1964	February		Douglas Aldrich was born in North Carolina on February. 19.
1982	Summer		Doug and Jerry Best(bass) formed the band which was called Mansfield.
1983			Mansfield was released the album "Mansfield". These 2 songs are from the album. Gonna Rock You (P.Preston, D.Aldrich) Overdrive (P.Preston, D.Aldrich, J. Best) Mark Edwards met Kal Swan at the Marquee Club in London.
1984			Lion song "Love Is A Lie" was used on a movie, "Friday The 13th Part 4/The Final Chapter".
1985	October		Doug & Jerry Best joined the band LION, with Kal Swan(ex-Tytan) as a singer and Mark Edwards(ex-Steeler) as a drummer. (Kal Swan is Scotchman.)
1986			They joined the soundtrack of "Transformers The Movie"(for kid's cartoon movie) and played the theme song, "The Transformers" for it. This album was relesed in US. 01. The Touch / Stan Bush 02. Instruments of Destruction / N.R.G. 03. Death of Optimus Prime / Vince DiCola 04. Dare / Stan Bush 05. Nothins Gonna Stand in Our Way / Spectre General 06. The Transformers Theme / Lion 07. Escape / Vince DiCola 08. Hunger / Spectre General 09. Autobot / Decepticon Battle / Vince DiCola 10. Dare to Be Stupid / Weird Al Yankovic USA Scotti Bros - SZT 40430 (Cassette) 1986 Scotti Bros - SZ 40430 (LP) 1986 Volcano - 61422-32015-4 1986 Scotti Bros - 72392-75242-2 (CD) March 10, 1992 Japan Pony Canyon - PCCY-00025 (November 10, 1989) Sound http://starduskmoon1.tripod.com/otokorealm/id12.html CM Part 1, Part 2 DVD was released in USA on November 7, 2000. Review DVD was released in Japan on Januray 25, 2001. Pioneer : PIBA-1097 Review
	February		Lion(Mark & Kal) had an interview with Burrn! magazine on February 9.
	March		Lion's mini album, "Power Love" was released in Japan on March 30. Side One 1. Power Love (Swan/Aldrich)* 2. Stranter In The City(Swan)** 3. Victim Of Circumstance(Swan)*** Side Two 4. Hungry For Love (Swan)*** 5. Love Is A Lie (Swan)*** 6. Forgotten Sons(Swan/Edward)*** Japan : FEMS : SP20-5275(March 30, 1986) Recording during : * 1985 ** 1984 *** 1983 Power Love
	Autumn		They joined the soundtrack of "The Warith" and played "Never Surrender and Power Love". Never Surrender (N.Swan, D.Aldrich) The Warith- (CD & DVD) Japan - Canyon : (1987) September 27, 2002(DVD) Germany Black Rose : 1986 USA - CBS Sony : 1986 Scotti Bros : 1986 November 4, 2003(DVD) Info. - Movie Soundtracks Cast Shop - Amazon.com Amazon.co.jp 01. Where's The Fire / Tim Feehan 02. Those Were The Days / Honeymoon Suite 03. Hearts vs Heads / Stan Bush 04. Hold On Blue Eyes / Lamarca 05. Young Love Hot Love / Jill Michaels 06. Secret Loser / Ozzy Osbourne 07. Never Surrender / Lion 08. Bad Mistake / James House 09. Wake Up Call / Ian Hunter 10. Matter Of The Heart / Bonnie Tyler
1987	February		Heavey Metal Warriors was released on February 21in Japan. Heavey Metal Warriors 1984-1987/Various Artirsts 01. Council For The Caldron / Lizzy Borden 02. Power Love / Lion 03. Born In America / Riot 04. Honour And Blood / Tank 05. Surrender Love / Joshua 06. You're All I Need / Ruffians 07. Black Magic / Slayer 08. The Candle / King Diamond 09. Shakin' Brains / Silver Mountain 10. Star / Torme 11. Run For The Night / Mad Max 12. Lick It Stick It / Railway 13. Get Outa My Face / M-80 14. Snakebite / Mark Edwards 15. Adagio (For Dead Soldier) / 3rd Stage Alert Japan : FEMS
	July		Their 1st album, "Dangerous Attraction" was released on July 21 in Japan. Side One 01. Fatal Attraction 02. Armed And Dangerous 03. Hard And Heavy 04. Never Surrender 05. Death On Legs Side Two 06. Power Love 07. In The Name Of Love 08. After The Fire 09. Sout It Out 10. The Transformers(Theme)* Japan Canyon Records : C28Y0262 (July 21, 1987)(LP) Dangerous Attraction Pony Canyon : PCCY-00014 (September 21, 1989)(CD) USA Scotti Bros : BFZ- 40797 (September 1987)(LP) * Dangerous Attraction -Special Edition- Japan : Pony Canyon : PCCY-00542 (May 20, 1994)
	September		They played the live in Tokyo as the show case gig on September 23. Lion in Japan Live at Shibuya Kohkaido 01. Come On 02. Look Up Your Daughter 03. Death On Legs 04. Armed And Dangerous 05. Hard And Heavy 06. After The Fire 07. In The Name Of Love 08. Code Of Honor Drum Solo(incl. Dance With The Devil) 09. Fatal Attraction 10. Hungry For Love Guitar Solo 11. Never Surrender 12. Shout It Out -encore- 13. Powerlove 14. Burn
			"Dangerous Attraction" was released in US. Power Love/Code Of Honor was released on September 21in Japan. Power Love/Code Of Honor 01. Power Love (3:50) 02. Stranger in the City (4:51) 03. Victim of Circumstance(3:35) 04. Hungry for Love (4:21) 05. Love is a Lie (4:45) 06. Forgotten Sons (6:00) 07. Kamikaze (4:10) 08. Code of Honor (5:38) 09. Snakebite (4:19) 10. Dance With the Devil (3:59) Mark Edwards album FEMS : MP32-5122
	November		Lion played the show at Country Club on November 7.
1988	April		Lion played the show at Country Club on April 9.
	June		Lion played the shows in Osaka(13th) and Tokyo(15th) in Japan. Lion in Japan Live at Nakano Sunplaza on June 15 01. Come On 02. Fatal Attraction 03. Love Is A Lie 04. After The Fire 05. In The Name Of Love Drum Solo (incl. Dance With The Devil) 06. Armed And Dangerous 07. One Night In Tokyo 08. Hungry For Love) Guitar Solo 09. Never Surrender 10. Shout It Out -encore- 11. Powerlove(incl. All Right Now) 12. Cowgirl's Song-Cowboy's Song -The Boys Are Back In Town
	July		The photo of Lion appered on Hit Parader's of July issue.
1989	April		Lion played the show at Marquee on April 21. Doug came to Japan to play on Air Pavilion album on April 24. He appeared at Guitar Lecture and had an interview with Burrn! magazine.
	May		Lion played the show at Roxy on May 5.
	June		"Trouble In Angel City" was released on June 12 in US. Doug and Kal joined on Minoru Niihara solo album, "ONE" which was released on June 21. 01. Come On 02. Lock Up Your Daughters 03. Can't Stop The Rain 04. Love Is A Lie 05. Victims Of Circumstance 06. Stranger In The City 07. Hungry For Love 08. Hold On 09. Lonely Girl 10. Forgotten Sons USA Grand Slamm Records : SlamCD5 (June 12, 1989) Trouble In Angel City Japan Fun House : OOGD-7104 (October 18, 1989)
	July		Lion played the show at Roxy on July 1. Air Pavilion's album, "Cutting Air act1" was released on July 21.
	August		Lion played the show at Country Club. Kal and Jerry had an interview with DJs in LA for the Japanese radio show.
	September		Drummer, Mark Edwards took part in the motocross race and was seriously injured in it on Sep. 2.
	October		"Trouble In Angel City" was released on October 18 in Japan. "Mark Ecward Benefit Concert" was hold at Countrly Club on October 20. LION broke up.
1990	February		Doug joined House Of Lords recording.
	May		Hurricane album, " Slave To The Thrill " on May 9. 01. Reign Of Love 02. Next To You 03. Young Man 04. Dance Little Sister 05. Don't Wanna Dream 06. Temptation 07. 10,000 Years 08. In The Fire 09. Let It Slide 10. Lock Me Up 11. Smiles Like A Child
	June		"Mark Edward Benefit Live In Japan" came true with Hurricane(+Doug) , Mark Edward and Jerry Best. Mark did his best on the stage. Tour dates : June 7,8,10,11 and 12. Hurricane Live in Japan 01. Young Man 02. Reign Of Love 03. Over The Edge 04. Hurricane 05. 10,000 Years 06. Dance Little Sister 07. Next To You Guitar Solo 08. Lock Me Up 09. Don't Wanna Dream 10. In The Fire Drum Solo 11. I'm On To You 12. Smiles Like A Child -encore- 13. Whole Lot A Rosey 14. Powerlove(with Mark & Jerry)
	Summer		Doug joined with Hurricane tour.
	October		House Of Lords album "Sahara" was released on October 21 in Japan. 01. Shoot 02. Chains Of Love 03. Can't Find My Way Home 04. Heart On The Line 05. Laydown Staydown 06. Sahara 07. It Ain't Love 08. Remember My Name 09. American Babylon 10. Kisss Of Fire http://www.rockreunion.de/interviews/guyinterview.ht
1991	Feb. - April		Doug joined House Of Lords tour in US.