
Release party (incl. live set), to celebrate the release of LION'S SHARE "Fall From Grace" (Playground in Sweden & Finland, MASSACRE in the rest of Europe) at the rock club PUB ANCHOR in Stockholm February 2nd.
Be there!!!
Lion's Share "Fall From Grace" reviews so far:
Metal Hammer 6/7
Heavy Oder Was 11/12
Metal Heart 9,5/10
Rock Hard 8/10
Burrn! 85/100
Friday 3 December 99, 6.00 PM
The European release date for the new album will be on January 24th. The catalogue number is MAS CD0232 (MASSACRE RECORDS), except for Sweden and Finland where it is LCM 3001 (PLAYGROUND).
Tuesday 27 October 99, 9.54 AM
LION’S SHARE have signed a record deal with MASSACRE RECORDS (Pretty Maids, King Diamond, Fates Warning etc.) The "Fall From Grace" album will be released early February 2000 in Europe.
A limited amount of CD's will be for sale at the "Monsters" shows exclusively (3 months prior to the actual release).
Thursday 9 September 99, 3.36 PM
LION’S SHARE will be the opening act on the "Monsters Of The Millennium" tour with MANOWAR, DIO and MOTÖRHEAD. The 16 dates tour starts on November 9th.ck
Tickets for the Swedish shows: BILJETT DIREKT, tel: 077-170 70 70.
For the Finish shows go to http://www.eastway.fi/monsters/
Denmark: BILLETNET, tel: 70 15 65 65
Friday 13 August 99, 7.20 PM
LION’S SHARE have just completed recording "Ready To Believe" (Electric Boys), for the "Power From The North - Sweden Rocks The World", compilation CD (to be released later this year). Other bands covering older Swedish HM/HR acts on the album, include Yngwie Malmsteen (Europe/ABBA), Hammerfall (Heavy Load), In Flames (Treat), Entombed etc.
Sunday 20 June 99, 11.45 PM
LION'S SHARE will play GATUFESTEN in Sundsvall on July 7th. (Popstadscenen) and STALVERKSFESTIVALEN in Hagfors on July 30.
Tuesday 6 May 99, 11.45 AM
LION’S SHARE will appear at Sweden Rock Festival (RUNNING ORDER), on June 11th. Other artists include Scorpions, Deep Purple, David Lee Roth, Dio, Manowar, Motörhead, Gamma Ray, UDO, Hammerfall, Michael Schenker etc. (Tickets: 0456-31795) www.karlshamnrock.com
The band will soon enter the studio to start recording "I Don’t Believe In Love", for the QUEENSRYCHE tribute CD "Taking Hold Of The Flame" (release August 17).
A new interview can be found at:
http://www.renegaderock.com/interv/lshare.html
Tuesday 20 April 99, 12.45 PM
LION’S SHARE will do two shows with DEE SNIDER (Twisted Sister) in May.
Östersund "Saga Night Club" on May 6th. (tickets:063-155565)Sundsvall "Skönsbergs Folkets Hus" on May 8th. (tickets: 060-155400 or 060-121285)
This beatiful homepage is recommended by Internet World, in their May issue (congratulations Mats)!
LION’S SHARE contribute with "The Edge Of Sanity", to the CD sampler that comes free with the May issue of HARD ROXX.
Monday 5 April 99, 2.45 PM
BURRN! will publish their LS interview in the new issue. Another japanese interview can be found at MARI'S ROOM www.mnet.ne.jp/~mari/Maris_Room/
AVEX have a LION'S SHARE section with info. and sound samples at www.avexnet.or.jp/avexdb/lionsshare/index.htm
Thursday 17 Mars 99, 9.30 PM
Another killer review http://hem2.passagen.se
/caxen/lb /lions_share /fall_from_grace.html
Another on-line store that have the
Fall From Grace cd http://www.moremetal.com/catalog.asp?ltr=L
Thursday 4 Mars 99, 5.30 PM
METAL RULES! have decided to honor LION’S SHARE with the "Featured Artist Of The Month" award at www.metal-rules.com/FeaturedArtist/index.htm (including an interview).
Look out for interviews in GUITAR MAGAZINE (Rittor music), and BURRN! MAGAZINE, sometime in April/May (in Japan).
"Fall From Grace the video...", will be aired at "Hard Shock Night", and "Rock City" (TBC), on japanese TV within a couple of weeks.
Friday 12 February 99, 5.30 PM
"Fall From Grace" got 85 points in the march issue of the japanese No. 1 magazine BURRN! Another killer review can be found at http:
//members.aol.com /BirgittSch/album10.htm .
LION'S SHARE have completed a Rockymentary "Fall From Grace The Video...", for japanese TV exposure.
WILDSIDE IMPORTS, have the new CD for sale at http://users.netonecom.net/~wildside
/wsi7tabl.htm .
Sunday 10 January 99, 10.30 AM
We have now recieved the cataloge number for
the japanese (Avex/Bareknuckle) release on feb 24th, it is: AVCB-66060 LION’S SHARE "Fall From Grace", (give it to your local import store!)
The new S-ROCK Magazine, is out in Japan with separate interviews with all LS members. In Italy, FLASH Magazine had a pre-review of the new LS album in the Dec’98 issue, while an interview will be featured in the Jan’99 issue. An on-line interview with Lars, can be found at:
members.tripod.com/~Maras_2/
intlionsshare.html
Sunday 20 December 98, 10.30 PM
"The Day The Earth Caught Fire" from the new unreleased Lion’s Share album, will be featured on a compilation which will go out free with the February 1999 issue, of Germany’s biggest metal magazine ROCK HARD. The CD can also be ordered separately for a special price. Lion’s Share wish you all A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year.
Sunday 18 October 98, 11.16 PM
AVEX (Saxon, Y&T, Backstreet Boys etc.), will release the new Lion's Share album on their metal label BAREKNUCKLE in Japan, february 24. 1999. The japanese version will have one bonus track.
Friday 28 August 98, 08.30 PM
Lion's Share have just finished mixing the new album "Fall From Grace", with Ronny Lahti (Europe, Talisman, Electric Boys, Saigon Kick, Neneh Cherry etc.)
After a long struggle the band have finally managed to get their contract with Century Media terminated. This means of course that the release date for F.F.G. will be slightly postponed.
Since this delay will dissapoint a lot of people, the band decided to include some samples from the new album at the SOUNDS department.
Sunday 19 April 98, 11.03 PM
Lion's Share will release their third album "Fall From Grace" through Century Media on August 24. Start to ask for it at your local record store, and make sure they have a copy for you on the release date.
Wednesday 11 March 98, 8.24 PM
In April the band will do three headline shows:
April 2: Stockholm (Daily's)
April 3: Hönö (Trubaduran)
April 4: Halmstad (Diezel
Friday 9 January 98, 2.06 AM
Lion's Share will support U.D.O. (Accept), on his tour in Jan/Feb. Both L.S. CD's will be on sale for 100 SKR, at the shows. For more information, check the TOUR DATES section.
Lion' Share promo-video "SHADOWS", is included in the brand new video-compilation "A Declaration Of Independence", from Century Media.
Thursday 13 November 97, 09.25 AM
Lion's Share will support Saxon on their December-tour. Both CD's will be on sale for the special-price of 100:- at all the shows, for more details please check out the Tourdate section.
Tuesday 9 September 97, 0.17 AM
Look out for articles in FANFARE (Bel) Sept. and FUZZ (Swe) in October.
If you have trouble finding our two CD's in yor local record store, you can now order them directly from Century Media's web-site at http://centurymedia.com/default.cfm .
In October a free promo CD with all five Swedish Century Media bands will be avilable in Swedish record stores. To get it, just bring the ad from any of the papers/magazines to the store.
In July MTV's SUPEROCK aired the "SHADOWS" video. Write and ask them to play it again at:
MTV Europe
Julia Valet
Suite 69
Po Box 1384
London-NW1 8UH
England
We are right now writing material for our third album. We are hoping to enter the studio in May 1998 and to have it released, September 1998.
There is a strong possibility for another tour with SAXON in December this year . |
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