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
The Solution (band) Singers and Loretta Lynn. In December Nick and Scott participated in "Soul Folks", a two night tribute show organized by Sulo from The Diamond Dogs. Nick and Scott performed alongside several famous Swedish musicians such as: Papa Dee, Pernilla Andersson, Clarisse Muvemba as well as Matte Lagerwall and Ingemar Wallén from The Boppers. The Solution (band) The Solution is a blue-eyed soul band that was formed by the American Scott Morgan (Sonic's Rendezvous Band) and Swede Nick Royale (from The Hellacopters and Entombed) after previously working together in the rock n roll band The Hydromatics. The origins of the band