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Infobox musical artist| name = Pedro the Lion| image = PedrotheLionMar08.jpg| caption = Pedro the Lion performing| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington , United States | genre = Indie rock Slowcore | years_active = 1995–2006| label = Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree Suicide Squeeze Records|Suicide Squeeze Architecture Label Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail Made in Mexico| associated_acts =| website = http://www.pedrothelion.com/ pedrothelion.com| current_members = David Bazan , #Personnel|various backing musicians | past_members =| notable_instruments =Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle , Washington (U.S. state)|Washington . Singer-songwriter David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. Tim Walsh (musician)|T. W. Walsh is considered to be the sole official band member besides Bazan. In 2006, Bazan and Walsh split amicably and Pedro the Lion was dissolved as Bazan went solo. Releasing four full-length albums and five extended play|EP s over 11 years, the band was known for its first person narrative lyrics with political and religious themes. Pedro The Lion was managed by Bob Andrews (artist manager)|Bob Andrews at Undertow Music|Undertow Music Collective .
Biography
Pedro the Lion was formed by David Bazan in 1995cite web | title=David Bazan | Official Website | work=DavidBazan.com | url= http://www.davidbazan.com/pedro-the-lion.php | accessdate = 2006-12-07 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061208204658/ http://www.davidbazan.com/pedro-the-lion.php |archivedate = 2006-12-08 and released its debut EP Whole in April 1997. Bazan played nearly every instrument on the band's first two full-length albums, '' It's Hard to Find a Friend (1998) and Winners Never Quit (2000).
Winners marked Pedro the Lion's first concept album .cite web|title=An interview with David Bazan|url= http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php? id=32|author=Josh Holden|publisher= The Other Journal at Mars Hill Graduate School |accessdate=2010-03-29|date=2004-01-12 After its completion, Bazan has claimed he initially decided not to continue writing concept albums. However, in the process of writing his next full-length Control (Pedro the Lion album)|Control , he realized he had inadvertently created a narrative link "about 70% of the way through the album" and decided to finish it in the same vein. The album's thematic content criticizes American capitalism , which Bazan notes was largely inspired by the sentiments surrounding the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity|World Trade Organization protests in 1999 .
Control also saw Casey Foubert of Seattle -based Seldom join Pedro the Lion to play the drums and keyboard. He additionally co-wrote "Penetration" and "Second Best", the third and eighth tracks, respectively, on the album, which was released in 2002.
Achilles Heel (album)|Achilles Heel followed, released on May 24, 2004, and marked the beginning of Bazan's partnership with Tim Walsh (musician)|T.W. Walsh as the band's primary writers and musicians.cite web | title=Pedro the Lion: Sharing the Lion's Den | work=TimMcMahan.com | url= http://www.timmcmahan.com/pedro2.htm | accessdate = 2006-06-09 Bazan described the tracks in the third full-length from Pedro the Lion as a return to the songwriting characterized by Friend and the Secure EP in the sense that there was no "pretense of anything bigger", an allusion to his previous concept albums.
In early January 2006, Pedro the Lion formally announced that they had split. The split was amicable; Bazan and Walsh continue to be good friends. Bazan said that their friendship has even been strengthened by the breakup.cite news | first=Matthew | last=Brundage | title=Interview with David Bazan | date=February 11, 2006 | publisher=Iota Club and Cafe, Arlington, VA Bazan toured in support of Fewer Moving Parts , his solo debut EP. Walsh returned to his career as a Web application developercite web | title=A Conversation with TW Walsh | work= http://hardtofindafriend.com | url= http://hardtofindafriend.blogspot.com/2006/11/conversation-with-tw-walsh_20.html | accessdate = 2007-10-27 and is busy with his band, The Soft Drugs , and their debut release, In Moderation. David Bazan released his debut solo LP, Curse Your Branches , on Seattle-based Barsuk Records in 2009.
Discography
Albums
'' It's Hard to Find a Friend - Made In Mexico/ Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree - 1998
Winners Never Quit - Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree - 2000
Control (Pedro the Lion album)|Control - Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree - 2002
Achilles Heel (album)|Achilles Heel - Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree - 2004
EPs
Whole EP - Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail - 1997
The Only Reason I Feel Secure - Made In Mexico / Jade Tree (record label)|Jade Tree - 1999
The band is featured in the 2004 Christian music documentary Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? cite web | url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/dvd/0,6115,1154498_2_0_,00.html | title=DVD Review: Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? | work=Entertainment Weekly | accessdate = 2006-05-04
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External links
Commons category|Pedro the Lion
http://pedrothelion.com/ Pedro the Lion official site
http://jadetree.com/bands/artist/pedro_the_lion Jade Tree (record label)
http://fineprintmag.net/2011/pedro-the-lion-the-storied-self/ Extensive feature article and interview with Fine Print Magazine
http://pedrothelion.org/ pedrothelion.org (fan site and forums)
http://pedro-the-lion.com/ Pedro the Lion fan site
http://countrymusicpride.com/2008/08/pedro-the-lion/ Interview with www.CountryMusicPride.com
Category:American indie rock groups Category:Tooth and Nail Records artists Category:Musical groups from Seattle, Washington Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2006
