Doug's Birth - Lion - Hurricane
1964 - 1989 | 1964.02.19 |  |
Douglas Layng Aldrich was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. | ||
| 1982 summer | |
Doug form a band called MANSFIELD with Jerry Best and some friends at his high school. | ||
| 1983 summer | |
Mark Edwards, ex-drummer for the band STEELER, calls Kal Swan to LA, and they form LION. | ||
| 1983.11 | |
LION start making a demo at Cherokee Studio in Hollywood. | ||
| 1984 spring | |
LION works for the movie soundtrack "Friday the 13th Part 4". ("Love Is A Lie") (USA) | ||
| 1984.11 | |
LION does a recording at Music Annex Studio in San Francisco. ("Stranger In The City" / LION) | ||
1985.10 |
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Doug and Jerry of MANSFIELD join LION, and the LION member is completed. They do a recording at Artisan Studio in Hollywood. ("Power Love") | ||
1986 |
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LION works for the movie soundtrack "The Transformers" (Theme song). "The Transformers" is released from Epic Sony in USA. | ||
| 1986.03.30 |
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LION's mini album "Power Love" is released from FEMS label only in Japan. | ||
| 1986 autumn |
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LION works for the movie soundtrack "The Wraith". ("Never Surrender", "Power Love") "The Wraith" (featuring only "Never Surrender") is released from Scotti Bros. in USA. LION sign to Scotti Bros. by this work. | ||
| 1986.12 | |
LION starts making a new album. | ||
1987.01 |
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"The Wraith" is released from Canyon Records in Japan. | ||
1987.02.21 |
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The compilation album "Heavy Metal Warriors 1984 - 1987", which features many heavy metal bands, is released from SMS label in Japan. (featuring "Power Love" / LION) | ||
1987.07.21 |
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LION'S first full album "Dangerous Attraction" is released from Pony Canyon in Japan. | ||
1987.09.21 |
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The coupling CD "Power Love / Code Of Honor (Mark's solo album)" is released from FEM in Japan. | ||
| 1987.09.23 | |
LION does a show case gig at Shibuya Kokaido in Tokyo, Japan. | ||
| 1987.09 |
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LION's album "Dangerous Attraction" is released from Scotti Bros. in USA. | ||
| 1988.02 | |
LION's tour in East coast of USA is set in February to March, but it is cancelled because of no support from the record company. And the tour with Loverboy, Lizzy Borden are cancelled too. | ||
| 1988.04.09 | |
LION plays at Country Club in USA. | ||
1988.06.13 |
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LION plays in Japan again. June 13: Sankei Hall (Osaka) June 15: Nakano Sun-plaza (Tokyo) |
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| 1989 spring | |
LION changes the label from Scotti Bros. to Grand Slamm. They have a problem of double signing to the labels by this. And they leave from Pony Canyon. | ||
| 1989.04.21 | |
LION plays at Marquee in USA. | ||
| 1989.04.24 | |
Doug comes to Japan alone. He works at recording for Air Pavilion and does "Guitar Lecture" for Young Guitar magazine. | ||
| 1989.05.05 | |
LION plays at Roxy in USA. | ||
1989.06.12 |
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LION's second album "Trouble In Angel City" is released from Grand Slamm in USA. | ||
1989.06.21 |
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Doug and Kal works for Minoru Niihara's solo album "One", and it is released from Triad label in Japan. | ||
| 1989.07.01 | |
LION plays at Roxy in USA. | ||
1989.07.21 |
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Air Pavilion's album "Cutting Air Act 1" is released from King Record in Japan. | ||
| 1989.08.05 | |
LION plays at Country Club in USA. | ||
| 1989.09.02 | |
Mark is injured on his neck and shoulders at the motorcycle race in California, and goes into ICU at a hospital in LA. | ||
| 1989.10.18 |
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LION's album "Trouble In Angel City" is released from Funhouse in Japan. | ||
| 1989.10.20 | |
"Mark Edwards Benefit Concert" is held at Country Club in LA, USA. LION breaks up on this day. | ||
1989.10 |
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"The Transformers" is released from Pony Canyon in Japan. | ||
| 1989.10 | |
Doug works at recording for Hurricane. | ||