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Post by Hellsinki Vampire on Mar 5, 2004 17:29:14 GMT -5
Babylon Bombs joined forces in late 2001 with Stockholm/Sweden as the base. After recording some demos and playing a bunch of gigs the band’s been building up a reputation as a high energy live act that goes from strength to strength, in both material and tightness but also with a vision of a kick ass live show where the band attacks it all…<br> So make sure not to miss them! www.babylonbombs.net/
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Mar 24, 2004 2:45:43 GMT -5
Latest interview with the boys in a French magazine called Hardrock 80:
BABYLON BOMBS is a young rock band from Sweden that released a demo at the end of 2003. They play some good Scandinavian Sleaze Rock. Dani and Swaint, respectively singer/guitarist and drummer of BABYLON BOMBS, did answer to our questions... Interview: Jean-Pierre VACHER
Hi! First of all, could you present yourselves? Where are you from? Swaint: Hi there, we’re just four guys from Sweden who wants to show you what good hard rock music is! Dani: That’s right! Four rockers addicted to rock!
Your first demo is online on your website. Could you tell us about the songs on it? Swaint: Every band wants to have a kick ass tune to open up a show with, we have ‘Let’s roll’ and that says it all. Fasten your seat belts! ‘Delirious’ is a groovy one with an arena shouting Hey You! chorus, a song the audience love to sing a long with and ladies dance to. Dani: The lyrics on ‘Crucify’ are very personal for me and I just love that song! I often write “rock n’ roll” lyrics that just feels cool and fits the song but ‘Crucify’ and ‘Suicide street’ are two songs with pretty deep lyrics. ‘Suicide’, in my opinion, has a great chorus and a sweet groove.
When we listen to your demo, we can feel different influences, but mainly the LA rock scene from the 80's. I personally also think of Hanoi Rocks, Vain and Junkyard. Can you tell us more about your influences? Swaint: That’s some cool bands you mentioned there, yeah of course many of the American rock bands from the 80´s and 70´s LA and NY scene are important for us. The cool thing about this band that we all listen to everything from Beatles, Zakk Wylde, Faster P. Crue etc. It’s all great music. Dani: Like Swaint said the main influence is from the bands from the 70’s and 80’s rock scene. I just love Hanoi Rocks, Michael M. is a big influence for me along with bands like Motley, L.A Guns, Guns n’ Roses, Ozzy, D.A.D, Poison…. I could go on forever! Vain’s ‘Beat the bullet’ rules!
Dani, your voice and your singing are quite incredible. You sound like a genuine American. Did you live in the States? Or did you particularly work on your English? Dani: Thank you!!! I haven’t even been to the States, although I hope we’ll tour the States in the future! I guess when you listen a lot to (hard) rock music you pick up things even though you don’t intend to, but I’m glad I turned out good! Swaint: Well Jean-Pierre, Dani's an awesome singer, but don’t ask him ´bout the high school grades in English, he dreamt away the lessons man…<br> Apart the quality of the music itself, the production on your demo is very good. How long did it take you to get such a sound? Did you spend much time on engineering, or do you have a natural feeling for having THE sound? Swaint: We must thank Fredrik Lundberg our engineer for that, he’s great. Together we spent just 2-3 days in the studio recording and mixing the tracks. I think he did a very good job and we had a blast, that’s good enough for getting a good production.
You guys play the kinda music that was the big thing in the US back in the 80's. Are you aware that you might never break through with such songs nowadays? Or are you confident about the future of rock music, with the unexpected success of The Darkness, or more locally of such bands as Backyard Babies? Swaint: There are so many good bands out there, but also a lot of nutsty bands/artists. We just do our thing and if you and others like it, then we have succeeded! I think that there’s always room for a hungry kick ass band who wants to show the world that they are “the band”. Dani: Well, I think we’re influenced of the music that was big in the 80’s but I think we play a more fresh version of it! We love playing music, our music, and If people like what we’re doing that’s just great!
What do you think of rock bands that emerged from the Scandinavian scene these last years? I think that they might be the saviors of rock n roll. Maybe that's your fate after all! Dani: Uhu, a lot of great bands! It seems like there’s a never ending stream of bands coming from our little country. I hope you’re right! Swaint: Yeah, many great bands from around here. Saviors were a cool name for that, you might be right!
Do you listen to any current bands? If so, which ones? Swaint: Darkness was a fresh wind in the music industry last year. I like many of the Scandinavian bands like Gluecifer and Captain Murphy, but to be honest my CD stack right now are filled with 70/80s rock. Dani: I think The Hellacopters are a great band.
The four tracks on your demo are quite amazing. It's very astonishing that you got let down for the recording of an album. Could you tell us more about this story? Swaint: It’s a long story….. a short version would be that the record company didn’t pay the studio, so we have an album lying there behind locked doors. Dani: Thanks, you know this guy we were working with from the record company was a long story by himself. Nothing to say about this really, we just hope there’s another record company out there willing to support us!
How many songs do you guys have completed? When can we expect a full-length album? Swaint: You know, Dani is the musical spark in the band so he has been pumpin' out songs now for quite a while. Let’s says we have about 20 songs right know that we would love to get down on tape. An album? The sooner….the better! Dani: We really hope to release an album soon and tour the world! The world needs Babylon Bombs!
Martin is credited on the website but obviously does not play on the demo. Did he join the band later? Swaint: We had to get our positive energy out after we left our record company so the demo was just a spur of the moment. Dani played great bass on the songs because we were searching for a bass man. Luckily we found Martin who brought the songs to yet another level. Dani: Yeah, I think Martin hooked up with the band in December 2003… And if he had been around when we recorded the demo he would be the one playing bass on the demo, he’s just a great bass player!
Do you plan to tour outside Sweden? Swaint: No plans right know, but we would love to! Dani: We hope to tour Europe as soon as we get an album out. I think it’s pretty hard (if not impossible) to get gigs in another country without a full-length album. But we will…<br> Did you ever tour as the supporting act for big bands? If so, which ones? Swaint: No, we haven’t.
Are you gonna play any big festival next summer? Swaint: We will do festivals, but we don’t know when or where right know. Dani: It’s a bit early to say right now.
Do you have one last word for the French metal heads who will discover you through this interview? Swaint: We heard a lot about you French maniacs! Hope to rock with you soon! Keep on supporting hardrock80.com and Hard Rock Music! Dani: Kick ass!!! If you like what you hear… keep on supporting us and tell all your friends about Babylon Bombs!
And one last word for the French chicks? Swaint: Is it true that the chicks are maniacs as well? Dani: Beware… love and kisses from the bombs!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Mar 24, 2004 2:46:18 GMT -5
A new gig is booked! The Bombs will hit the stage at Black Dog club, Storgatan 6 Södertälje, 21 may, be there! The gig at Klubb Love, Alcazar/Nalen, has been postponed from 6 april to 13 april! Hope to see you all there!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Jun 15, 2004 6:47:48 GMT -5
The band was busy two first weeks of May in the studio recording 13 songs. They promise that as soon as the mixing part is done they'll make sure we'll hear 'em one way or another... stay tuned! The Bombs will play at Pub Anchor (Rockkaraoke), Stockholm, 27 June! Rock n' roll! Then The Bombs will play 9 July at a peace festival in Hudiksvall and later at Stadsfesten in Hudiksvall 31 July! A new interview (only in Italian version) is up at www.dk666.tk, check it out at www.dk666.altervista.org/babylonbombs_intervista.htm
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Aug 5, 2004 5:08:19 GMT -5
Check out the new pics from the gig at Stadsfesten, Hudiksvall in their website!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Sept 17, 2004 5:09:22 GMT -5
We are very happy to announce that Babylon Bombs have signed a record deal with the Swedish label Smilodon, run by Eva Karman. The Bombs will be label mates with Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs. 13 songs are recorded and mixed and waiting to be mastered. More info soon…<br>
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Oct 15, 2004 2:05:50 GMT -5
At last they have made some new Babylon t-shirts and they are now available on our site. So get yer ass movin’ and shop ‘till ya drop!
The album is scheduled for release in January 2005. They’ll soon give us the exact date. Stay tuned!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Oct 27, 2004 4:37:51 GMT -5
Now you can order Babylon Bombs stuff easy and secure with PayPal! All prices includes postage and packaging. If you don't have a PayPal account you can e-mail your order to: info@babylonbombs.net If you live in Scandinavia choose that option, if not choose World. Check the merchandise at their site! www.babylonbombs.net/
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Dec 24, 2004 2:32:57 GMT -5
The Babylon Bombs debut album "Cracked wide open and bruised"
will be released 2 February 2005.
A video for the track "Let's roll" is recorded and will see the light
of day around the release of the album!
There is still some t-shirts available… so come on let’s shop!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Jan 17, 2005 2:19:32 GMT -5
Hey Bombers!!! A new website is launched! Check it out right away! www.babylonbombs.netAs you know the album "Cracked wide open and bruised" will be released 2 February 2005, but it’s already possible to pre-order it at Smilodons webshop. Just follow the link on the Babylon website! The video for the song "Let's roll" is now available on the site as well as 5 song-samples from the album. In time for the release we’ll also have some new t-shirts in stock. Kick ass!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Jan 31, 2005 2:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Apr 29, 2005 11:08:22 GMT -5
* If you haven’t already visited the newly designed official homepage do it now! www.babylonbombs.net* The Bombs are featured in the latest issues of: Swedenrock Magazine (SE) – Sleaze special RockHard (DE) – Interview Classic Rock Magazine (UK) – Review * There’s a bunch of great reviews on the Babylon site, check ‘em out! www.babylonbombs.net* If you can’t find “Cracked wide open and bruised” at your local record store, don’t worry! We have a page on the Babylon site that links to a bunch of online stores that sell the album. There’s also a “request Babylon” page… so do it, request! * Be sure to visit a Babylon show near you, so far this is what we have to offer: (more gigs adds up everyday, check the site often.) 2005.05.14 – Stockholm – Mondo - Stora scen, Wrestlinggala, w/ Stereolith etc. 2005.05.20 – Stockholm – Sthlmrock Revelation, Kägelbanan, w/ Crucified Barbara etc. 2005.05.21 – Göteborg – Sticky Fingers, w/ Rattlesnake 2005.05.27 – Norrtälje – Roslagen By Night, Festival, w/ Scoob Rock 2005.06.15 - Frankfurt (DE) – Nachtleben, w/ Hell & Diesel 2005.06.16 - Cologne (DE) – Bronx, w/ Hell & Diesel 2005.06.18 - Neuensee (DE) – Rock im Wald-Festival w/ Hell & Diesel, Gemini 5 etc. That’s all for now, take care! Kick ass!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Aug 24, 2005 7:29:17 GMT -5
The band's been writing new songs all summer and hopefully they’ll enter the studio to record a new record at the end of this year.
A bunch of new gigs are confirmed! (Check out the website often for new gigs!)
2005.08.27 - Stockholm - Swedish Metal eXpo - Fryshuset. w/ Gemini 5 etc. All ages gig!
Germany Tour 2005 – with Spacebrains (DE)
2005.09.09 - Lichtenfels (DE) - The Paunchy Cats.
2005.09.12 - Frankfurt (DE) - Bettclub. w/ Spacebrains & The Yo-Yo's
2005.09.13 - Münster (DE) - Metro. w/ Spacebrains
2005.09.14 - Düsseldorf (DE) - AK 47. w/ Spacebrains
2005.09.15 - Siegen (DE) - Fruchtbar. w/ Spacebrains
2005.09.16 - Osnabrück (DE) - Unicum. w/ Spacebrains
2005.09.28 - Stockholm - Mango Bar *Spectacular Spectacular*. w/ Swedish Amateurs
2005.09.30 - Söderhamn - Restaurang Sisters. w/ Diamond Dogs etc.
2005.11.26 - Falköping - Club Sune. w/ Tumbleweed etc.
That’s all for now, take care!
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