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Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (1992 – 2000)
Babylon Zoo was a British rock band of the mid-1990s from Wolverhampton, England, fronted by Jas Mann. They were best known for the song “Spaceman”, which on its release on January 21, 1996, went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart, selling 418,000 copies in the first week of release - a record at the time.
Jas Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings, which he left in 1992, because of musical differences.
Babylon Zoo was signed to Phonogram Records after A&R rep Clive Black heard their first three-track demo tape in May 1993. When Black moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1993, he took Mann’s contract with him. An album had been prepared and sleeves for a single, “Fire Guided Light”, were printed, but Babylon Zoo’s debut was put on hold again when Black moved once more to EMI in 1995, where the band were signed on to a seven-album contract.
However, promotional copies of the song “Spaceman” had already been distributed, and chosen to tie in with the release of a new Levi’s jeans TV advert. The single went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart and also went to Number 1 in the single charts in twenty-three countries.
An album entitled The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann’s New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It was released in 1996 and included new-age tracks such as “Is Your Soul for Sale?” and “I’m Cracking Up I Need a Pill”. It debuted at #6 on the album charts and reached the Top 20 in 17 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Jas Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings, which he left in 1992, because of musical differences.
Babylon Zoo was signed to Phonogram Records after A&R rep Clive Black heard their first three-track demo tape in May 1993. When Black moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1993, he took Mann’s contract with him. An album had been prepared and sleeves for a single, “Fire Guided Light”, were printed, but Babylon Zoo’s debut was put on hold again when Black moved once more to EMI in 1995, where the band were signed on to a seven-album contract.
However, promotional copies of the song “Spaceman” had already been distributed, and chosen to tie in with the release of a new Levi’s jeans TV advert. The single went straight to Number 1 on the UK singles chart and also went to Number 1 in the single charts in twenty-three countries.
An album entitled The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann’s New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It was released in 1996 and included new-age tracks such as “Is Your Soul for Sale?” and “I’m Cracking Up I Need a Pill”. It debuted at #6 on the album charts and reached the Top 20 in 17 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
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DemonKogure666 wrote:
I miss being 10 listening to this on the mortal kombat soundtrack.
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rvg1990 wrote:
Spaceman is fkin amazing [3]
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TeenageCreep wrote:
flipside
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MiiStar wrote:
Spaceman is fkin amazing [2] No doubt, I still love it after so many years
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ExspectaMortem wrote:
Still love Spaceman :-)
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mlibelle wrote:
<33.
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AUFrechterGang wrote:
Had them seen live, years ago in a small club - it was great I like the glam rock space, not as good as Bowie or Bolan, but , well nowadays there is not such music, or tell me.
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TheDarkMinstrel wrote:
Spaceman is good but it's not the best song from the album... Fire Guided Light and Confused Art are definitely the best for me. Simply great !!
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komaranoga wrote:
If anytime I tried some drug, I would do it only with "Spaceman" in my ears ;)
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siandoll wrote:
love babylon zoo! spaceman and animal army <3 <3
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MarQmkm wrote:
Please back:(
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Iesu66 wrote:
SPAAAAAAAAACEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
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deadgrave wrote:
Spaceman is fkin amazing
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julienbiolay wrote:
I miss Jas so much! Where is he??
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cbecrad wrote:
Not really my cup of tea, but I definitely hear the Bowie influence, especially in "Is Your Soul For Sale".
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aniym wrote:
more influential than people realize, i think. marilyn manson clearly took more than a little inspiration from BZ for the Mechanical Animals album in 1998 (both bands borrowed from Ziggy-era Bowie as well). Orgy is another band that took the ironic dystopian image to heart on Candyass, also in 1998.
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lakretino wrote:
Spaceman (insane frequencies dnb remix) ;-P
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gtfc06 wrote:
Has he written a spherical song yet?
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shadow__myst wrote:
í would've liked spaceman if the song was like the first 30 seconds of it, a drumandbassish dub thing. to bad
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VDRun1988 wrote:
I love this band. Both albums are excellent and i listen to at least one song of theres every day. Whis they had made more albums!
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