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"Wild International" is the first track and single from One Day as a Lion's self-titled five track EP One Day as a Lion. This track was first revealed on July 16th. It was made available to stream on the band's myspace page. On the same day the song was premiered by the influential L.A. radio station KROQ and on Australian radio station Triple J. Thus far, it peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot Modern Tracks, and #6 in Norway. Read more on Last.fm.
One Day as a Lion is a collaboration between Rage Against the Machine front-man Zack de la Rocha and former The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. They are an alternative hip-hop duo from Los Angeles, California.
Their first EP, One Day as a Lion was released on 19th July, 2008.
The name of the group is taken from the infamous 1970 black and white photograph captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez, featuring a centre framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: "It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.