Summary: A British industrial/pop rock band of the mid 1990s from Wolverhampton, England, fronted by Jas Mann.
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: Band, UK
Known For: Known for the song “Spaceman” – 1996
Music Styles: Rock, New Wave, Electro Rock
Location: United Kingdom
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Web Site: http://www.babylonzoo.net/
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Babylon Zoo
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 21 January 1996, went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart, selling 418,000 copies in the first week of release.
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 man 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 recording contract with him.
An album, entitled, The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann’s New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre.
The group were considered a one hit wonder.
Singles include.
1996 “Spaceman”
1996 “Animal Army”
1996 “The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes”
1999 “All The Money’s Gone”
1999 “Honaloochie Boogie”
2000 “Love Lies Bleeding”
Albums include
“The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes” – 1996
“King Kong Groover” – 1999
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