Lionrock was a British

United Kingdom

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 big beat

Big beat

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 group

Musical ensemble

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, comprising record producer

Record producer

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 Justin Robertson

Justin Robertson

Justin Robertson is a British DJ, remixer and electronic music producer from Manchester, England. He has remixed dozens of high-profile music artists as himself or as The Prankster, fronted the group Lionrock and has released albums and singles of original music under his own name and the name...

, MC Buzz B, and Roger Lyons. Lyons replaced recording engineer Mark Stagg in 1995. Their biggest chart

Record chart

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 success came in 1998, when "Rude Boy Rock" reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart

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The group had formed in 1991, and signed to Deconstruction Records

Deconstruction Records

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 in 1993.

Their song, "Rude Boy Rock", was featured on the video game, FIFA '99, as well as the soundtrack

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 to the 1999 film

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, Idle Hands

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Albums

• An Instinct for Detection
  An Instinct for Detection
  An Instinct for Detection is the debut studio album by Lionrock, the band formed by Manchester DJ, remixer and producer Justin Robertson. It was released in the UK on April 6, 1996, and an extended version with added bonus tracks and remixes was released in the USA in 1998.The album featured the...
  
  (1996) - UK
  UK Albums Chart
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   #30
• City Delirious (1998) - UK #73

Singles

• "Lionrock" (1992) - UK
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
  #63
• "Packet of Peace" (1993) - UK #32
• "Carnival" (1993) - UK #34
• "Tripwire" (1994) - UK #44
• "Straight At Yer Head" (1996) - UK #33
• "Fire Up the Shoeshaw" (1996) - UK #43
• "Project Now" (1996)
• "She's on the Train" (1997)
• "Wet Roads Glisten" (1997)
• "Rude Boy Rock" (1998) - UK #20
• "Scatter and Swing" (1998) - UK #98

External links

• Lionrock at global-trance.co.uk
• Lionrock at MusicBrainz.org