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Seattle, United States (1994 – 2006)

Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, comprising David Bazan and TW Walsh. Because of the biblical references in many of their songs, Pedro the Lion were seen by some to be a Christian band, but they did not consider the band to be such.

Pedro the Lion was formed by David Bazan in 1994 and released their debut EP Whole in April 1997. Despite the band’s many lineup changes, Bazan remained the primary artist and musician behind the group, exemplified by his singing and playing every instrument on the band’s first two full length albums, It’s Hard to Find a Friend (1998) and Winners Never Quit (2000). All told, the band released four full-length albums as well as several EPs and various 7” singles.

Throughout his career, Bazan has been involved with such musical acts as Damien Jurado, Scientific, The Six Parts Seven, TW Walsh’s The Soft Drugs, Seldom and Unwed Sailor. He and TW Walsh, along with Frank Lenz of Starflyer 59, comprise the band Headphones.

Pedro the Lion formally announced their split in early January 2006. However, the band name will still be used for their annual Christmas singles. The split was amicable; Bazan and Walsh continue to be good friends. In fact, Bazan has admitted that their friendship has even been strengthened by the breakup.
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  • Sin696

    it's just perfect

    18 Apr 12:59pm Reply

  • BearsandLions

    Why do I keep coming back to you?

    5 Apr 6:30am Reply

  • OdeTooJoy

    I got to see bazan play in ATX last december during the Control tour. It was amazing to hear that PERFECT album played in its entirety. Here's a video I shot of "Second Best". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odY_T99K7aM

    28 Mar 1:32pm Reply

  • Skygazer1

    A unique band that makes their words and music resound really hard...

    28 Mar 6:56am Reply

  • tim_9

    they are emo as fuck. emo in a good way. and it saddens me so much that most people tag them simply as 'indie' or 'alternative'

    5 Mar 12:56pm Reply

  • altastreta

    Now jesus said he'd fill my needs // But my heart still bleeds // He's just not physical

    2 Jan 6:27am Reply

  • Goldmember1213

    Control is fucking amazing

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • like_a_breath

    Secret of The Easy Yoke. Ruins me every time.

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Dassie75

    schööön.

    19 Nov 2012 Reply

  • rock01action

    Secret of The Easy Yoke <3 (3)

    30 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Haalf

    pedro the lion, lembra uma pessoa que eu gosto. :s

    28 Oct 2012 Reply

  • sincero1964

    Secret of The Easy Yoke <3 (2)

    23 Oct 2012 Reply

  • JardelDelRey

    Secret Of The Easy Yoke <3

    14 Oct 2012 Reply

  • thrashdeth

    Second best! <3

    10 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Haalf

    arizona

    15 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Blvd_Nights

    I really liked the EP he put out under his name but I think I could only get into maybe three of four songs off Curse Your Brances. Strange Negotiations was a pretty big miss for me, something about his writing just doesn't speak to me as every single Pedro the Lion record does. Yes Bazan got older and of course he's not the same person he was when Find a Friend or Winners came out but just even musically, PTL was just so amazing. This was always be one of my favorite bands of all time.

    7 Sep 2012 Reply

  • agacinco

    @ASHAKA_ROCK yeah, I think you can say that, don't know why people are so surprised...

    30 Jun 2012 Reply

  • ASHAKA_ROCK

    @agacinco: all of their albums are emo..

    18 Jun 2012 Reply

  • agacinco

    they were kinda emo on achilles heel, not my favorite btw

    12 May 2012 Reply

  • OdeTooJoy

    Seen Bazan twice. Life changing of course. The man is a legend and has an incomparable way of voicing his thoughts. And his guitar style is absolutely beautiful, imo. And yes, Bazan has fallen under the Emo genre for a mired of different reasons. I'm certain most of you have a misconception regarding that term due to its bastardization in the past 10 years, but the true fans of the genre who are aware of its origins can understand it being associated with Bazan. He made a kind of music around a time where it made sense. But above all, he prevailed much higher than his peers.

    11 Apr 2012 Reply
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