Lions (band) for Allmusic, Eduardo Rivadavia states that Lions "boldly attempts to straddle the hard rock decades" making comparisons to the bands ZZ Top, Queens of the Stone Age, Nebula and Fu Manchu. He goes on to state that while "there's definite room for improvement" the EP "is a very promising first step [for the band]." The band soon gained record label attention from Rock Ridge Music and Roadrunner Records. Though Roadrunner helped to fund the recording of their debut album, they decided against signing the band. The band performed at SXSW '07, which led to the song "Metal Heavy Lady," from
Tribute to a Bus The cover art features a photograph of the band members against a deep green background, with the band name in large rounded lower case type. The song titles are listed, also in lower case, along the left hand side of the front cover. The inner sleeves contain the song lyrics. Tribute to a Bus Tribute To A Bus is the second album by the German/Danish noise rock band 18th Dye, released in March 28, 1995 on Matador Records. The album track "Play W/You" was released on 11 April 1995 as the leading single. It was recorded and engineered by Steve