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Artist
King Lion
12+ albums
eurodancepoprapdanceroots reggae
about
There are several artist using this stage name: 1- A Rapper/Producer Artist Born in the UK, Oliver 'King Lion' Asadi has been slowly taking over all mediums of art including music. He has released 3 mixtapes, and his upcoming album Loveless Jungle will be set to release in 2014. His track 'Sessions' has had notable blog coverage and has been described as a one off sound that only King Lion has been able to create. 2- A Reggae Artist: Leo Matthews After several years in the hectic New York music life playing from blues, punk and rock, and touring around America with for example The Rolling Stones, Leo Matthews became tired of the “Big Apple”” and moved in 1988 to Stockholm. Now its Scandinavia’s turn to be conquered. In 1983 he released his first album on Warner Bros. under the name Neon Leon, Artificial Stimulation. On this album his friends from New York Mick Jagger and CLEM BURKE from Blondie participated among others. He has also been touring Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with “REGGAE MESSENGER” The name NEON LEON was dropped in 1991 and changed to the name we know today King Lion. KING LION had a new manager, the style was changed, and the band put aside for a solo career. With a strong new image, the single GYPSY WOMAN” was released in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and France on CNR Records. The single smoked in The Swedish hit list at no.3 and in Denmark at no.8 ! The next year followed the single CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU, which didn’t have the same cha
