MADLEAF

MADLEAF (Athens, Greece)

From left to right, Dorian (bass), George (drums), Jim Lord (vocals), Nick (guitar)

MADLEAF is a four-piece rock band from Athens Greece. It consists of Jim Lord (vocals), Nick (guitars), Dorian (bass) and George (drums).

The band first met in an old tattoo studio and the name MADLEAF was inspired when the four of them noticed the spiral fall of the last leaf off an old tree.

They started out in 2004 in Athens, and after spending a few months writing and composing, they hit the stage of The Famous Greek live club “AN Club”, “Underworld”, “Mo Better”, and then “Rodeo Club” followed. The suburbs followed after that. The band was presented by the Greek press as an “All Star Band” because the members were all part of other famous groups in the Athens area. The singer, Jim Lord, came from the cult/grunge - stoner/rock group, Lord 13, who always supported bands like Hawkwind, Orange Goblin, Cathedral, and Nebula. Drummer George came from the alternative and MTV-featured band Make-Believe and Porphyria, guitarist Nick from the alternative band Human Asteroid, and bassist Dorian from the heavy metal outfits of Clairvoyant and Night Guest.

Even though the band was unknown at the time, most everyone knew the members from their other bands and was only a matter of time before MADLEAF became established as an uprising power in the Greek rock scene. With tracks like "Sinners", "Velvet" and the groovy "Into The Sun", MADLEAF pledges allegiance to everyone from Alice In Chains and Soundgarden to Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots.

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Many gigs followed and MADLEAF shot at the top of the rock scene in the Summer Rock Festival 2005 in Antiparos Greece along with successful bands such as The Earthbound, Potergeist, Nightstalker, Rockin Bones, Planet of Zeus, and others. The cool angriness of Jim Lord’s vocals left the audience thinking of Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, while the wall of sound behind him sealed the coffin!

“MADLEAF is a band dressed for success”, as Greek Metal Hammer wrote after a live show supporting the 13 year old cult band, Nightstalker.

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In the fall of 2007, MADLEAF started recording their debut album called “SINNERS” that was ready to go by January 2008, and included 11 songs. June 2008 found MADLEAF signing with the legendary label Poison Tree Records based in California, USA. Today, with the debut CD as proof, MADLEAF is in complete power with all elements contributing equally and passionately to a sound resonating from Greece, while winning fans throughout the world.

The recent release of “SINNERS” on the Poison Tree Records label, along with a series of performances celebrating the debut, confirms MADLEAF’s place among bands poised to make an international statement.