Born Lion

Last updated

Born Lion
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genres Punk rock
Years active2012–
MembersJohn Bowker
Red
Nathan Mulholland
Andres Hyde
Past membersDave Murphy

Born Lion are an Australian band based in Sydney that formed in 2012. [1] Their Final Words album was nominated for a 2015 ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album. [2] Their album Celebrate the Lie was released in early 2018. [3]

Contents

Born Lion signed to FOUR FOUR, an imprint of ABC Music, in March 2015. [4]

Band members

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Final Words
  • Released: 2015 [5]
  • Label: Four/Four (BL001)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital
Celebrate the Lie
  • Released: 2018
  • Label: ABC Music (6704128)
  • Format: CD, digital

Extended Plays

TitleEP details
Born Lion
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Born Lion (BLEP001)
  • Format: CD, digital

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2015 Final Words Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Nominated [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kate Ceberano</span> Australian singer

Catherine Yvette Ceberano is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar. Her single "Bedroom Eyes" received a platinum sales certification in 1989. As of 2023, Ceberano has 11 platinum and 8 gold albums Ceberano was the artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Kernaghan</span> Musical artist

Lee Kernaghan OAM is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Kernaghan has won four ARIA Awards and three APRA Awards, and has sold over two million albums, and as of 2021, has won 38 Golden Guitars at the Country Music Awards of Australia.

Slava Grigoryan is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist. He frequently collaborates and performs with his younger brother, fellow guitarist Leonard Grigoryan, performing as the Grigoryan Brothers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Pyke</span> Musical artist

Joshua Jon Pyke is an Australian singer-songwriter, producer, musician and children's book author.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catherine Britt</span> Australian country music artist

Catherine Elisabeth Britt is an Australian country music artist who has had success in both her native Australia and in the United States. She started her career in Newcastle in 1999, she moved to Nashville from 2002 to 2008 and then returned to Australia. Britt has had three singles in top 40 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "The Upside of Being Down", her highest, peaking at No. 36 in 2004. Britt has released seven studio albums in Australia, where all seven have appeared on the ARIA Albums Chart, Too Far Gone, Little Wildflower, Catherine Britt and Always Never Enough. All five albums have been nominated for ARIA Music Awards in the category, Best Country Album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Sultan</span> Indigenous Australian singer

Daniel Leo Sultan is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 he won Best Male Artist and Best Blues & Roots Album for his second album, Get Out While You Can. At the 2014 ceremony he won Best Rock Album for Blackbird, which had reached number four on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 2017, Sultan's record Killer was nominated for three ARIA awards: Best Male Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Independent Release. Sultan's debut children's music album Nali & Friends was named Best Children's Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019.

Busby Marou are an Australian musical duo consisting of Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou, from Rockhampton, Queensland. At the APRA Music Awards of 2012, the duo won "Blues & Roots Work of the Year" category for their single "Biding My Time", and they have gone on to win several other awards.

Casey Barnes is an Australian country rock singer-songwriter from Tasmania, Australia, who is best known as a contestant on the seventh season of Australian Idol in 2009. Barnes won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reece Mastin</span> English-Australian singer-songwriter

Reece John Phillip Mastin is an English-born Australian singer and songwriter who won the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011. Mastin subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia. His debut single "Good Night" reached number one in Australia and New Zealand, and became Sony Music Australia's fastest-selling digital single. Mastin's self-titled debut album debuted at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified double platinum. His second studio album Beautiful Nightmare (2012) included the hit singles "Shut Up & Kiss Me" and "Shout It Out", the latter became Mastin's second number-one single in Australia. "Good Night" and "Shout It Out" earned him two ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards. In 2015, Mastin parted ways with Sony and signed with independent label Social Family Records. His third studio album Change Colours was released in October 2015, and debuted at number 12. In 2018, Reece released a new EP titled Suitcase of Stories under the name MASTIN.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flume (musician)</span> Australian electronic musician (born 1991)

Harley Edward Streten, known professionally as Flume, is an Australian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is regarded as a pioneer of future bass who helped popularise the genre. His self-titled debut studio album, Flume, was released in 2012 to positive reviews, topping the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Jungle Giants</span> Australian indie pop band

The Jungle Giants are an Australian indie rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, who formed in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Preatures</span> Australian indie rock band

The Preatures were an Australian indie rock band from Sydney, New South Wales, who formed in 2010. The band consisted of lead vocalist and keyboardist Isabella "Izzi" Manfredi, guitarist and vocalist Jack Moffitt, bassist Thomas Champion, and drummer Luke Davison. Vocalist and guitarist Gideon Bensen was a member of the band until 2016. In 2013, the Preatures won the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition with their song "Is This How You Feel?" They disbanded in 2021, following the launch of Manfredi's solo career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tkay Maidza</span> Musical artist

Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meg Mac</span> Australian musical artist (born 1990)

Megan McInerney, known by her stage name Meg Mac, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to littleBIGMAN Records in 2014, locally, and 300 Entertainment in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">L-FRESH the Lion</span> Musical artist

Sukhdeep Singh Bhogal l better known by his stage name L-FRESH the Lion, is an Australian hip hop artist and producer. Based in South Western Sydney, Bhogal has released four studio albums as L-FRESH the Lion, highlighted by 2016's ARIA Award-nominated Become. He has also received three nominations at the National Live Music Awards. Bhogal's stage name is derived from a backronym for FRESH—Forever Rising Exceeding Sudden Hardships—while the L and lion refer to the Sanskrit translation for his middle name, Singh, which is given to Sikh men. He has been described as one of Australia's most important rappers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ABC Music</span> Australian independent record label, subsidiary of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ABC Music is Australia's largest independent record label. It operates under the ABC Commercial division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It covers a wide range of music genres, including classical, children’s and adult contemporary music, blues, roots, rock, and Australian country music. Its imprints include ABC Classics and FOUR FOUR.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tash Sultana</span> Australian musician

Tash Sultana is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, described as a "one-person band". Sultana rose to international prominence with their 2016 single "Jungle", which was voted into third place in Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown of 2016. The following year, Sultana had three songs voted into Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2017; "Mystik" placing at number 28, "Murder to the Mind" at number 43, and their Like a Version cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel" at number 78.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chameleon (Pnau song)</span> 2016 single by Pnau

"Chameleon" is a song by Pnau, released in November 2016 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Changa (2017). It is co-written by band members, Nick Littlemore, his older brother Sam Littlemore, and Peter Mayes. "Chameleon" is the first new original music from Pnau since their album Soft Universe in 2011. The song features vocals from Kira Divine. The song peaked at number 4 on the Australian charts and was certified platinum. Digital remixes were released on 25 November 2016 and on 26 May 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Remi (band)</span> Australian hip hop duo

Remi was an Australian hip hop duo consisting of rapper Remi Kolawole and producer Justin "Sensible J" Smith. Originally a trio, which included producer-engineer Daniel "Dutch" Siwes, the group released four full-length albums as well as two mix-tapes and four extended plays (EPs). Remi's 2014 release Raw x Infinity garnered critical acclaim, winning the Australian Music Prize, while its third album Divas & Demons (2016)—Remi's first as a duo—was nominated for the 2017 ARIA Award for Best Urban Album. The act's final album, Fried, coincided with the dissolution of Remi.

Ecca Vandal is a South African-born Sri Lankan-Australian singer-songwriter and rapper, currently living in Melbourne. To date, Vandal has released one studio album: Ecca Vandal.

References

  1. Fuamoli, Sosefina (3 July 2015). "On album release day, Born Lion announce national tour dates for "Final Words"!". AU Review.
  2. Shedden, Iain (7 October 2015). "ARIA Music Awards: Courtney Barnett leads way as nominations revealed". The Australian.
  3. Wood, Chelsea (16 February 2018). "Born Lion – 'Celebrate the Lie' (Album Review)". Amnplify. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Topic: Four signs Born Lion". Amnplify. Australian Musicians Network. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. Pelling, Oliver (2 July 2015), "Born Lion. Final Words. Four Four", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 8 November 2016, retrieved 8 November 2016
  6. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award – 27th ARIA Awards 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2 March 2014.