Rage Against The Machine Frontman Forms Side-Project

(andPOP) - Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha has teamed up with former The Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore to form a new band called One Day As A Lion.

The duo will release their five-track self-titled EP on July 22.

On the band’s MySpace page, the record -- which features De La Rocha on vocals and keyboards and Theodore on drums -- is described as "a defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare."

"It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socieconomic realities it attempts to mask."

The name of the band is taken from a 1970 black-and-white photo by George Rodriguez "featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights," says the web page.

"It reads: 'It's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.' This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound."

De La Rocha isn't the only RATM member tackling a side-project -- RATM guitarist Tom Morello will release his second album from solo act The Nightwatchman, titled "The Fabled City," on Sept. 30.

Rage Against The Machine, which reunited in spring 2007 for the Coachella festival, also has seven festival dates lined up this summer, including Lollapalooza and the Reading Festival.